Once wild life is sighted, park visitors slow down or stop their cars by the side of the road - at times in illegal ways. Observing the commotion among the visitors gives the first inkling about the presence wild life. Buffaloes and deer come very close. So slowing down or stopping is necessary based on circumstances.
Yesterday after crossing Hayden Valley, we came cross such a commotion with cars and people all over the place. Families were scampering towards a roadside hill top. Others peering through their binoculars or setting up tripods. Upon asking we found that a grizzly bear mother along with two cubs were sighted at a distant hill top. We jumped out of the car rushed with our binoculars. The bear family was outside the range of our camera. Zoom lens of the video camera picked up something - not very perceptible. Binoculars came very handy. Quite clearly we could see the mother with two cubs. They were looking for something in the grass. After a few minutes the mother decided to move on, looking back and making sure that cubs were following her.Kids were absolutely elated to see these two fur balls. Now they wish to see such a family up close.
We spent rest of the day going around Old Faithful loop. Many geysers, mud pots, fumaroles are there. One such is named North Google Geyser - not sure if it was paid by search engine giant. I wish there is a geyser named Yahoo Geyser as well (lol).
Vista points for Yellowstone river, upper and lower falls were easily accessible from the parking lot. While coming back, the road construction work at Norris delayed us by more than an hour.
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