Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Triple Trouble

Hi All,

We have made frequent mention of our black bear sow plus 3 cubs that have been keeping us busy. They have been in the road, in the campground, on the beach and everywhere in between.

This is mom plus one crossing the narrow Signal Mountain Summit Road.

This is a repeat of the cubs in the culvert photo.

Here's mom trying to nurse three cubs.

One cub in a campsite left muddy paw prints on the tent.

On the narrow summit road we want people to drive by slowly but not stop. We think the cub was the only one to read the sign.

Then the black cub came over and knocked down the sign!
It has been exhausting fun trying to keep these guys out of trouble. Still the best job in the park😃

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Thursday, August 2, 2018

NatGeo Film Crews in Park

Hi All,

We got this email from the park Public Affairs Office.

National Geographic is airing live broadcasts from the Greater Yellowstone Area- including Grand Teton National Park- Sunday-Wednesday, August 5-8, at 7pm local time each night, on the NatGeo Channel.   

Several film crews are in the park and have been working with the park's Special Use Permit Office regarding this "live" programming.  They are specifically filming wildlife viewing opportunities and wildlife jams, search and rescue operations, as well as obtaining general landscape images in the park, and our cooperative work with whitebark pine restoration efforts.   We may see some of our coworkers in the film. 

So don't be surprised to see filming crews  out and about.  They are also filming in adjacent national forests and Yellowstone. 

Please be sure to share this info with all employees, volunteers, and partners, and perhaps your family and friends.  

We have already had a Nat Geo crew at one of our bear jams last week. You are almost certain to see our bears, less likely to see us.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Potpourri

Hi All,

Still lots of bears around but now moose are being seen more often. This cow was in Sawmill Pond.


Speaking of bears, check out this guy. This magnificent brown Newfoundland was visiting from CA.

Recognize these three? 49 years ago, the Apollo 11 crew splashed down and were placed in an isolation van to keep us al from getting "Moon Germs".
We have visitors in our campsite tonight. As we patrolled Jenny Lake Campground earlier today, we met two bicycle tourists. They asked about getting a site at Gros Ventre Campground where we live. We assured them there would be sites available at least until early afternoon. Carl half jokingly told them our site number and said they could stay with us if the campground was full. 

At 8:30 PM there was a knock on the door and a voice said, "Were you serious?" As darkness fell they pitched their tiny tents behind the coach. Tomorrow they will continue riding across the country.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Friends from Nashua, NH

Hi All,

Friends Eileen & Ben are on a hiking vacation that brought them to Grand Teton. We had dinner with them last night and today we joined them on a hike to Phelps Lake from the Laurence Rockefeller Preserve. It was our "back country" day so we were in uniform.


The Woodland trail brought us to this wonderful lake overview. While soaking in the views some other hikers told us about a bear up the trail.

This is a yearling black bear that got ear tags and a radio collar earlier this year.

This image shows the collar clearly. It will fall off long before the bear grows a thick neck.

The return hike is along beautiful Lake Creek.
It was great to see Ben & Eileen and Phelps Lake never disappoints.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Quick Uodate

Hi All,

Summer is flying along. Construction on Hwy 89 causes some backups but who can complain about traffic with this view.


We may have mentioned the black bear sow with three small cubs. Usually when frightened they scamper up a tree- today they hid in a drain pipe. We hung around until they came out.
Life is good!

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Not Just Bears!

Hi All,

As we began our patrol this morning we were greeted by a beautiful rainbow in front of the mountains.


This flight departing Jackson Hole Airport was caught between the arches of the double rainbow.

At Moose Junction we could see two full arches. We had our first "Jam" of the day-a RAINBOW JAM as several cars pulled over to watch/photograph the rainbow.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Monday, July 9, 2018

A Nice Day

Hi All,

We started today on a bear jam with 399 plus two cubs visible from the road. We lost sight of her in the thick willows and they popped out crossing the road 200 yards south of our position thankfully with light traffic.

Later we had a more mellow bear jam with this guy, a yearling cub recently kicked out by mom. Not too many cars; a great bear jam.


Not far from the bear cub we found a group of pronghorn.

After a while, one crossed the road near us.

After our shift we attended a wildlife brigade pot luck. On the way home we caught this beautiful sunset mountain profile.
A wonderful day!

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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