Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks

Yellowstone is the oldest national park (1872) and arguably the most famous; we were afraid that this would also mean that it’s the most hyped and over-rated. Nevertheless, we had never been there and thought we’d at least go to see Old Faithful on our way to Grand Teton National Park. Within yards of entering the park, our earlier notions disappeared! Yellowstone has a great variety of features and something for everyone --- not just geysers, but snow-capped 10,000+ mountains, high meadows, canyons, waterfalls, lakes, streams, buffalo, eagles, and other wildlife.




(Note above the devastation from fires that hit Yellowstone back in 1988 -- 30% of the forest was destroyed.)


As you can see from the pictures, we were blessed on Tuesday with yet another beautiful day. It started at 31 degrees F (!) at 6 AM, but we were comfortable in shorts and t-shirts by 11. By the time we arrived in Jackson, WY at 6 PM, it was in the 80’s.


See also the pictures of the Grand Tetons.



P.S. More songs -- "Two Buffaloes" which Bob Steele used to play regularly (don't ask me why I remember that the singer was Rolf Harris); also -- "She Was Gone.....I Used to Love to Watch Her Dance that 'Grizzly Bear'; I guess she's gone to Frisco to dance it there")