The day started out very early as we gathered our belongings and headed out of the park to Montana. The sun was not yet up but as we drove on in the beams of the headlights something gleamed- an elk stood just off the road shaded in trees. Once we reached our destination we were too early. Nothing was open and it was still dark. We drove around waiting for a breakfast place to open. We ended up at some bear place. I had a stuffed muffin thing that was interesting but don't think I would try it again.
After breakfast and lots of coffee we headed to the Wolf and Grizzly Discovery Center. It is a great sanctuary. The exhibits are the best I have seen for wolves yet and they actively display normal behavior. I don't thing I saw any pacing which is amazing in a captive environment. The Discovery Center is the reason we went to Montana. After taking a lot of pictures and watching the wolves catch salmon we shopped around town for souvenirs.
If you care about the animals be careful from where you buy. Don't support places that have fur and skins and the like. Think before you spend and be conscious of what you are contributing to. A great day already, but but we were far from done. We drove back through Yellowstone to get to our next hotel taking senic routes in hopes of seeing wildlife. It paid off. The first thing we saw was a lone elk grazing in the distance too far for a great photo opt but I took a few that you can see below. We continued onward and found a small herd of female elk and they
had a fawn. It was awsome. We pulled off where we were allowed then waited to see if the fawn would stand up for a better picture. While we were waiting a ranger came by and we talked some. He told us about the elk and that the fawn was a couple of months old and that it was common to see related females from theses small herds at this time of year. I talked with him about some interesting tourists we had seen so far, in particular the thermal people, and he found it amusing and gave me a pin that I now have attached to my camera case and it is still one of my favorite souvenirs.
The fawn got up for about two seconds and I did get some photos. After that we kept driving and when we are almost there and we hit construction. And get this, we had a pilot truck to follow. That's a first for me. We drove up the mountain through some slightly less then comfortable roads (as in my mom was a little freaked out) and we finally make it to the hotel. We checked in and headed to our cabin and we were done for the day.
After breakfast and lots of coffee we headed to the Wolf and Grizzly Discovery Center. It is a great sanctuary. The exhibits are the best I have seen for wolves yet and they actively display normal behavior. I don't thing I saw any pacing which is amazing in a captive environment. The Discovery Center is the reason we went to Montana. After taking a lot of pictures and watching the wolves catch salmon we shopped around town for souvenirs.
had a fawn. It was awsome. We pulled off where we were allowed then waited to see if the fawn would stand up for a better picture. While we were waiting a ranger came by and we talked some. He told us about the elk and that the fawn was a couple of months old and that it was common to see related females from theses small herds at this time of year. I talked with him about some interesting tourists we had seen so far, in particular the thermal people, and he found it amusing and gave me a pin that I now have attached to my camera case and it is still one of my favorite souvenirs.
The fawn got up for about two seconds and I did get some photos. After that we kept driving and when we are almost there and we hit construction. And get this, we had a pilot truck to follow. That's a first for me. We drove up the mountain through some slightly less then comfortable roads (as in my mom was a little freaked out) and we finally make it to the hotel. We checked in and headed to our cabin and we were done for the day.
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