by Jenny Golding | Feb 3, 2020 | Adventures, How To, Yellowstone Wildlife
From my comfy spot on the couch, I am staring up at towering spruce and fir trees and watching the snow fall. I have a floor to ceiling view of the forest, the thick tree trunks pillowed in deep, unbroken snow. The trickle of water remaining unfrozen in Soda Butte...
by George Bumann | Nov 12, 2019 | Nature, Videos, Yellowstone Wildlife
Approximately one out of every five wolves in Yellowstone are parading along the valley before us as our son looks through the spotting scope. It’s the Junction Butte wolf pack. “Whoa! I see them! They’re playing!” little George says with the uplift of awe in...
by Jenny Golding | Jul 17, 2019 | Adventures, How To, Nature, Yellowstone Wildlife
We had just a few more days before Little George came home from Grandma’s, so we loaded up the camper and drove to Pebble Creek. We spent the next four days rising with the sun and staying out until dark, wildlife watching in Lamar Valley, and hiking in between. The...
by Jenny Golding | Jul 13, 2019 | Adventures, Videos, Yellowstone Wildlife
Golden evening light dances across Lamar Valley as bison gently grunt to each other and grizzlies stride through the sage. Witness Lamar Valley in summer: If you love Lamar Valley as much as we do, check out these posts: Four Days in Lamar Valley, Spending Time With...
by Jenny Golding | Jul 10, 2019 | How To, Nature, Yellowstone Wildlife
We recently encountered multiple sets of grizzly bear tracks on a hike in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley. Here’s how we interpreted the signs they left behind. We decided to climb out of the river corridor to give these bears as much space as possible, for...
by Jenny Golding | Jun 7, 2019 | Animal Language, Nature, Videos, Yellowstone Wildlife
Yesterday was one of the most amazing mornings I’ve ever had in the park. On my way through Swan Lake Flats at sunrise, I stopped and watched a cow elk and calf trotting through the sagebrush, backlit by the golden hues of the rising sun. I was thinking that was a...