tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post7777632547765334938..comments2024-03-21T03:35:20.539-04:00Comments on writing as jo(e): Bison encounterjo(e)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-27498555407554418482010-08-12T10:03:54.329-04:002010-08-12T10:03:54.329-04:00Interesting story.
You were lucky to see it (and ...Interesting story.<br /><br />You were lucky to see it (and not get hurt).<br /><br />When I was there, I went off the boardwalk and fell through the crust and burned my foot--synchronously, I was just telling Keith about it last night!Mary Stebbins Taitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-34018767822382085252010-08-11T20:36:45.847-04:002010-08-11T20:36:45.847-04:00Yes, we several times had to stop because bison we...Yes, we several times had to stop because bison were in the road. One evening, we ended up just driving slowly down a bison who was ambling along the road. Isn't the park just incredible? In the northeast, we saw a whole herd of bison, just peacefully grazing. I felt like I was in a movie.jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-7142256404167442272010-08-11T19:24:31.503-04:002010-08-11T19:24:31.503-04:00We had multiple bison encounters back in 2000, par...We had multiple bison encounters back in 2000, particularly on the road (more on that later). My parents saw them even closer, though, we were at the Fountain Paint Pot (I don't know if that's where you were) and I think that maybe K and I were with Kelvin somewhere. My parents were in a walkway close to the souvenir store when suddenly a whole herd of bison came running down in their directions. Luckily they were close enough to the shop that they got in, but there were a few scared people who had to just get off the walkway and behind/between some trees. After the herd passed, these people came into the store terrified by the experience.<br /><br />The road encounters were interesting. The first one was with only two bisons walking in the middle of the road on our first day, as we were driving to the Grand Teton Ntl Park. The second time was at night. We were driving from Mammoth Hot Springs back to Madison (where we stayed) and in a place where there was a hill/embankment on the left side of the road we had to stop because there was a huge herd of bison heading down (in the same direction we were going). All of us cars had to stop (and we could see the cars opposite in the distance stopped too) and drive really slowly. Next to us there were a couple of mother bison and their calves (?). After a while we realized that we'd stay there for a really long time if we didn't do something, so my brave "cowboy" husband started driving forward a bit faster and the bison realized that they should let us pass and soon enough the whole herd headed out of the road and all the cars could finally go again! People in some other cars (especially the incoming ones) cheered my husband. I thought it was cool! Too bad it was really dark, so we couldn't really take pictures and video. :-(<br /><br />Did you have any similar experiences driving around the park? How long did you stay? We were there only three days. :-(Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902911922952429223noreply@blogger.com