Butterfly Wonderland was featuring Bugtober as a temporary exhibit. They also have a small aquarium section and a small reptile exhibit.
Butterfly Aquarium Revisited
A couple years ago we visited Butterfly Wonderland and OdySea Aquarium in Scottsdale with our youngest grandson, Butterfly Aquarium. We went back this year (revisited) with our oldest grandson and his wife. There were some things the same and some different.
I’ve Heard of that Museum
It has been over a decade since we visited the Heard Museum here in Phoenix. The contents here started with the Heards’ collection of Indian arts. The collections are extensive and informative.
Grand Tetons
Our final stop was Grand Teton National Park. I used my tetons joke last year, Le Trois Tetons.
Wolves and Grizzly
So here’s a funny story. We stopped in Yellowstone where a crowd had gathered with their binoculars and scopes. Bill had both binoculars and a scope. So we were able to see a watering hole where wolves had gathered and then gone up the hill. This was maybe 600-800 yards away. I saw two wolves through Bill’s scope. On the hillside there was apparently a carcass, maybe elk. A grizzly and several wolves were there for the feast. I watched the grizzly running away with maybe a haunch. The wolves were there too at the top of a ridge.
Yellowstone Animals
In Yellowstone National Park the animals are everywhere. Visitors are advised that these are wild animals so keep your distance: 25 yards for grazers, 100 yards for bears and wolves. Here are pictures of some of the animals we saw this trip with links to last year’s.
Yellowstone Scenery
We were in Yellowstone National Park last July with some of the kids and grandkids, but this year, later in the year, we’re here with my cousin Bill and his wife Diana. It’s different in the fall. You can compare this visit with last year’s visit.
More Ghosts
From Glacier National Park past Flathead Lake to the Garnet ghost town. The best preserved ghost town in Montana they say. I knew exactly what to expect since I saw it on Mysteries of the Abandoned. Except this wasn’t it. But it was well preserved and interesting.
Glacier National Park
We picked up our trusty GyPSy Guide for the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park. See my post There’s an App for That… and a Website… and Hardware, updated today, for the complete list on indispensable apps including GyPSy Guide.
C. M. Russell Museum
I’m not much of an art gallery guy… unless it’s Western art. Charles M. Russell was a Western artist whose work benefited from a trip to New York City. First he was a real cowboy. And that shows in his work. The C. M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana houses a lot of his work, his studio, and his home.