Albino Bowler goes to Yellowstone National Park
July 23, 2011 Category: Albino Bowler No Comments »
Holly and I have been wanting to make it out to Yellowstone National Park for a while now; I had actually been a couple times when I was younger, but Holly had never been… and quite frankly I was itching to go back. A couple of months ago we decided to do it and headed out at the beginning of June. As it turns out, June is an excellent time to go! Lots of new born animals can easily be seen, the bugs aren’t out yet, and most importantly the crowds haven’t made it yet (oh, and there was still some snow, so that made it entertaining)!
Speaking of newborns, Holly and I actually got to see an elk calf that had just been born (see my picture of the week post here)! It was quite amazing. We had been wondering around the Mammoth Springs area one evening and decided we were about ready to head back to the little bed and breakfast we were staying at when I noticed a small group of people standing at the end of the parking lot… all focused on the other side of the road with their cameras. Now, if you’ve never been to Yellowstone, you might not
know this… but any time you see a group of people with cameras out, it is usually worth your time to go see what it is they’re looking at. They don’t refer to Yellowstone as the Serengeti of North America for nothing! Well, when we got over there we could see a female elk tending to her newborn calf in some scrub bush. While we were watching it took its first steps; definitely one of those neat moments in life! The other onlookers had said it had been born some time within the past hour or so… some of them had been lucky enough to see it! Absolutely incredible! 
Other than the elk and bison, I think we also saw just about every other animal you can hope to; otters, a beaver, osprey, coyotes, wolves, deer, moose, sheep, antelope… and probably others that I’m not thinking about. In addition to the animals we of course checked out a lot of the thermal features and waterfalls as well. Old Faithful and all the other geysers and thermal pools are always a ton of fun to check out. If you’re never been, I would HIGHLY recommend it. Plan on spending at least a week there if you can!
–Dan Thompson
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