5/7/14

We took a drive this afternoon, into West Yellowstone. On the way back to camp we saw an eagle in a tree, overlooking the Madison River.

 

 This afternoon we took a walk to the amphitheater for something to do. There were a few bison in the meadow when we got there. One of the female bison that appeared to be pregnant laid down in a wallow while the rest of the herd walked around eating. It made me think she was going to give birth, but we didn't wait around to see. The next day, she was still close to the campground but now had a calf with her.

 

5/8/14

We were able to get a few distant photos of the day old calf near the mother. We thought this might be a nice photo for a Happy Mother's Day message.

 

 Happy Mother's Day!

5/9/14

At noon today, it's snowing to beat the band. We're supposed to get up to 3 inches today and the roads are supposed to ice up. I guess we won't be doing any touring this evening.

We only got an inch of snow, so it wasn't as bad as we were led to believe. We still didn't do any touring this afternoon.

5/10/14

It's 9 a.m. and snowing again.

It snowed off and on most of the day. We'd get a half inch or inch of snow, then it would melt. Later we'd get more snow and it would quickly melt off.

After work we went into West Yellowstone to refill our propane tanks. On the way back we saw more bison in the meadows. This evening there were three baby bison in the herd.

From the photo below, you can probably tell how hard it snowed while we were in West Yellowstone.