Blogs from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States, North America - page 6

3 Jul 2016: I incorrectly identified the labor union when I was reporting on the qualifications of the actors performing in the Shakespeare an Festival in Cedar City. The Actors Equity Association (AEA) is the union representing live stage actors while the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) represents actors appearing in film performances. Please feel free to let me know of any other misstatements of fact and I will publish a correction. I am about four days behind in my blogs. There is no Internet coverage here at Yellowstone unless you go to certain locations and pay a fee. I was recording our activities on my laptop intending to cut and paste them into travel blog once we obtained coverage. That would create about a week or more of silence so instead I am pecking my reports ... read more

Not much going on for the last week or so. Weather has not been the greatest, pretty chilly with occasional rain and snow. Night temps below freezing and days only in the 40’s. Despite that, the snow is melting all over. You kind of don’t even realize it, except for the noticeable shrinking. No puddles, no slush, no mud. The dry air just sucks all that stuff up! We’ve had a couple of frustrating occurrences since we’ve been here. Initially, we had no hot water. Actually, we weren’t even the only ones. At least 3 of the about 7 campers that arrived about the same time had water heater problems, 2 off us had the same one. All the guys travelled from site to site trying to identify the problems, see who had what part available, ... read more

We left the last part of the series at the beginning of Day 5, with the family leaving Grand Teton wondering how on earth Yellowstone could better our experience over the past 3 days. However, it didn’t take long for Yellowstone to assert her credentials. Only a short drive inside the south gate we stopped at some picturesque waterfalls, above which sat an iconic bald eagle high in the bare limbs of a dead pine tree. We were unaware of it, but this would be an example of the experiences to come over our next 5 days in the park. We drove along the southern ring road towards Yellowstone’s most iconic attraction – the Old Faithful geyser. It was at this point we started to get a feel for the immense size of the park. Covering ... read more

Looking out the window is how most of the day was spent. Looking out the window and watching the beauty all around us. Looking out the window and reminiscing on the week we have had. Looking out the window taking in every last view that I could. Today began the trek back home, the end of the adventure. So we packed up all our luggage, loaded the truck and hit the road one last time. We decided to take a longer route and go back through the park for our drive into Billings, MT. We saw more elk and bison and then before we drove out of the park, we saw a large crowd gathered. We stopped and joined the last park camera party. After joining in like we belonged there, we learn they were watching ... read more

Today we drove around and through Yellowstone park. After our experience with the altitude yesterday, we chose to not do the planned hike for the day. A little disappointing but felt it was necessary. We started out in Lamar Valley which is known for its wildlife. It wasn't long before we saw a large group gathered with many cameras out, so we decided to join the camera party. We searched the area but did not see anything. So we started talking to some of the people standing there and realize they are watching wolves. This must be the same secret wolf watching club we ran into last year. I call them the 'Wolf Stalkers Club'. Membership grants you unlimited communication with other members so you always know where the wolves are and where they are going ... read more