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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Yellowstone National Park Day 11

    Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 (Note: We think we fixed the vertical movie issue, but they are a bit larger. It might be a bit slow loading, but let us know if the vertical movies play sideways.) (Note: If you click the image, you will be able to zoom in on the photographs. Some…

  • Yellowstone National Park Day 10: One out of Six Ain’t Bad?

    Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 Task #1 – Lewis Channel Hike (Failure) The Lewis Channel Hike runs beside Lewis Lake. The first 2 1/2 miles was open for hiking but had a warning for snow covered trail. We weren’t worried about the snow and have hiked on snow before. The second half of the…

  • Yellowstone National Park Day 9: Part 2

    Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 Grant Visitor Center recently opened. The building has Forest Rangers who assist with answering questions and a museum that focuses on the impact of forest fires on the park. The chart below displays the fires by year and the impact. A key to helping get control of the fires…

  • Yellowstone National Park Day 9

    Yellowstone National Park, May 2025 Since we didn’t get back to the trailer until 10 pm last night and wrote the blogs for Day 8 until after midnight, we didn’t get up until late. We planned on having a more relaxing day. Today we focused on going to West Thumb to walk the boardwalk around…

  • Yellowstone National Park Day 8: Part 2

    West Thumb Geyser Basin, WY, May 2025 Kate wanted to take a break after the Storm Point hike to wait for most people to leave the park. After coming back, we received a unannounced visitor … (dun dun DUN!) Kate answered the door, and it was park maintenance. It turns out that the water spigot…

  • Yellowstone National Park Day 7

    Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 Today’s plan was to get things done around the trailer and visit the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center. The fishing Bridge Visitor Center was built in 1930 / 1931. The structure helped define what was called the National Park Service Rustic style. This building design was then used in other…