Blogs from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States, North America - page 47

Our second day in Yellowstone gave Nancy and I an opportunity to hike while the guys took the kids on a guided fishing trip on Yellowstone Lake. There are not a lot of pictures to show for the day as Nancy and I spent most of it talking and there was no way the guys were going to manage 4 kids, a boat, 6 fishing poles and a camera. Nancy and I were hankering for a long hike but got a bit thwarted by a bear. We had driven from Grant Village all the way to the east entrance of the park to go on a hike up to a peak but when we got there, we were greeted by a throng of flies and a park ranger who informed us the trail was closed due ... read more

We picked up Alan’s Dad (JC) in Salt Lake City on 06/11 and headed for Jackson Hole, WY. We spent only a few days there and would like to return someday. The beauty of Grand Tetons National Park is quite dramatic! We saw elk, buffalo, and a few young female moose, just grazing on roadside vegetation. Alan was the first to spot a bear waiting to cross the road! Jackson is somewhat of a tourist town, but very quaint and cute. We left there reluctantly and headed to West Yellowstone, Montana. We entered Yellowstone National Park from the south gate, only to stop midway through the park as it began to rain, then sleet, then snow, and finally hailed. The temperature in Jackson was about 67; when we stopped to let the storm blow by, it ... read more

Two Parks…no waiting. Our day began with the girls checking out of Cowboy Bob’s Cute ‘Lil Cabins … Weren’t they positively adorable?! We entertained the idea of returning this winter for a fun getaway ski weekend adventure, but the thought of spending a freezing January evening in that place sounded, ummmm, COLD. We’re pretty sure that the teeny little wall heater wouldn’t come close to throwing enough BTU’s to keep us all from turning blue. Hey - if we thought it was chilly in the evening in June… yeah - we’re SO Southern California. But we digress… after checking out, we were off to see the Grand Teton National Park. Right off, Beth spots a guy in a pick-up with a rifle IN HIS GUNRACK! Way cool… We were just petering around, enjoying the scenery on ... read more

Unlike other National Parks we have been to Yellowstone is by far the most remote. Set predominantly in the Northwest corner of Wyoming with parts of the park crossing into both Idaho and Montana. The nearest major city was Salt Lake, which was back in Utah some 350 miles away. However the seclusion and remoteness only added to the mystery and tranquillity of this place. Entering at the Southeast entrance it was still a further 27 miles before we hit the main 167-mile loop road. Along the way there we spotted a Bison and desperately stopped the car in order to take a picture, not realising that Bison are in abundance all over the park and that this was one of many that we would eventually see. The road, lined with snow in places and at ... read more

Through the northern enterance this time we manged to get into the park. There was this ranger who didn´t want to let us in since we were driving a car with virginia license plates. We had to pull some strings there and finally agreed on driving backwards in the park... that´s pretty hard to do you know. Specially on winding roads... The weather again was great. In the 90´s unfortunatly that also made the animals hide more. They also were hot and therefor were looking for shade. I don´t blame them. The buffalo´s did not have that many baby´s as two years ago. We guess they have had a very hard winter here... and that some of the buffalo didn´t make it to spring. They all look very skinny... Well for a buffalo that is. You ... read more