TALES OF OUR TRAVELS AND OUR LOVE OF ADVENTURE

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Bear sighting, trip to Cooke City

I finally saw a bear in Yellowstone. Thursday was a day off, so Don and I took a day trip to Cooke City and back.

On the way, we saw a black bear grazing in the sedge alongside the road about a mile west of the Petrified Tree.


During the morning drive, the skies were gray and it drizzled off and on. As we drove through the Lamar Valley, the skies began to clear and it became a bright and sunny day.

Looking northeast from the Lamar Valley

Looking south from Soda Butte

Don's scoping out a fishing spot

Looking southwest from Silver Gate
We stopped for lunch at the barbecue place in Cooke City, then turned around and went back to Gardiner.  We see different things every time we make this drive, and since I got to see a bear, that made the day!