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THE GREAT WEST

There were lots of wild animals. We stopped on the Madison
River to watch some swans. Eagles flew over Fishing Bridge
looking for a quick meal. Elk, and deer were in the mountains,
and buffalo were in the middle of the road. But the bears were
something else.

We would be backed up along the road because of the bears.
No one seemed to mind the blocked traffic. And, the bears
loved it. They didn’t need to forage for ants or beetles.
I held a cookie out of the window and it put it’s paws on the
sill and took it out of my hand. Wow! Everyone did it.

Every night campers would go to the dump to see the bears
clean the place out of food that had been dumped there during
the day. The national park approved of this activity, and had
built bleachers for the tourists to watch. We went a couple of
times to watch them.
There are lots of pictures of bears feeding habits during this
period of time. None that we took survived.

Yellowstone is a remarkable place. It has weathered years of
economic poverty, forest fires and abuse. Yet it is without a
doubt the finest and most interesting National Park in North
America.

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