June 12, 2008
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After a bright and early morning arrival at the Raleigh airport, we set out on a long, somewhat tiring set of flights to get us to our destination. We finally made it to Bozeman, MT at 1:30 pm MST, which was 3:30 pm EST.
 After boarding our two vans, our day of discovery began. Wow! We were surrounded by snow-covered mountains on the drive into Yellowstone. Following the Yellowstone River, we made our way to the famous Roosevelt arch at the North entrance to the Park. At the top of the arch it says, “For the benefit and enjoyment of the people” and we are elated to be able to enjoy it ourselves.
Our wildlife viewing started at the arch with a sighting of two Peregrine Falcons. Shortly after leaving the arch, we pulled over and jumped out to watch eight majestic Bighorn Sheep atop a mountain ridge — adults and this year’s babies. In the short amount of time we've been in the park so far, we’ve already seen Elk, a Bald Eagle with young in a nest, Mule Deer, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Magpies, Cinnamon Teal, Scaup, wildflowers and our first bear. Despite it being a Black Bear — a sight not uncommon to some of us from North Carolina — and not a Grizzly, we were all thrilled!
In addition to the wildlife, we’ve also seen several of Yellowstone's magnificent geologic features — the travertine terraces at Mammoth were particularly gorgeous, covered by thermophiles, which we’ll have to tell you more about next time.
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