Yellowstone National Park Visit      July - August 2003 Ray with Momma and Baby Bison

Just outside Old Faithful Inn, we encountered a bison family.  The mother and calf were grazing contentedly with hundreds of people streaming by.  The park rules state you must keep a distance of 25 yards from all wild animals but there was no such distance observed here. However, just a few feet away a ranger closed off the trail and was routing people around it because Poppa was grazing there. He said the cow and the calf were pretty safe, but the bull was not to be messed with.  We took him at his word and made a wide berth around the bull.