The road is a mountain you climb to a thousand journeys…adventure is calling
June 6th, 2022: After a jam packed four hours in Grand Teton, I drove through the heart of downtown Jackson Hole, stopping briefly for gas before I headed up the death defying Jackson Pass. Jackson Hole is a funky and quirky town. While not my favorite of the gateway regions into Yellowstone Country – it […]
Read More WEstern Adventures: The Road to Mesa FallsA journal of my adventure into Grand Teton National Park June 8th, 2022: The clouds lifted as I headed east from Old Faithful towards the West Thumb Basin. I blogged about this scenic stretch of Yellowstone road in my Yellowstone Discovery series. The road from Old Faithful, heading east towards the West Thumb Junction scales […]
Read More Western Adventure: Teton RoadJune 6th, 2022: I set my alarm for seven-thirty a.m., giving me time to enjoy a hearty breakfast in the Old Faithful Inn and get a geyser walk in before checking out at eleven a.m. The Old Faithful Inn offers a scrumptious breakfast buffet with a variety of options from bacon and eggs to fruit […]
Read More Western adventures: Upper Geyser Basin StrollJune 5th…I continued south from Mammoth Hot Springs towards Norris Junction. While I didn’t have a ton of time to stop on this trip, I wanted to include a few of my favorite roadside pullouts en route towards Norris: Sheepeater Cliff: great picnic area where you can view a unique columnuar basalt geologic features. Obsidian […]
Read More Western Adventures: Roaring Mountain to Old FaithfulJune 5th, as I neared Tower Fall I was treated to an answered prayer…two adorable bears roadside (safe distance). In all my times traversing the backcountry of Yellowstone on foot or the frontcountry via car I’ve only seen two bears in the park. I usually recommend visitors safely see Grizzlies at the Grizzly Discovery Center, […]
Read More Western Adventures: Yellowstone Lamar to MammothJune 5th, 2022 (continued) *note: you can learn more about Yellowstone on earlier blog posts from my Yellowstone Discovery series. I share my inside travel tips for traveling in and around Yellowstone. You can also get maps and all the resources on Yellowstone’s NPS site.* From The Lake Hotel, I continued northwest on the Grand […]
Read More Western Adventures: Hayden Valley to Grand CanyonJune 5th, 2022: Entering Yellowstone’s East Entrance felt as if I was entering a hidden world; the thick forest cradles the ranger gate like a guardian, with the Absaroka Mountains fortifying the landscape with their snow capped peaks. The twenty-seven mile road from Yellowstone’s East Entrance, to Fishing Bridge/Lake is defined by steep winding roads, […]
Read More Western Adventures: Exploring Yellowstone’s Eastern Corridor