Yellowstone North.....Bison and Bears...28th June

Rain at 0630 and showers forecast but we set off again for the Lamar Valley area.....mum and baby antelope... 

These chaps really are huge....

Such a pretty area, this is on a side road before Lamar Valley where there is a 2 mile hike which we start out on but abandon when it started raining....as it happened we would have been soaked as it was a very heavy squall....

These boys were not going to be moved on anytime soon but we were happy to wait.....

This is the edge of the storm that came through........ 

Oh wow did we luck out :)  driving back towards Tower Fall we spot the beginning of a" bear jam" and bag our spot in one of the pull-outs....soon a crowd gathered and the Rangers as ever did a fantastic job of crowd control, traffic flow while answering questions and making sure we were all safe as well as Mama bear and her 2 cubs....

We did feel Mama will have trouble with this little chap he seemed to get into all sorts of mischief compared to his sibling who did what mother said !!! 

Mama sent her cubs up into the tree and then followed them up.....

It doesn't show up too well but our cheeky chappie found something in a hole in the tree and stuck his head in probably to eat it !

This is the thing about Yellowstone, here we are looking at the bears and on the other side of the road by the pull-out where we parked is this fabulous view of The Yellowstone River flowing through the canyon and an Osprey soaring, can it get any better.....

We spent the best part of a very happy hour here.....

Wow what a great day......back home feeling very happy and I guess the song for today has to be The Bare Necessities (thanks Walt).....
We hitch up and move on tomorrow to the East Entrance of The Park...we are taking the long route as they say the scenic route through the park is somewhat hairy...we shall drive that when not towing....
Weather update is for less rain and a lot more sun........