Well today started off a little earlier than the last, we left our motel at 7 a.m. in hopes of getting our first glimpse of the wolves. Shauna had the wolf radio along today and got a message that the Lamar Canyon pack had been spotted in the basin of the Lamar Valley so we rushed to the valley to try and see the wolves before they disappeared into the forest. Well we found our first perch on a butte opposite of where the wolves had been spotted. We glassed the far forest line for wolves with no luck. When all of a sudden Lex squealed with excitement that he thought he had spotted a bear near the top of the mountain that we were standing on. Sure enough, Shauna confirmed that it was indeed an adult grizzly bear. After the grizzly bear sighting, there was word on the wolf radio that the wolves had killed a deer in the valley. We headed to the area of the sighting and set up our scopes on the adjacent hill side. That is when i got my first view of a genuine Yellowstone wolf. I felt very happy to finally be able to see what all of the fuss was about! After about 20 minutes of wolf watching, Shauna’s friend Rick told us the story of the wolves 925 and 926 which was sort of like listening to a soap opera with lots of drama, death, and rebuilding. after lunch along Pebble Creek we ventured on to our final destination of the day which was upstream of the Lamar and Yellowstone river confluence. At this place we were able to sit and take in our surroundings. I felt like this place was as wild and untouched as any place we had been to so far. After we returned to our rooms for supper we met up with Jim Halfpenny who is a professional tracker and spoke to us about the wolverine studies he has been a part of. He also showed us his museum of different castings of animal tracks. I think the most interesting track casting he had was the Sasquatch foot print.

Well that’s all for today, I need my rest for Yellowstone day 3!

Dan