West Yellowstone

Today we took a pleasant drive thru parts of Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. Other than road construction, the drive was uneventful until we saw the bear. We don't know if it was a grizzly or a black bear, but it was near the road, rooting around in the underbrush. You can always tell when there is an "animal watch" happening at these parks because traffic backs up. A bear usually causes a big traffic jam as everyone wants to see the critter.

The only other critters were a herd of elk, some bison, and a bald eagle sitting in a nest. The traffic jams for these critters was just about as big as it was for the bear. Generally, the wildlife viewing is very good in these 2 national parks.

Tomorrow we head for Great Falls, Montana,where we need to get new batteries for the RV. It will be one of the longer drives we'll make in one day on this trip. We try to drive between 200-225 miles a day, but tomorrow we'll drive about 260. It will mean an early start, something we are not good at getting.

Happy trails!