Geysers & Grizzlies

Bears! (and other life-threatening wonders)

Posted by Alistair on 24 Jul, 2012 in Geysers & Grizzlies, The Blog | 0 comments

When you arrive in Yellowstone National Park, your first honest reaction might be “Is this it?” That was mine, anyway. A high, pine covered plateau without anything in the way of obvious scenery, Yellowstone is quite unlike the other national parks we’ve visited. And that turned out to be a good thing. America’s first national park (created way back in 1872) is enormous – sprawling nearly 9,000 square kilometres across north western Wyoming and the adjoining states of Idaho and Montana. But while there are plenty of bigger national parks out there (our own Kruger...