Yellowstone opens for winter (snowmobiles and snow coaches) this Wednesday.  Of course, the road to the Lamar Valley and Silver Gate and thus to the Hartman’s Gallery is always open.  Their home is a winter wonderland!!  Just three miles beyond them is Cooke City, MT, truly the “end of the trail” and the home to [...]

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We plan to head down to Old Faithful later this week.  The roads will be closing on Monday so it will be the last time we can go down through the geyser basin until next spring.  We’ll try to bring back some pictures for you all to see so you can join us without having [...]

Tomorrow we hope to spend the day in the Park.  Fall is a wonderful time of the year in Yellowstone.  Come with us!!

When Doug and I saw our first grizzlies in Yellowstone’s Hayden Valley, there were only 200 in all of this region.  Nowadays more than 600 grizzly bears roam this area.  My advice…Be Beary Careful!!

Yellowstone’s biggest forest fire of the year is slowly renewing slightly over 5,000 acres of wildland habitat.  The “Antelope fire” was sparked by lightning about a month ago.  Following fire, flowers and grass grow to feed the antelope, elk, moose, deer, bison, bear, et. al!! And, Yellowstone National Park surpassed previous records for the number [...]

“She has all the colors of the rainbow, she has forests green and mountains high.  She’s my Yellowstone, and Yellowstone is never gonna die!!” Words from another of Grandpa Grizzly’s songs about one of his most favorite places, Yellowstone National Park. This is a photo Grandma Dora took years ago of the Lower Falls of [...]

Grandma Dora, the original explorer, and I are online college students studying Parks and Recreation Management.  After we complete all of our homework this week, we plan to “celebrate fall” by making a trip to Yellowstone National Park – 52 miles away.  It should be beautiful as the leaves are turning and the animals are [...]

“The autumn leaves drift by my window, the autumn leaves of red and gold.” Happy Birthday, Carolyn!!

Fall in Yellowstone means bull elk bugling, aspen turning golden, a light dusting of snow, and very, very, very hungry bears fattening up for winter!! Look at the claws on this grizzly resting along the Lamar River after eating his fill.