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Wormius · 07-22-2011, 09:55 AM

I thought I would update everybody on the Yellowstone trip. It was simply amazing, and unfortunately. We camped for 5 days, and at a pretty frenetic pace we were able to get to pretty much all of the main thermal features. The weather was uncomfortably cold at night and in the mornings for mid June, especially for tent camping - and the park received a higher than average amount of snow, meaning that when we arrived at our camp sites (first day the camps were opened) we were greeted with about 2 feet of snow all over the place. The campground manager was nice enough to hand out shovels though.

More wild animals than I have seen in a long time too - Bison and elk everywhere, a few grizzly bear sightings. All in all pretty fantastic. And the people there were very friendly.

I tried to take lots of pictures of mineral springs and geysers, thermal vents, etc. but they really don't do it justice. That was one of the disappointing aspects I realized later after cataloging the photos we took. HD video would have been a better way to go.

Stayed at a hotel in Bozeman overnight on the way there - not much to say about it. Ate at Famous Dave's BBQ, which is like Montana's, and maybe it is, but they can't call it that because its in Montana. Same thing back, but came through Great Falls which has some more shopping opportunities to take advantage of the time we were in the states, but actually the prices were not really that great on anything. Picked up a few blocks of cheese ($3.99 / each for a 2 lb blocks of cheddar and monterey jack), and stocked up on Easy Cheese and Vanilla/Cherry Coke products.

Anyway, I am not sure if I would do the trip another time. I think we saw almost everything that was unique to Yellowstone when we went, and I am not sure if we delved any further it would be different from Alberta or BC parks.

07-22-2011, 09:55 AM	#55
Wormius Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Somewhere down the crazy river. Exp:	I thought I would update everybody on the Yellowstone trip. It was simply amazing, and unfortunately. We camped for 5 days, and at a pretty frenetic pace we were able to get to pretty much all of the main thermal features. The weather was uncomfortably cold at night and in the mornings for mid June, especially for tent camping - and the park received a higher than average amount of snow, meaning that when we arrived at our camp sites (first day the camps were opened) we were greeted with about 2 feet of snow all over the place. The campground manager was nice enough to hand out shovels though. More wild animals than I have seen in a long time too - Bison and elk everywhere, a few grizzly bear sightings. All in all pretty fantastic. And the people there were very friendly. I tried to take lots of pictures of mineral springs and geysers, thermal vents, etc. but they really don't do it justice. That was one of the disappointing aspects I realized later after cataloging the photos we took. HD video would have been a better way to go. Stayed at a hotel in Bozeman overnight on the way there - not much to say about it. Ate at Famous Dave's BBQ, which is like Montana's, and maybe it is, but they can't call it that because its in Montana. Same thing back, but came through Great Falls which has some more shopping opportunities to take advantage of the time we were in the states, but actually the prices were not really that great on anything. Picked up a few blocks of cheese ($3.99 / each for a 2 lb blocks of cheddar and monterey jack), and stocked up on Easy Cheese and Vanilla/Cherry Coke products. Anyway, I am not sure if I would do the trip another time. I think we saw almost everything that was unique to Yellowstone when we went, and I am not sure if we delved any further it would be different from Alberta or BC parks.