Grand Teton and Yellowstone

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I finished editing my last trip to the north country. I didn't do as well as normal on seeing Grizzlies but had a lot of fun watching a badger family (mom and kit) romping around and the pika was very busy gathering his winter hay. My daughters family from Idaho came over for one day and had a great visit. I did watch a mountain rescue by helicopter which apparently isn't too unusual. Between trying to pet the bison and climbing up something only to find you can't get down the rescue team is pretty busy.
I had my Mckenzie weathered and Anderson kilts along. It is amazing how many people recognize me from previous years although the kilt, sun hat toe shoes and Grizzly either being carried by hand or in the musette bag probably helps.
I thought this was fun so I photoshopped a new license plate

cinnamon colored black bear at lunch

Junior got a little rough

Mom was very watchful but sometimes it looked like she was thinking there's something wrong with that child

This cinnamon bolted away with his prize as I shot

I spent an hour watching him gather grass


After every trip he drop off the grass in his den and then run over and look at me and bark

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One of my favorite treats is to see the ptarmigan go from winter to summer plumage

These two put on quite a peep show

As I said I normally see and photograph more grizzly but this one did make up for it

An age old question answered

Mornings are incredible here

There were two siblings that the mother had kicked out a few days earlier and they wandered dejectedily around the area she had chased them off from. She was the female from the previous shot with the boar in the woods