Bigfattyt
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Yellowstone is definitely worth the trip. I have been there 5 times or so. First time we went, as kids, was right before the huge fire.
We saw old faithful, then a bit later in the day, we were present for a geyser blow that made Old Faithful look like a drinking fountain. There is one there called "the Cone" or "Ice cream cone" because the funnel looks like an upside down ice cream cone. The ground started shaking, then the cone started bubbling, then we had to run back up the walk way to higher ground because the water came up over the dock, and it was boiling hot (as the Japanese gentleman found out when he dunked his whole hand in it to see how hot it was....and got a bad burn clear up to his wrist). When the sucker blew, it went 400 feet in the air, and we got soaked. Luckily, buy the time it rained on us, the water had cooled down. The park officials said it was the first eruption of that geiser geyserin over a thousand years (estimated). Only about 8 people were there to see it. We got pics.
Buffalo roaming all around us with no fence between us (dangerous). They had trampled a fence, and surprised us on the trail.
We had bears try to get into our rig with us. I have also seen personally, two people get attacked (one by a Buffalo, and one by a monster elk) both of whom retreated into their cars, and got their vehicles totally messed up. When the sign says don't get out of the vehicle, or don't approach the animals, it means you could die if you ignore them.
Another tip, if you go anytime other than high summer, and even then, if planning on camping up in the tetons, pack warm. I almost died as an adult of hypothermia on one camping trip in the snow there.
We saw old faithful, then a bit later in the day, we were present for a geyser blow that made Old Faithful look like a drinking fountain. There is one there called "the Cone" or "Ice cream cone" because the funnel looks like an upside down ice cream cone. The ground started shaking, then the cone started bubbling, then we had to run back up the walk way to higher ground because the water came up over the dock, and it was boiling hot (as the Japanese gentleman found out when he dunked his whole hand in it to see how hot it was....and got a bad burn clear up to his wrist). When the sucker blew, it went 400 feet in the air, and we got soaked. Luckily, buy the time it rained on us, the water had cooled down. The park officials said it was the first eruption of that geiser geyserin over a thousand years (estimated). Only about 8 people were there to see it. We got pics.
Buffalo roaming all around us with no fence between us (dangerous). They had trampled a fence, and surprised us on the trail.
We had bears try to get into our rig with us. I have also seen personally, two people get attacked (one by a Buffalo, and one by a monster elk) both of whom retreated into their cars, and got their vehicles totally messed up. When the sign says don't get out of the vehicle, or don't approach the animals, it means you could die if you ignore them.
Another tip, if you go anytime other than high summer, and even then, if planning on camping up in the tetons, pack warm. I almost died as an adult of hypothermia on one camping trip in the snow there.
