DH dreading 2019 trip to Yellowstone.

CloudDriver wrote:
I mentioned in my post way back in this thread that we were at Yellowstone in June 2016. I'm going to make a suggestion that you consider taking your birthday trip early, leaving home in time to get to Yellowstone by June 1st. We prefer to be in that area in the late May to late June time period for a number of reasons, including:

- In the Spring the grasses are green and the flowers are in bloom. Lots of new Bison calves around.

- In addition to Yellowstone, we like to spend time at Grand Teton NP and in June the mountains are still beautifully snow capped, rather than just gray rock. Also, the streams and waterfalls are running high due to the snow melt.

- Forest fires in the west are more prevalent in the Summer and Fall, with hazy smoky skies making for poor photo conditions.

- The Summer solstice is in June, so June has more hours of daylight than September, which contains the equinox. For example, the Google assistant on my phone says that the sun sets at 9:12 PM tonight in West Yellowstone. On September 15th the sun sets at 7:35 PM. In our experience the crowds in Yellowstone dissipate about dinner time when people head back to their lodging or campsites for the evening. Visiting in June provides an extra two hours of daylight to explore the Park when it is much less crowded than during midday.

Teton Mountains from Schwabacker Landing - mid-June 2005


Teton Mountains from Schwabacker Landing - mid-September 2007

We considered a May trip but our Louisiana weather is so lovely then before the brutal summer heat and humidity. We did an April trip this year to Lake Powell and Bryce Cyn NP. Weather at home was awesome , on trip not so much.
Hey, I get it, weather is only predictable to a point, sometimes that is what makes it fun, sometimes not so much.