I will make a confession here – I have been excited to see the Mammoth Hot Springs at Yellowstone ever since I saw it depicted while riding on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster at Disney World. The Mammoth Hot Springs (the real things – not the Disney Read more…
I wanted to blow off Yellowstone, claim it was all hype and since we had seen so many amazing places already, this was totally not worth the crowds and fanfare. But…it really is all that. But the crowds do suck. I wrote about the great day we had in the Read more…
Yellowstone amazed us with all of its variety, and the variety included the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. In fact, the yellow rock walls of the canyon gave Yellowstone its name! When we got to the parking lot in the morning around 10am, it was a little bit chaotic, but we Read more…
We had planned to camp in Yellowstone, but during this trip we have come to realize that we are camping wimps. We love to camp as long as it isn’t too cold, sunny, buggy or wet! Since it was scheduled to be both cold and wet while in Yellowstone, C Read more…
The Tetons are so breathtaking to look at because of the geological forces at work in creating them. Many of the National Park roads we have driven on have been winding roads on cliff edges, even in parks not known for having mountains, like Mesa Verde and Arches. In Read more…
Our first morning in the park, we headed to Oxbow Bend. This spot is famous for the way the Snake River reflects Mount Moran on a calm day, and for the animals that congregate there. We did get a calm morning to see the mountain reflected in the river, but Read more…
We drove from Rocky Mountain National Park to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. We were going to spend four days in Grand Teton National Park, but decided it would be good to spend our first night in a hotel in civilization before heading to the parks. It was a rainy day when Read more…