It has long been a desire of mine to visit Yellowstone during the winter. For anyone who has known me since late in my Navy career to the present, this desire may seem a little strange. I don’t like the cold. I am no longer fond of driving in snowy conditions. My hands and feet …
Fast Summer Morphs Into A Faster Autumn and Winter It appeared the summer of 2017 would just flash by. As mentioned before, the park and therefore the campground was busy. However, our work schedule offered us many opportunities to explore and spend time with friends who visited us in the park and with friends and …
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Visitor Advice There is a very important note that must remain in the minds of all who read this, especially those who may be contemplating a visit to Yellowstone National Park. If you are a common visitor to this blog, you may remember that the Summer of 2016 was not the best time for those …
The Explanation Over the years, I have been good, bad and somewhere in between when it comes to getting timely blog postings out. This year must have been the absolute worst. For those few readers out there who have not completely abandoned me, I do apologize. For those who have gone, what can I say? …
While reviewing The Lost Summer Part 2, I realized that I had left out a visit from a very special couple. Soon after we made the move to Mammoth Campground we were delighted to be visited by Pricilla and Russ Trudell, from way north in New Hampshire. This couple is another of that wonderful group …
The Lost Summer Part 2 picks up where I left off at the end of part 1. During the second week in July, my brother John, his wife Sandi and his fishing buddy, Jack, were to be in that portion of Montana that wraps around the northwest part of Yellowstone to fish. Because it …
There is very little that causes me to lose sleep at night. However, for the last several weeks I have had a terrible time staying asleep. It has taken a good long while to determine what exactly has interrupted my slumber. Over these last few nights, I have come to realize that almost every time …
Where has the time gone? As I write this it is July 29. My last article completed our too short of a visit to the Utah National Parks. We left Utah in late May. While there was a significant time gap between leaving Utah and getting that last blog post out, this has been ridiculous. …
At long last I have identified as many of the flowers of Yellowstone National Park I took photos of over the course of the summer as my reference material will allow. There were a few I just could not get a clue for, so you won’t be seeing them here. There were a few others …
I think I may have hinted that this next post was to feature many of the wildflowers that have adorned the park over the last two months. However, we had a rather interesting bear sighting the other day that I must talk about while the details are fresh. So, wildflowers or bears? I had to …