If you have not been to Bear Country, it starts with a drive through area viewing 12 species of animals. Here are photos of some of them. The good part was having a map and letting Miss W announce what we would be seeing in each section. Both kiddos enjoyed trying to spot the animals who were resting in the tall grass and reminding me to keep the windows up when I wanted to take photos.
Rocky Mountain Elk
Arctic Wolf
Big Horn Sheep
Black Bear causing a traffic jam
Mountain Lions
bear pool
a water park is being built for the bears
and will be open next summer
carrots for bears' lunch
they had to cross the road to get their food
Black Bears
LOTS of adult Black Bears
these two crossed the road in front of the van to the
delight of the grands
Bison
Interesting side note: the man, Veterinarian Dennis Casey, responsible for starting Bear Country in 1972 was a brother to the husband of Hubby's first teaching partner at Grant School.
a Woodchuck enjoying lunch during our walk-about
Beavers enjoying lunch
the Beaver family: 3 wet members and 2 dry ones
Bobcat
Red Fox taking a snooze
Arctic Fox in their log
On our other visits to Bear Country the baby bears were the most entertaining and the highlight of the trip. That was not the case this day. For whatever reason, there were very few cubs in the viewing area. In fact, the kids didn't stop at all. They did enjoy seeing the animals in the walk-about part, but really enjoyed the drive through the large animal section. The adult bears were very entertaining; frolicking in the pool, running after the truck dropping the carrots, and crossing the road between the cars. Well worth the money.
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