May 11 and 12
Posted: Sun May 12, 2019 7:55 pm
We are at our place in Idaho for a couple weeks and have gone into the park the past two days. Bears are everywhere on the loop from Old Faithful to Mammoth to Lamar. 26 different bears and an additional 7 repeats. Highlights include grizzly sow and two yearling cubs at the Slough Creek bowl (Just East of the road). Very visible. A sow grizzly with 3 coys south of the construction on Mammoth/Norris rd. A black sow with triplet yearlings south of tower. And a huge grizzly sow with yearling north of Old Faithful. Got to see the coys playing in the snow. Fun! Junction Buttes still around Slough and to the east. Saw two different blacks today, one near the grizzlies at the Slough Bowl. Also moose, lots of bighorn, eagles, deer, elk, and red dogs being born.
The down side is the park is packed! I shouldn't complain because we are helping to make it that way, but I have been here in May the last three years and this year is by far the most crowded. Reminds me of July except not quite as many buses.
The weather has been beautiful. 71 degrees today. I was surprised to see how dry parts of the northern section are already after all the snow we had in March. The advanced forecast is warm and dry for the next 2 weeks. I'm already concerned about fire season. Hope we get some rain and cooler days mixed in.
The down side is the park is packed! I shouldn't complain because we are helping to make it that way, but I have been here in May the last three years and this year is by far the most crowded. Reminds me of July except not quite as many buses.
The weather has been beautiful. 71 degrees today. I was surprised to see how dry parts of the northern section are already after all the snow we had in March. The advanced forecast is warm and dry for the next 2 weeks. I'm already concerned about fire season. Hope we get some rain and cooler days mixed in.