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Yellowstone National Park Day 24
Yellowstone National Park, WY. June 2025 The weather forecast claimed cloudy and rainy, so we decided on less interesting sights. Today, we planned to check off the Old Faithful task. Kate needed a cancel stamp for the Old Faithful Visitor Center. Even if it rained, we could also watch the geyser; there is a viewing…
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Grand Teton National Park Day 25 – Record Number of Cancel Stamps!
Grand Teton National Park, WY, June 2025 Today was a phenomenal day for collecting Cancel Stamps. I collected 12 stamps in total. This is the most I have collected in a single day!! John was very patient and understanding about my obsession. Especially since we got up at 6 am and didn’t get back until…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 23
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 We planned to do nothing today because John had to make a lot of calls. He finished them earlier than expected, so we decided to look for owls in the evening. Kate turned towards what she thought was the east entrance, but we ended up at LeHardy Rapids. This…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 22: Part 2
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 John got a call about a property in Oklahoma that he is trying to sell. On Monday, we knew John was going to be busy dealing with those and other calls. Due to this, we decided to try to get some exercise Sunday. Canyon Village and the Grand Canyon…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 22
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 There are about 9 packs in Yellowstone National Park with a total of over 100 wolves. One pack is about 1.5 hours away from Fishing Bridge in Lamar Valley. Fortunately, there is also pack in the northern part of Hayden Valley that has between seven and nine pups. This…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 20
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 One of the office workers told Kate that there were goslings at Madison, so Kate needed to go see the goslings. It had nothing to do with getting a Madison Cancel Stamp. Really, nothing. When we got to Madison, the primary wildlife was fly fisherman. There were a few…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 19
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 The main goal of today was to hike Artist Point, Point Sublime and Lily Pad Lake which is located in the Canyon Village area. Artist Point is on a wide paved path attached to a large parking lot on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon (of Yellowstone). It…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 17: Part 2
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 The first part of Day 17 had all of John’s professional looking pictures and videos. Part 2 is the informal selfie along with things I couldn’t resist taking a picture of on my cell phone. The morning started out by seeing a mule deer in the campground. Mule deer…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 18
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 In Yellowstone, you do not make a run to the border; you make a run to Cody for groceries. Cody is about 75 miles from Fishing Bridge out the east entrance of the park. It is essentially 75 miles of little more than wilderness and a few campgrounds. On…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 16: Part 2 Norris Geyser Basin
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 The first part of the day was hiking Ice Lake. The second part of the day was visiting Norris Geyser Basin. We thought this was a short walk but it turns out to see everything it’s around a 3 mile walk. The map below is the only map around…