Wednesday (6/10)  We got up very early to look for bear and moose.   We went to a couple of "hot spots" and didn't see anything.   Last ditch effort was the Jackson Lodge site.   There, right from the patio, we saw a grizzly bear.  It was a sad sighting as the grizzly was there because there were elk babies in the area and the grizzly bear got one.  We know this is nature, but we would rather have not experienced a bear that way.

Packed up and headed for Yellowstone.  Last Sunday, we had cancelled our reservations inat Yellowstone because of predictions of continuing snow and we both felt bad about it.  As it turns out, there was no where near the snow predicted and we were able to rent a cabin at Yellowstone Lake for two nights.  Yes, a real bed and our own bathroom for two whole days - heaven!!!

We left Grand Tetons early and we were able to do the eastern part of the southern loop of Yellowstone.  We stopped at the West Thumb Geyser Basin, Mud Volcano and  Canyon Village. Along the road were numerous bison and some were so close that we could have reached out and touched them from our car (we didn't).  We took numerous picture of the bison and their adorable babies.  The geysers are so unique - the colors, smells, sizes, shapes, noises and activity are endless.  You could stand and watch them for hours.  The smell is the most lasting memory - they smell like rotten eggs!!!

We ate supper in the Canyon Village Restaurant and has bison pot roast with creamed cauliflower.   The meal was excellent and Rich had huckleberry ice cream, a local favorite,  for dessert.