Friday, May ,2025

Still hot

A strange day.  I saw a bunch of wildlife, but still ended up driving all the way to Bozeman.

First, the inverter in the camper died yesterday.  That converts 12V DC to 110V AC.  It's mostly a convenience, but I need it to run the microwave.  I have a few foods that need to be cooked in the microwave, so that is a problem.

After searching the internet and visiting a place in Livingston, I found one on Amazon.  They will deliver to the hardware store in Gardiner, but it won't be till Wednesday.  I could get one in Livingston today, but it wouldn't be what I really want, and it cost twice as much.  That was the dilemma.  I decided on the Amazon one and just do without for a week. 

Before that, there were 2 black bears at Floating Island Lake.  This bear was just laying there:

When this bear came along.  

The first bear stood up and the second one stopped, looked around and then mosied off in another direction.

Later, we saw an eagle kill a duck and eat it. It was too fast to get pictures of the attack.  Somebody said - “Oh look, an eagle !” It was very close.  As soon as I saw it, it dove down onto the duck in the water.  After getting up and hitting it again, it sat on it for a bit in the water.  Then it dragged it up onto the bank and began plucking it:

We also saw wolves off and on at the den.  All this before 9:30 am.  Not a bad morning.