Lions & tigers and BEARS oh my!

Grizzly bear and cubs! Oh my!

Today we headed out with all of our biker friends to make the trek over the Beartooth Pass. If you have never been you should make plans to do so. It is an amazing ride. First we drove thru Yellowstone Park. In all the years we have been going there I have never seen a bear except from a distance. Today shattered that record. We saw a bear up on a hill which was OK but not a real thrill. Shortly after that as I was day dreaming, we were driving along side of a drop off. Suddenly a big grizzly bear jumped up onto the road. She was just a few feet away from my side of the car. We are in the Corvette with the top down. She growled and Jeff thought she was going to jump into the car. She was agitated. There were two cubs with her. We had to stop to not hit them. Then she ran behind the car so I grabbed my camera and started shooting pictures and worrying that with one leap I would be lunch for the three bears. She quickly ran off of the road. Still kind of shaky from that experience we came upon stopped cars again. A black bear by the side of the road. I started taking pictures again. Jeff suddenly exclaimed "oh no" and jumped out of the car. I thought that it was a bear attack. But one of the ladies in our group had tried to stop and her bike went over. (She is fine with a few scratches to her bike). That is Jeff running to help get her up. Now the bear is headed right onto the road and our group trying to help her get up. Suddenly a ranger showed up and chased the bear off. I hope that today is as close as I ever get to a grizzly bear! Guess we will see what tomorrow brings as we head to Cody Wyoming and then into Yellowstone again.