Stories, photographs, travel notes, and safari reflections from Doug & Marcy

Winter in Yellowstone National Park

Bearly Awake I figured it to be common wisdom that black bears entered winter hibernation and slept soundly until warm weather. However, during our late January-early February trip to Yellowstone National Park, we found a bear den with occupants active in the sunny but single-digit weather. During our visit, our daily routine consisted of cruising […]

Winter in Yellowstone National Park

The Cycle of Life You have probably all seen “Yellowstone National Park in winter” videos or pictures. Until a couple of years ago, I just could not imagine visiting here during January/February cold and snowy conditions, but we did, and now we are hooked on the beauty of the season, and we have enjoyed the […]

Grand Teton National Park Winter Shoot 2022

Kelly Warm Spring In Grand Teton National Park, Kelly Warm Spring is located along East Upper Gros Ventre Road about a quarter-mile from East Boundary Road.   The very short story behind KWS begins in 1925 when the area was known as Mud Spring.  During that year, a huge landslide (the largest in U.S. history) […]

grizzly 399 and bear jams

Traveling north of sixty … Grizzly 399 was born 25 years ago in the Pilgrim Creek Area of Grand Teton National Park and is older than usual for a grizzly bear. She was given her name as a research number by the Yellowstone Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team. I understand that this particular grizzly is […]

Many are chilled but few are frozen

A National Park all to Ourserlves

Traveling on the north side of 60 … It was about fourteen months ago that I watched  YouTube videos of photographer Thomas Heaton and friends describing their trip to the Canadian Rockies for winter photography.  Thomas’s enthusiasm is infectious and I longed to visit some of the places he photographed, but I just couldn’t get […]

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