Yellowstone Eclipse
It was a perfect combination of wildlife, geology and a solar eclipse in the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks.
Yellowstone #1
Days 1 to 4 based in Jackson Hole — the eclipse and exploring Grand Teton NP After a long day’s travel we arrived in Jackson Hole and settled into our hotel, the 49’er Inn. The next morning, after a bit of pre- breakfast birding around the back of the hotel and having picked up our American sized lunch on the way, we set off for Flat Creek. After stopping at the visitor centre, we headed for Two Oceans Lake where…
Yellowstone #2
Days 5 to 7, by Yellowstone Lake — Yellowstone National Park Day 5: We left Jackson behind for now and set off for Yellowstone and there were plenty of interesting places along the way. Our first stop was at Taggart Lake for the view and a photo opportunity. The next stop was String Lake where we had a walk and saw lots of red squirrels and some were even happy to be photographed. We then continued on to Signal Mountain…
Yellowstone #3
Days 8 to 10, based in Cooke City, Montana — looking for wolves in all the wrong places Day 8: We were on our way after breakfast and drove through the foggy Hayden Valley where we were stopped by another bison jam. As we got higher, the mist cleared and at the top of the hill we parked and walked up the fairly steep trail. There were lots of lovely chipmunks along the way and there were band-winged grasshoppers everywhere….
Yellowstone #4
Day 11, at Old Faithful — exploring the geology We had one final wolf vigil at the Institute in the Lamar Valley but, alas, a sighting there would not be. We spoke with some people who were in radio contact with the wolf project team and they told us that no wolves had been seen since we arrived in the area. We did get rather excited as we got out of the van as we could hear distant howling but…