Today it is raining and foggy and the temperature is dropping into the low forties. Not a good day for sightseeing mountain monuments so we went to the Bear Country USA open zoo travel park. You drive through the park in your car and the animals are in the open. Of course the wolves and elk and big horn sheep are separated by high electric fence, but they still sit over there and dream of filets. Lots of mammals here and it is impressive as the animals walk all around and up to your car. Got to keep the windows up in the bear and timber wolf paddocks! They have artic wolves , timber wolves, elk, big horn sheep, deer, mountain lion and lots and lots of bears!They have over 100 bears and have two grizzlies in a separate area. The grizzlys are easily 3-4 times as big as the black bears. One of larger black bears must have smelled something in the rear bed of the pickup truck in front of us, he was half in and the driver started moving and the bear ran along the side of the truck for awhile holding on to the bed liner. At the end they have a baby animal section with small mammals and baby bears which are pretty feisty, running and wrestling . Went to the cattleman restaurant in town for lunch after and had buffalo chili.....guaranteed to create enough gas to power all propane vehicles withing 100 miles for a week! But tasted reallllly good! Tomorrow is supposed to be nicer, but colder, they are calling for record lows in the 30's. If clear we will go to Mount Rushmore .
See you tomorrow if we don't freeze tonight.
See you tomorrow if we don't freeze tonight.
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