On our recent trip to Idaho we visited Yellowstone Bear World near the town of Rexburg, Idaho. It is not anywhere close to Yellowstone National Park but you follow the road it is on and you will get there eventually. The facility has lots of bears (all born in captivity) on site in a fairly natural setting and you can drive around (with your windows up) and view them. They also have other animals including this male moose and a female in a separate area with their own marsh.
They also had this guy enjoying a dip. It was hot the day we were there and there were lots of bears in the water and under the shade trying to stay cool.
Oh, what a great place!!! Love the bear in the water!! Wish I could visit there, but your pics are the next best thing!! Thanks, as always, for sharing the fun!! Hope you have a great weekend!!
Awesome shots!
These are two fabulous shots and I love the 2 critters in them. Have a wonderful weekend.
Oh, weird that my comment didn’t come on here… here it is again: this is a trip I would want to take! Beautiful captures. Never thought about it that bears should be able to swim, lol!
Now I’m here, I see your instagram widgit – am new – how in the world do I delete a pic on instagram?? I have my instagram on my Ipad, does it also work with hastags?
I’m in that phase of trying to understand it – of course my kids got me into this! Thanks for getting gack to me about this! Enjoy your weekend!
I’ve been wanting to visit that place, we don’t have bears here in NZ either 🙂
great place…and I love the bear in the center of the ripples
Loved all your photos at this place, especially the one of the moose!
Lovely place and reflections!
great images even if it is in a park. We have a lot of moose in our woods but I rarely see them. They are large animals, still they hide easily.
Beautiful National Park… excellent reflection…
Smart bears to spend hot days in the water!
Well, that’s one way to see bears.
OK, if I I had been reading in order instead of being so far behind I would have seen how we missed this place since it really is not adjacent to YNP. Ah — glad I took the time to catch up. What a fantastic trip for you guys.