The Bears Playground

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Posted by Granite Head (209.252.105.44) on 06:38:32 07/04/14

Flash forward a couple of days to Yellowstone...we had finished our hike to Fairy Falls (in a mad dash over the last 200 yards, caught in one of those only-in-Yellowstone 10 minute soaking "snhail-storms"), stopped at Snow Lodge for a tall icy drink, then headed on our way south...only to approach the bridge over the Firehole (shortly before Kepler)to behold (drum roll) a bear jam! Ironically this is in the area about which Janet Chapple says, "Prior to 1970, the area near the pond south of the bridge was the site of a bear feeding grounds, called The Bears Playground."

Another grizzly sow and one year-old cub were doing their sweet bear thing just below the bridge.

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• Mother-child interactions - Granite Head 06:39:36 07/04/14 (14)
  • Toe toys - Granite Head 06:40:58 07/04/14 (13)
    • Baby face - Granite Head 06:47:20 07/04/14 (12)
      • 399 cub for comparison - Granite Head 06:50:04 07/04/14 (11)
        • We saw one grizzly in the Oxbow Bend area - Rick 10:47:28 07/05/14 (2)
          • Were there 7,000 other people watching too? - Granite Head 11:00:59 07/05/14 (1)
            • A number of cars pulled over, yeah - Rick 15:06:46 07/05/14 (0)
        • Moving on - Granite Head 06:54:18 07/04/14 (7)
          • Even a full-grown grizzly - Granite Head 06:57:22 07/04/14 (6)
            • Nerves of steel - Granite Head 07:00:37 07/04/14 (5)
              • Buns of steel - Granite Head 07:03:20 07/04/14 (4)
                • A last glance... - Granite Head 07:06:13 07/04/14 (3)
                  • Love this shot - Norm 07:35:16 07/05/14 (0)
                  • Great series..... - Gerry 00:40:50 07/05/14 (0)
                  • Awesome series! n/m - Oldtymr 10:48:47 07/04/14 (0)

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