My parents arrived yesterday afternoon, and we tore ourselves away from the Vienna Beef hot dogs and 312 Goose Island beer they brought to head out into the park for a drive. We hadn't gone more than 5 miles from our house when we encountered a massive bear jam for this cinnamon-colored black bear.
As we stood there, suddenly something else popped into frame--a cub of the year!
We watched them cross the road before we finally moved on. We drove on, across to Tower and then up and over Dunraven Pass. As we approached Tower Falls we got caught up in another black bear jam--this one had a bear on the left
and another one along the side of the road to the right.
We stopped for dinner at Roosevelt, our favorite place to eat in the park, and had a beer on the porch before dinner. As we left Roosevelt we pulled up to another jam--a coyote was on a kill and a small yearling black bear cub was trying to get on it.
The coyote was having none of it though, and it wasn't long before he gave chase, and the cub escaped by climbing up a tree.
We saw another black bear on our way home, bringing our bear count to 6 for the evening.
Is it wrong that a baby bear cub climbing a tree tugs at my ovaries... yeah, probably very wrong :)
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Ha @ Aisling! But it is WILD cute - and reminds me of Gentle Ben, all this!
ReplyDeleteWendie - I had no idea this is what you've been up to; have been so out of touch! (Facebook's my social lifeline..) I'd asked Ash for contact info for you 'cos I'm about to head to NYC for the first time (and hopefully first of 3 times in the next few months), and wanted to meet up with you - but you've va-moosed! Hur hur..
Looks like you're both having a brilliant time there - how long are you there for? And then what? Am all subscribed now - loving the pictures, thanks for posting!
Trace
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