Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States

4Donna M 5:00 PM Aug 19, 2021

Pros and cons of visiting Yellowstone
We recently returned from four days in Yellowstone in early August. This was our second visit to this beautiful park. People who have never been to Yellowstone need to understand the vastness of this park and the amount of time you spend in your car traveling to see the different points of interest. Because of this I would highly suggest you take cooler, even a soft sided insulated cooler bag and bring along luncheon meat cheese mayonnaise squeezable. Also bring fruit chips bread and of course water or things to drink. You will be spending a lot of time during the day traveling to and from in your car or stopped to view animals and or geysers and taking hikes to view the natural wonders. One of the things we did this trip was to take the boat tour on the beautiful Yellowstone lake. Well worthThe time in small fee. During peak summer months it is recommended to get a reservation ahead of time. Trips in the early morning are usually available. This time we stayed at the lake large cabins and enjoyed it not the pioneer cabins those were built in the 20s and are a bit more rustic although cheaper. We have also stayed in the small yellow cabins at the lake hotel. One thing to note at this time is there is a problem with eating at the restaurants. First of all masks are required. And there is no indoor seating except for a small percentage at the lake hotel. This is very impactful and difficult. The lines are longAnd all food is carry out with hardly any seating areas outdoors. If the weather is inclement I guess you could take it back to your cabin or eat in your car. Yellowstone used to be delightful to have a nice evening meal with live music piano or string Quartet at the lake hotel. I hope those days Will return. We ate a lunch at the Old Faithful cafeteria and you eat out of Styrofoam boxes on trees sitting on a bench outside. If you know ahead of time and bring some food or snacks it is doable but not as pleasant as Yellowstone used to be. ICE is free at all of the lodges I would suggest bringing some Ziploc bags as they don’t always have containers. Yellowstone is not to be missed in your lifetime. There still are many animals roaming free and wild and the geysers and vents in the Hot Springs in mineral pools are a sight to behold nowhere else like it in the world even with allThe virus restrictions it’s still well worth the time and money to visit this beautiful park.

5LAW64 5:00 PM Sep 28, 2022

Absolutely stunning and huge
You will need a couple of days to be able to travel to North, South, East and West of the Park. The distances are huge. We visited mid September and it was possible to do this in 2 days as the traffic was not too bad but it was busier on the weekend. Queues build up unexpectedly when people spot an animal and then park up on the road instead of in the lay-bys and there is no way of getting past them. We arrived from Cody to the East and it is quite a long journey before you even get to the park entrance. We bought a America Beautiful pass which covers you for all the national parks for a year and means that you can join a different queue at the entry point - available online by post or on entry to some of the parks. Day one we did the East and North and then day two we did the West and South of the park. My favourite part was the grand prismatic spring. Bring your own food and eat in designated picnic areas as there are not many places to buy food - but plenty of loos! A wonderful experience.