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05-23-2026 Saturday, West Thumb, Grant Village, and Old Faithful

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West Thumb and Grant Village are only thirty minutes south of Fishing Bridge. Before we drove down, I wanted to stop at the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center again to take photos of the bird displays. I didn’t the other day and have no idea why. I mainly wanted to see the Sandhill Crane and the Great Blue Heron. These are the two birds I saw in a meadow the other day. We have seen a Great Blue Heron by our pond at home, but we have no idea how big they really are. I took photos of the other bird displays since I was there and love bird watching. The photos below are through glass displays so you will see reflections even though I tried to position myself around it.  Sandhill Crane Great Blue Heron The next stop was West Thumb. The visitor center is one of the last remaining old ranger stations. The gentleman who was working today has been working this one for years. He loves it. While I was getting my passport books stamped, he asked if we had been to Old Faithful yet. I said we had, a...
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05-22-2026 Friday Lamar Valley, Sough Creek Hike, Yellowstone

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Today’s destination is Lamar Valley. This valley is supposed to be full of wildlife if you get into the area around 5:30 or 6:30 AM. From Fishing Bridge, it was an hour-and-a-half drive, so an early morning was not possible for us.  I think if we ever come back, we would stay in West Yellowstone and get there early in the morning. West Yellowstone has a nice-looking RV park.   We did stop at an overlook area, and a person who works for Yellowstone Forever had a scope hooked up to her iPhone. She let us look through it. We saw a black wolf running through the valley. Such a beautiful sight. Barry and I decided we are going to get a scope as she has. It will be great for all the NP Sites we plan on visiting. She had a map that showed each area where the different wolf packs hang out. The name of each pack is in the colored area of the map.  We stopped at the Tower Falls area and took photos. I could hear a bird but could not see it. I pulled out my Merlin app and recorded...
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05-21-2026 Thursday, Mammoth Hot Springs, Roosevelt Arch, Grizzly Sighting

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We woke up to SNOW!!! A lot of snow for us, 8-10 inches on top of the Jeep and all the RVs and vehicles in the campground. It snowed all morning. We spent some time trying to see the webcams and figure out if it was snowing in the Mammoth Hot Springs area. Most of the webcams were offline, but the Mammoth Hot Springs one was working. It looked like a nice spring day and no snow, so we decided to head out after breakfast burritos. We also made sandwiches for the day and packed our cooler.  The Fishing Bridge area was so pretty. The Hayden Valley area was beautiful with Bison here and there. I was able to take some great photos of snow along the Yellowstone River.  Driving over Fishing Bridge. Hayden Valley Yellowstone River Our first stop was just north of Norris at Roaring Mountain. The side of the mountain has fumaroles, which are steam vents. We could barely hear them, but supposedly they are really loud at times. The pine trees along our route were dusted with snow. Such a ...
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