YNP was really cool, we had some good sightings and again, amazing scenery. We had a really good sighting of a Black Bear with her 2 cubs who where about a month old. She was busy foraging for food , someone in the crowd mentioned that there were cubs in the tree. Mama bear then went a little way up the tree and called them down . Next thing we notice a whole lot of leaves and branches falling out the tree and these 2 incredibly cute cubs come bounding down the tree!! Weird though because you are allowed to get out of your car and watch them. There was a Ranger there making sure that the people didn't disturb her and her little family.
Saw loads of Bison, elk, moose, birds, a coyote and a grizzly bear. We stayed in the Park itself where the campsite only has a long drop and no showers. 3rd day that we were there we got caught in a blizzard!
We woke up early for a drive, however, it started raining and we couldn't really see much so we decided to go for a mid morning snooze. We woke up at about 12 wondering why the hell we had suddenly got so cold, and low and behold, we open up the tent and it had just started snowing. We thought okay we can deal with this until the snow started falling a lot harder. At that stage we thought it best to pack up and head out. As we were driving out, roads were being closed and traffic directed back down. (our campsite was at an elevation of about 7,000ft)
We got chatting to some lady in Seattle and when we told her we were in YNP she asked if we got caught in the "blizzard!!!"
So, by the time we left YNP we were very cold and very stinky (hadn't showered in 3 days!!) And definitely much richer in being lucky enough to experience this vast and wild wilderness.
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