Grizzlies... Yup, You read right... But more on that later; I was just trying to get your attention, so keep reading.
Gary was itching to put a hook in the water today, so he decided to let us drop him off at a little creek so he could fish. I fished the little creek a few years ago, so it was ok that I didn't fish any. (By the way, if your ever here, you should try to fish Cascade Creek).
After we dropped him off, we decided to hit the North loop. On our way toward Tower falls, we got behind a string of traffic as we climbed the side of a mountain. We looked to see what the holdup was, and saw a HUGE grizzly bear walking up the side of the road. We tried to snap some pics, but all we could see was his rear. Of course the traffic was slow, so we weren't able to get up to him before he took off over the side of the hill.
We drove past and decided to turn around a little ways up the road to see if we could see him again. Sure enough, by the time we got back to the same spot, all of the cars were gone, but we stopped and looked over the edge, and there he was. Lumbering about down at the bottom of the hill. We were very excited and got some great pictures.
We were stopped one more time on our way to tower falls. We think it was the same bear, but we didn't see him this time.
At tower falls we came across some very interesting hippies who were trying to give the buffalo a voice. They were afraid that the buffalo in the park were being mistreated... Ok, if you've ever been to Yellowstone, you'll know, these animals have it made more than any other animal in the world. My philosophy... "So many buffalo, so few recipes".
Tower falls was great, to my knowledge I never had seen them before.
We rode on around to Mammoth Hot Springs where we saw many elk and toured the fort. We also rode down to the Roosevelt entrance; something everyone should see.
Finally, we headed back toward Norris Geyser Basin. On our way we saw our second bear. He was up in the woods enjoying a nap in the rain. We couldn't see him well, but he was definitely a bear.
We went on to Norris hoping we would get to see Steamboat erupt. It hadn't blown since May of 2005, so it was a long shot, but today just wasn't the day.
Finally, we went and picked up Gary. He caught about 12 Cutthroat, and about 5 Greyling. He would have been happy if he hadn't caught a thing.
As we traveled back we saw one more grizzly bear. He was across the river and he disappeared into the woods quickly.
Overall, this was a great day, maybe the best yet. I think everyone enjoyed it better than any other yet.
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