BEAR!

Until last October I'd never seen a bear in the wild.  After years of waiting, it finally happened as I was coming out of Yellowstone with my coworkers.  There, on the side of the road, was a mama and its cub.

Amazing!

I had a second siting last weekend in Teton National Forest as I was coming home after a weekend in Jackson, Wyo.  

A car was pulled off to the side of the road which generally means there's wildlife of some sorts about.  I noticed the guy had a video camera pointing across the road so I slowed down to take a look.

And there they were...another mama and her cub!

This was the distance they started out at, which looks farther than it really was...

They ate, the baby played, then dug, then played some more....

A pretty lil' picture of the mama foraging...

Eating and playing...

A bit of video I took on the fly...