Yellowstone: what's the big deal about it?
I would like to ask those of you who think Yellowstone NP is worth 3, 4, 7 or even more days of a vacation, what do you find so interesting there? Maybe I'm missing it, and you can help me know what ...
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Bumpy - Our 20' motorhome will not tow much, so a toad is out of the question although I wished for one more than once on the trip. Although except for the early morning wildlife we managed well.
Mosseater - I agree about enjoying the different terrain in this country. I too marvel at the forces that created the mountains and places like Devil's Tower. I also thought more than once about the fact that I was staying inside a large volcano crater that could "blow" at any time. As we drove into southern Utah and northern Arizona, we felt we had been dropped on another planet full of red rocks. This was not our first trip to the western U.S. but the difference from the east coast was just as stunning.
As for Old Faithful not being very faithful, that is the nature of nature. We spend a lot of time photographing animals, and you have to work on their timetable not you own. We were fortunate that Old Faithful "went off" within the time frame predicted when we stopped by. I was disappointed that Steamboat Geyser erupted within a couple of weeks of our visit after not having erupted in over a year.
Mosseater - I agree about enjoying the different terrain in this country. I too marvel at the forces that created the mountains and places like Devil's Tower. I also thought more than once about the fact that I was staying inside a large volcano crater that could "blow" at any time. As we drove into southern Utah and northern Arizona, we felt we had been dropped on another planet full of red rocks. This was not our first trip to the western U.S. but the difference from the east coast was just as stunning.
As for Old Faithful not being very faithful, that is the nature of nature. We spend a lot of time photographing animals, and you have to work on their timetable not you own. We were fortunate that Old Faithful "went off" within the time frame predicted when we stopped by. I was disappointed that Steamboat Geyser erupted within a couple of weeks of our visit after not having erupted in over a year.
