Yellowstone National Park was established in 1872 as the world's first national park. The park, named from the Minnetaree Indian phrase mi tsi a-da-zi (yellow rock river), is accessible by several scenic approaches to its five entrances: Gardiner, Mont.(north), West Yellowstone, Mont. (west), Jackson via Grand Teton National Park (about 60 miles south), Cody, (about 53 miles east), and Cooke City, Mont. (northeast). We entered at the south entrance at Grand Teton National Park which was breathtaking itself, and drove through to the north exit. It snowed on both of the major passes we traveled and some of the roads were under construction repairs and were very muddy. The season here to repair roads is extremely short and unfortunately most of the repair work is done during tourist season as the rest of the year the
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