We got rain … now Yellowstone’s broken
It’s time once again for the reminder to be careful what you wish for. I took my family to Yellowstone National Park a couple of weeks ago, and I commented several times [...]
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Don’t find yourself on “Invasion of the Idiots”
Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors enter Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. If you’re one of those visitors, thank you for coming! I hope you have a [...]
Yellowstone had an unexpected, rare sighting
Last month, biologists in Yellowstone got an early Christmas present. They have trail cameras set up to keep track of mountain lions for a study they’re doing on the big [...]
Give wild animals the space they need
The national parks all around the country were closed March 24, and they remained closed in an effort to encourage people to stay home. But they’ve started to reopen. [...]
Disney Plus has some unexpectedly great shows
I broke down and opted for the Disney Plus channel bundle over the Thanksgiving holiday. I figured with the Star Wars and Marvel channels, it would keep the kids out of my [...]
You REALLY don’t want to get close to bison
The guys on the radio in Riverton used to keep the Yellowstone Scoreboard. I don’t know if they still do it, but it was always entertaining. Morbid and dark, but [...]
Don’t park your car in the trailer parking spaces
I think most people who live in Wyoming, and especially the folks in more rural areas, know not to pull up to the pump at the gas station that has the diesel hose if [...]
Don’t follow the advice of those travel blogs
I don’t get to travel as much as I’d like. I wish I could take the time to go fish every blue-ribbon stream in Wyoming each summer, and broaden my experiences with forays [...]
Social media makes stupid people all the more visible
I don’t know if it’s a symptom of an increasingly urban population and a decline in outdoor recreation, or if it’s always been this way. But there seem to be more [...]
If you get gored by a bison, you were too dang close
Those brochures they hand out at Yellowstone with a drawing of a person getting flung into the air by an angry buffalo aren’t just for the tourists. They’re a warning to [...]