Driving the North Loop - Yellowstone

We had another very good day of wildlife viewing.  We added to our list today.  We saw a Gray Wolf, a Mountain Goat, Mule Deer and a Golden Eagle.  Today we also were able to view two at one time.  The Bison and Trumpeter Swans decided to hang out together.

Bison headed for Yellowstone River to hang-out with the swans.

Four Swans a singing.

He should move about 3 feet to where the grass is taller.

The wolf was in a meadow not far from the Bison.  He was walking slowly away from us and looked fat enough that he was going to be ready for a long winter.  It snows 100 inches per year here in Yellowstone.

There is always a light snow in September, we're hoping that it comes after we have headed South.  Nights here are in the high 30's so it could happen anytime.

This was at full zoom on my digital camera.  Luckily he turned back to look my direction.

OK, here comes one of my best shots ever.  The big butt of a Mountain Goat.  It's hard to get this kind of a shot, I guess I'm just lucky.  (He would not turn around and face me, stubborn as a goat.)

Stubborn Old Goat - Him not Me.

The Black Bear was across a small pond and to far away to photograph so I just watched him with the binoculars for a few minutes until he crawled up the bank into the tall grass.

A Mule Deer that knew how to pose correctly, not like the dumb Mountain Goat.

We can add to the list a Golden Eagle, but I was nowhere fast enough to get a photo of  him.

We started our trek today by finishing up the North Side of the Yellowstone Grand Canyon.  It took us part of two different days to see the small portion that we could get to.  There is another twenty miles of canyon out there for great hikers to see.

North Rim down stream from two large Falls.

A lot of water flows over that edge.

Looking over the edge....Straight down....1,200 feet.....Watch your balance.

Note the spires....they don't last forever.

One of the view points we walked to had a slight accident a few years ago. The spire it was located on disappeared in an earthquake.  Because most of Yellowstone is over the top of a volcano they have frequent earthquakes in the park.  Thankfully not today.

One of a dozen or so waterfall we saw today.

Picnic lunch at Sheepeater Canyon.

We are off to Cody, Wyoming tomorrow morning.  It is 60 miles East of Yellowstone.  We're going to spend the day in the big city.  We need more fruit and veggies so it's the perfect excuse to go to town.

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