A Bison walking down the road and an Elk in the front yard of a village home.

I wonder what that bison was doing, off by himself like that. I thought they usually stayed with the herd.

Great pics!

I took the same trip over 35 years ago, still looks as beautiful as ever. Love it out west, thanks for the pics!

Very nice, I hope I can make it out West some day.

Those are great pics. Thanks for sharing them. How did you go about planning the trip?

I like the Tetons better than Yellowstone actually. I'm actually going to climb the Grand Teton next summer!:ylsuper:

That sounds very daunting but the area, looks beautiful. Thanks very much, for sharing the photos.

Can you tell us about your trip? Where did you stay and how much driving did you do, etc.? What were the must-see parts of the trip?

 

Our trip was great, we were blessed with beautiful weather most of the time we were there. Our trip did get cut a day short because of the blizzard that hit on Sunday night. The drive up we drove up and through the Briger Teton National Forest into Teton National Park. Got some great views of the Tetons and pics and then drove up through the Tetons to the South entrance of Yellowstone. Once we got in the park we drove north into the park and past Yellowstone Lake, which is huge (over 100 miles of shoreline) and up to the Canyon Village Campground where we camped.

 

The Village was nice and the campground was very nice. Every night they had an hour long program at the amphitheater about different sections of the park. The campground had showers and laundry facilities, a gas station, a dine in restaurant and cafeteria. It had a sporting goods store to pick up camping equipment, different layers of clothing. Anything you really would need or may have forgotten if the weather changed (it changes really quick and often in Wyoming). It also had a grocery store to pick up item to cook or grill on the fire pit. I'll post pics of the campsite.

 

We drove a whole lot. There are 2 loops of the park that take you around the different parts. Each loop has it's own birthmarks I guess you could say I would recommend driving both of them each one has it's own beauty. The whole park is really magnificent. Every part of the park is different and each loop has it's own points of interest and if you are more interested in it I can get into greater detail.

 

The number 1 point of interest you want to see is the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. It's breathtaking to see. The huge water fall and yellow rock is where the park got it's name. Then of course Old Faithful, it's really cool to see, not as magnificent as I had hoped but still really cool. Mammoth Springs is really cool, it's a lot of hot springs and pools of water. Then check out all the different areas of the hot springs. Take your time and just check out everything. If you have any question please feel free to ask.

 

There are a couple of really good guide books for the park if you want I can get you the titles and author's of the book. There is an endless amount of back country and hiking so if you are into that then that's the place you want to be.

 

Our drive out was nice, we drove through the Shoshoni National park and through Cody Wyoming, the birth place of the wild west. We went to the Buffalo Bill Museum which takes almost a whole day to see. Then down back through Thermopolis Hot Springs park and the Wind River Canyon which is very pretty also and back down to Casper.

I wonder what that bison was doing, off by himself like that. I thought they usually stayed with the herd.

 

There were a whole lot of Bison wonder alone. Most of the straggles were most likely males that challenged for the head of the herd and lost, others were just wondering the park. There are several herds in the park and every herd there had lone Bison that were several hundred yards off away from the herd alone.

Those are great pics. Thanks for sharing them. How did you go about planning the trip?

 

My wife did most of the planning. There really isn't a whole lot to plan. The only thing I would recommend planning for is the weather and the only way to plan for that is to pack something for every occasion. It was 15 degrees the first night we were there and 40 the next. The weather ranged anywhere from 60's to almost 90 through out the day and changed from one to the other and back again.

Here is the campsite and also a pic the wife thought was funny.

I like the Tetons better than Yellowstone actually. I'm actually going to climb the Grand Teton next summer!:ylsuper:

 

Let me know when you're going and I'll have you over to my place and cook you some elk steaks when you get back down.

 

Be careful on the Grand, they've lost someone up there 7 consecutive years.

Let me know when you're going and I'll have you over to my place and cook you some elk steaks when you get back down.

 

Be careful on the Grand, they've lost someone up there 7 consecutive years.

 

You have a place in the Teton County in Wyoming? If I would had known that I would had seen if you was around.