Day 10: (Thursday 9/18/25), Beartooth Highway

I headed out at 7:00 AM to check on the large boar grizzly on the Elk kill.  Then back to the campsite because today was a little bit of an inconvenience.  We are staying in Fishing Bridges RV (FBRV) inside Yellowstone.  I booked our reservations 1 year out.  They always sell out 1 year in advance.  I booked a 30’ site with 30-amp service.  Then in July Sharon and I bought a larger camper 36’ with 50 amp.  I called FB and they said sorry no 50-amp sites available.  I called every day for about 3 weeks to finally get a really nice 60’ ADA site.  I’m guessing about another 10 days of calling I was able to get a site for Thursday.  Which meant we had to be out of site one by 11:00 am and move over to site 2.  We knocked at out in about 45 – 60 minutes. 

We then headed the 80 minutes into Cody for lunch.  We headed up to Red Lodge to the start of BearTooth Highway.  It is supposed to be the most beautiful drive in America.  I was impressed.  We climbed to 13,900 feet.  Temps went from 79 at the valley to 54 at the top.  Drove it down through Cooke City and back into Yellowstone into Lamar valley.

Sharon was a real trooper 7 hours and 400+ miles of windshield time.

Tomorrow, we break camp and head to the Grand Tetons.  More adventures to follow.

When I got to him, he was sleeping and was covered with a blanket of frost.

After about 30 minutes he finally looked up.  I guess according to some guys in the crowd, two other grizzlies tried to move in yesterday afternoon, but he ran them off.  He is not giving his buffet just yet.  I just couldn’t allocate time to hang on with him, which so much other things to see and do!

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Day 9: (Wednesday 9/17/25), Up early again, and I rolled out at 5:30am. A balmy 31 this morning. Today was supposed to be all about antlers. Headed to Mammoth Hot Springs to try to find the Elk and then find bighorn ram and mountain goats.  Struck out on all three, so headed to Lamar Valley hoping to find the wolves.  Luck was on my side.  I spotted a wolf, but pretty far out.  Got the 600mm out and added the 2.0 Teleconverter so 1200mm.  Focused in on it, and Boom, Coyote!   LOL.

Farther down the valley I saw a group of prongs on the other side of the river on a run.  Then I caught something all black following.  I wheeled over and got my rig out and sure enough a wolf stalking the prong horns.  Still way too far out for full-frame wall hanger type photos I seek.  I got to observe and witness the junction butte pack or 10 or 11 strong stalk and hunt the group of 9+ prong horns.  Since so far out there is a photo with 6 wolves, and 9 prong horns.  The wolves split into 2 different groups and flanked the prong horns and pushed them towards the river.  I just knew I was going to get to see a kill when 2 prongs turned right, and the other 7 turned left.  Both groups, closed in and was within 20 yards of the 2 remaining prong horns.  When the wolves got close enough the Prong horn turned on the afterburners.  I have never seen an animal move that fast.  The wolves just all stopped like “What the Hell!”  I am only guessing that they were younger pups, because the stalk the started playing and one kept biting one of his buddies on the ear, like our dog Bo does to Bella. 

It was getting pretty late and decided to head back to the camper.  I was over an hour away.  Had yet another grizzly adventure on way back.  Picked up Sharon for our afternoon trip.  We had a nice lunch at the dinner inside Fishing Bridges, then to Old Faithful.  The scheduled said due to erupt at 2:07 PM plus or minus 17 minutes.  She was late and did a minor eruption at 2:28 PM.  So clearly Old Faithful must be a woman.  

We then headed back up to Mammoth Hot Springs, to find the Elk.  Had some great ice cream and headed back to the camper.  On the way back we ran into a group of Big Horn sheep, but no big rams.  Sharon got the best photo out the truck window with her iPhone.

All in All, GREAT day and more adventures to come.

Coyote way out there!

1 photo to support the story.  8 wolves and 7 prong horns.  I would normally never post a photo like this but it helps tell the story.  It also goes to show no matter how much money you throw at glass, it is NEVER enough.

Finally got a blonde colored grizzly!

Old Faithful Geyser 

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