Sunday, June 26th

Attached are a few pictures that were left off our blog from yesterday of Hebgen Lake and the earthquake sight. Also our picnic lunch in the campground - roasting brats and drinking a beer. We spent Sunday fly fishing on the Madison River. It runs along the west entrance to the park and into West Yellowstone, MT. From there it forms Hebgen Lake and then runs through the canyon to Earthquake Lake and the slide sight.

We did lots of fishing but no catching. Needless to say we are new to this fly fishing thing and it will take lots of practice and learning the right flies to use but the scenery was beautiful. At one spot we tried, we saw the bald eagle and at one time it was joined by its mate so they must have had their aerie close by. We didn't grab the camera in time to catch them both sitting in the tree. An osprey flew by us and one of the eagles promptly went after it. I guess to make sure it didn't do any fishing in his territory. All the rivers are still high from the snow melt but one is more beautiful then the next. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Had to include one more picture of a bison jam. Shortly after we took this picture one of the cars came to close and the bison did a little dance and put his head down and charged the car. Luckily for the car he was able to pull away before contact. This particular jam went on for about two miles. They sure can slow things down and there is no question who owns the roads in Yellowstone.


All for now
Jim & Ann