Monday, May 30
What a wonderful last day in parkadise! The morning was cold and rainy outside, but inside the Mammoth Grill was warm and welcoming. There were several Loons waiting to have lunch together, and we were eager to see all of them. King of the Loons, John, was very careful to wander around taking pictures of his own so he wouldn't get caught while I was taking pictures, and I missed him. We'll getcha next time, John!
(updated) Of course we ordered the Kiddie cheeseburger meal for ourselves. Gotta have that Tootsie Roll pop! Bruce got a red one, and I got an orange one. YUM! We gave the crayons to Kassia's two little girls.
Lew and Deb
Lew was cutting up and pretending to take my picture. Silly boy!
Barb (sister of) Terri aka Teton Terri
Curtis (son of) Peggy B aka Yellow Eyes
Lea (mother of) Bonnie aka Bonnie CO, Carolyn aka Connecticut Car
Sara, (corrected) Layla, Kassia, Nora (children & grandchildren of Jane)
As it turns out, Kassia is a friend of our nieces Mandy & Jill and their hubbies. Small world, huh?
Be very very careful what you say to whom. LOL
Frank aka Ballpark Frank and Jane (Frank's fiancé')
Carolyn and Victor aka Just a Spouse or JAS
We took one more cruise through the park before we have to leave tomorrow and found two grizzlies at Sedge bay, as well as the marmots still running around looking cute. It was 36 degrees, and the wind was blowing the snow sideways, so we didn't get out of the truck to check them out!Look at the chunks of snow pushed aside. They look like giant marshmallows!
A swan was swimming all alone in the Yellowstone river. That's the first one we had seen this trip. What was strange to us was the lack of coyotes. We only saw that one earlier in the week. Hmmmm...
Thought this kind of told the story of the park this trip ... snow, thawing, rain, snow, wind, thawing, more snow and closed roads. What a wacky weather week! Pouring rain to dumping snow to bright sunshine all in the same day, day after day and always wind or calm. Sheesh! Hope we never have another week like this when we visit again.
Coming out of the park, we were mesmerized by seven little Bighorn lambs playing on the side of the hill at the Sheep Management area. See that tree with the two peeking out? That's their favorite toy. They run up and down and round and round, but then they wind up back at that tree and jump and kick over the roots, through that hole, chase each other and practice domination techniques. Hysterical! It was pouring rain at the time, and that made for a mucked up lens.
Here are all seven of them. See the two on the bottom running? All of them went hell bent for election constantly! We sat and watched them for a long time and were totally entertained.
We left the park for the last time this year, sad to be leaving but looking forward to continuing our trip. Yellowstone holds a very special place in our hearts.
To be continued!
