Dave & Margie's Yellowstone / Denali National Park Summer: Full Day In The Park

We’ve been very busy these last few weeks. One we were getting the store ready and then making sure everyone, as well as ourselves was getting the hang of working in the retail market. This is our second time off so we decided to do some Yellowstone stuff. We got up and decided to drive thru Hayden Valley to find the wildlife. That is other than bison, we can see them all the time. At one point we saw a pelican and pulled over to get a picture. When I was ready with the camera he decided to take a nap and hide his head. As we drove further into the valley we saw cars lining the road, this normally means wildlife is near. We parked on the side of the road and then we saw what everyone was looking at. It was a coyote and an otter. We don’t know why the coyote wasn’t interested other than they weren’t hungry. I have included the picture and the otter is to the right of the coyote.

We came back and had lunch and decided we wanted to go for a bike ride. We wanted to ride up the Natural Bridge trial but it was closed due to bear management. Which means bear could be in the area. Since it was still early we decided to drive over to Lone Star Geyser and road the 2.35 miles to the geyser. It was a good ride to get our feet wet. Once we got there the logbook indicated the geyser would not go off for 3 more hours. We sat around for a little while until the mosquitoes got to us. As usual on our way out, the geyser had a small eruption. These pictures are also included.

As we were turning into the Lake Area again cars were lining the road. This time we saw a small fox right next to the road and not far from the dorms. Sometimes you are just lucky to be in the right place at the right time.

These are our first pictures of an otter and a fox in two years.

Take care, and hope to report again soon.