11 August 2010

Yellowstone National Park

i have one word for you: overrated.
okay, maybe i'm not being fair. i really think we just went at the wrong time of year. i was so excited to see all the wildlife of Yellowstone and i kid you not, the only wildlife i saw were crows. yeah. and it was busier than disneyland on the fourth of july. or the mall in december. it was insane. yellowstone is about an hour from colter bay and i had never been so we went to see old faithful. it took like 20 minutes to find a parking spot which made us miss old faithful by a few minutes, so we had to entertain ourselves for the next hour until it would go off again. mandy & i decided to wait in line for ice cream for about 30 minutes only to get to the front of the line and realize it was only frozen yogurt. blah. you couldn't even go into any of the buildings because it was wall-to-wall people. and because there were so many people there was no wildlife to be found. you would've had to go way deep into yellowstone to see any, and after old faithful we just didn't have it in us. but we stopped at a little waterfall on our way back and that was fun. i will go back another time when it isn't so crowded so you can actually see animals. i would've had better luck in lindon, ut for sure.



2 comments:

Staci said...

That's too bad that you didn't get to see the wildlife. I think going earlier in the year (April) is a good time because Spring is starting but the park is still very wintry so there are more animals and less people. Some places are closed, but if you want the wildlife you can still find them along the main road. Just my experience with it. At least the other parts of the trip were good, right?

Kelsey M. said...

at least you look great in the photos :)