Tuesday - Three Little Bears

Near Roosevelt, there were people gathered and a park ranger stopped... we quickly learned that if a park ranger was nearby it usually meant there were bear. The first two black bear we saw were twitterpated and gave the Yellowstone visitors quite a show. Next we saw a momma bear laying near the base of a tree with three small cubs playing around her. The ranger was very nice and showed me where to stand to get good photos. There were reports of a grizzly near Lamar Valley, but we did not get to see it. We were amazed at how stupid some people were when it came to the wild life. We saw some folks sneaking up a hillside near the black bear (not smart!) and also a Canadian vehicle stopped in a well marked "no stopping zone" with male bison inches from his car. The wrangler on the wagon ride said that bison can jump six feet high and can easily roll over a vehicle if angered. He said many tourists leave the park without side mirrors (if not worse problems) if they don't respect the animals.

 Here is good one of the cubs... momma is laying behind this tree.