Saturday, June 8, 2013

Still Looking for Bears

Our second day off for the week was spent taking a drive to the northern section of the Grand Tetons to Pilgrim Creek Rd where the bears are suppose to be hanging out. We came here last week and didn't see any bears, so we were hoping for better luck. It didn't happen, but it was a very enjoyable excursion anyway.

We passed the huge field where we routinely see bison and other wildlife and they were again in the field. This time, the dandelions were so plentiful it looked like a yellow blanket was spread in the field:


We also saw some different wildflowers along with the usual ones. Below are a couple of wildflowers we hadn't previously identified:

Starting with the Desert Parsley:


more Desert Parsley with some Lupines, making for some nice photos:



Here are some Western Groundsel:


and more of the Balsamroot that is everywhere:



We saw more wildlife on the return trip, starting with this, the second of two herds we passed:


and the moose that was close to the same area we saw him before, and we could see that his rack, though still in velvet, is getting larger:



I took a short walk to the courtyard area of the lodge when we returned home. The annual classic car rally is taking place at the lodge this weekend, and I wanted to snap a few photos of all the cars that are parked all around the pool in the interior area of the lodge:




This annual rally creates a lot of activity at the front desk and this year, as opposed to last, we are escaping most of the turmoil since we are working the afternoons instead of the mornings on the weekends. Thank goodness for that.

Our weekend is over and we now return to work at 3 this afternoon. We really are happy that our schedule this year gives us an extra half day on our weekends before working again. We are scheduled to work with Nicole, the manager's daughter, for the first time this year. She will be on our schedule every other week, so today will complete our experience working with all the other front desk personnel.

It was a fun two days for us, and we are already looking forward to our next weekend...

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