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On Sunday morning we decided to leave even earlier than we did Saturday morning after learning how long it takes to actually get over to Lamar Valley because we really wanted to see wolves. We had already seen black bear, so our goal became to see wolves and hopefully a Grizzly. Our plan was to head over to Trout Lake, where we heard there were Otters, and we would look for wolves along the way.On our way, we made a quick stop at Gibbon Falls for a couple of shots and then decided to take the scenic loop which took us past Virginia Cascades. As we continued down the road we finally ran into a Grizzly Bear feeding in a meadow. Then literally just right around the corner we saw a Black Bear running up the hill off to our right. As we turned right to head to Lamar Valley we ran into a few big herds of Buffalo hanging out on the road. Shortly thereafter we saw another Black Bear run across the road about 20 feet in front of us. We stopped briefly where we saw the Grizzly on Saturday, and saw that he was still there but it was too far away to enjoy. As we got near Trout Lake, we saw a bunch of cars parked with spotting scopes, so we got out to see what they were looking at. Come to find out, there were two Grizzlies guarding a kill from 3 or 4 wolves. It was still pretty far away, but close enough that you could still see what was going on. We stayed for a while and enjoyed the amazing view before heading on to Trout Lake.At Trout Lake we met a wildlife photographer. The trout were spawning but there were no Otters. We did get to see an Osprey though. We decided to do the south part of the Grand Loop on our way back to the resort. We stopped off at Upper and Lower Falls and then headed to West Thumb Geyser Basin, before looping around to Old Faithful. On our way out of the park we saw baby elk playing along the river banks. We gassed up and ate in Island Park, Idaho before driving into Red Rock Road where we found a big Bull Moose. Perfect finish to a great day.In July 2011, on one of my trips back to the US, we decided to take a photography vacation to Yellowstone National Park. We stayed just outside of West Yellowstone, on Henry’s Lake. One of the evenings, after we had left the park and were headed back to our cabin, we decided to grab some dinner in a local gas station. Our trip had been incredible so far and the only thing we hadn’t photographed yet that we really wanted to was a bull moose.

A wildlife photographer we met at Trout Lake told us that there were usually moose out around the south end of Henry’s Lake, so after dinner we decided to take one last shot and finding some moose. We headed into a small neighborhood near a river where moose had been seen the night before, but unfortunaltey all we saw were mosquitos and a few fishermen. So we headed back towards the lake and decided to turn off onto one last dirt road before calling it a night.

As luck would have it, and right as the sun was setting, we spotted this big bull moose grazing about 40 feet off the road. So we stopped and photographed him until the light was too low to get sharp shots. He was the last animal on our checklist of animals we were hoping to see and shoot during our trip.