June 30, 2023. We realized the night before we had seen just about everything we wanted to, so this would be a free day. Will, Colleen and Noel wanted to ride bikes, they hadn’t yet, and do some hikes. Anne Kash wanted to go out on the lake, I wanted to do some bird watching, Yellowstone’s only disappointment was the lack of birds (get up a dawn at home and there are 15 different species singing, dawn in Yellowstone is nearly silent!). Peggy, AK and I went to the museum across from Fishing Bridge, small but very cool, went for a short hike, then Peggy took AK on a cruise on the lake: nice views, some history and interesting stories, AK fell asleep. I walked to natural bridge, met W, C and N who were biking there. On the way home I found the whole crew sitting in a patch of woods between our campground and the marina watching a black bear that had climbed 50 ft up a skinny pine tree. We sat there until it came down and wandered away from the crowd toward the marina. It was sited a few more times later in the evening around the campground. Everyone got to check off a black bear. P, AK and I left early the next morning for Eatons’ Ranch, W, C and N left later and stopped in Cody where there is internet access. It was a wonderful trip. Yellowstone is unique, everyone should see it sometime in their life. Some campground pictures to look at as we say goodbye to Yellowstone…..
Noel and Anne Kash eating woofams.
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