Seeing yellowstone on foot?
I've been reading the past threads on Yellowstone here, and people keep talking about long scenic drives. But I don't like to do that -- I like to drive to where I am camping, and then leave the van ...
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Naio wrote:
I don't plan on doing a lot of intensive hiking. Mostly I just like to look at the pretty scenery, walk a ways, sit and look some more...
I do like to find uncrowded places. I also might like to swim in the rivers.
Even as a muscley, super-energetic teenager, when I went to the North Rim I just sat there on a rock and stared all day. Now I regret not hiking down to the bottom, or to Roaring Springs, but at the time it seemed like plenty just to soak it all in from the top.
If you are looking for solitude and a chance to enjoy Yellowstone without crowds then you really have two options - one is to hike back away from the crowds and the other would be to visit in the off season.
We have been there after the crowds have left, returning to enjoy an Indian Summer, we stayed in Madison with a dozen or so other campers - the Bison and the Elk outnumber the Humans probably 100 to one. Every where we went we would have no other people to worry about.
Best visit ever of over a dozen trips to and through Yellowstone over the Years. We could just sit on a bench and enjoy the sights and sounds of YELLOWSTONE, Spectacular!
Just a thought/option to put in your head -
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