Yellowstone Wildlife, Human Edition
Yellowstone is a zoo without fences. People treat it like a zoo too. They’re crazy here. They’ll walk right up to a buffalo almost, assuming it’s tame, gentle, pet-able. Insanity indeed. Here’s what we saw.
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- Tai Chi photography and a gent posing.
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- Steep stairs … perfect for a game of tag, right kids?
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- Only use paved pull-offs … unless you think you may get to see a bear.
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- Bummed he didn’t see a bear but (unknowingly) happy that I refrained from lighting his abandoned car on fire.
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- Getting out of the car to stroll around is probably a good habit to get into.
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- We followed this drifter for a number of miles. At one point, he was entirely in the left lane and Lisa had to beep to get him to notice on-coming traffic.
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- Just sendin’ some texts … wearing a moose-inspired hat.
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- Elk photography right outside Mammoth, WY.
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- iPad camera sighting at Mammoth Hot Springs!
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- Bear spray … never explore the parking lots of Yellowstone without it. Guy in red has a slick holster for his.
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- Tripod, serious photographic discussions.
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- Another child lost to parents overwhelmed by wildlife … photography.
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- Look, an elk!
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- Crazy lens, flash, tripod. These pictures will end up on Facebook for sure.
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- Existence of roadside wildlife negates all normal traffic laws, curtesy.
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- White van slowed down to allow somebody to exit their spot and blue car swooped around him for the steal.
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- Lisa takes a pic along with a woman and her iPad.
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- Sometimes it’s tough to find the impact of man on the natural environment.
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- About an hour before Ol’ Faithful is scheduled to erupt.
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- Ol’ Faithful is about to erupt again.
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- Cameras poised … the eruption would begin 15 mintes after I snapped this.
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- iPad camera poised … the eruption would begin 14 minutes after I snapped this one.
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- One more poised pic … 13 minutes ’til liftoff.
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- What we were all waiting for.
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- 6 seconds after the climax and people are already in exodus mode. Nobody watches the last few spurts.
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- Let’s take the same picture!
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- This is a family vacation, let’s all take this picture as a family.
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- Last iPad pic, I promise. Honestly, a little Angry Birds would make the Ol’ Faithful wait a little more enjoyable.
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