Showing posts with label national parks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label national parks. Show all posts

Friday, September 15, 2023

Yellowstone National Park 2023

I have been wanting to go to back Yellowstone National Park so a couple of weeks ago I spontaneously booked a cabin at the West Yellowstone KOA (I've stayed there several times and I really like it) and planned a trip.  I drove there on Monday (it is about four hours north of where I live) and spent several days at the park.
My first stop was at Old Faithful.  It had just erupted when I was parking my car so I decided to wait at the lodge until it erupted again.  It is always so exciting to see it go higher and higher and I loved it when the crowd cheered!
The park was really crowded (I thought September would be a good time to go because kids would be back in school but apparently every other retiree had the same idea) so I couldn't follow my usual routine.  I decided to be flexible and hit the spots where I could find parking (I am not very patient when it comes to parking at national parks).
I spent quite a bit of time at the Grand Prismatic Spring which is one of my favorite places in the park.
I came upon a herd of bison while on a scenic drive and the park ranger got mad at me for getting too close to one of them.
Beryl Geyser
Artists Paint Pots
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and the Upper and Lower Falls
Roaring Mountain
Mammoth Springs

This was a really fun trip!  I just wandered anywhere I felt like going and ended up taking a lot of different scenic drives which were beautiful.  I also enjoyed being in my cabin at the KOA because it rained every night and I loved listening to the sound while falling asleep,

Monday, May 23, 2022

Bryce Canyon National Park

Whenever I visit Zion National Park I usually stay on the Mt. Carmel Highway which eventually leads to Bryce Canyon.  I like to drive through the park and stop at all my favorite viewpoints then take Highway 89 home.
I met a couple from Florida in Zion and ran into them at just about every viewpoint in Bryce.  They took my picture at both signs!

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