Alex Bovee

Yellowstone is the most amazing place I’ve ever been - both in terms of wildlife and landscape.  Jon and I started out heading directly to Old Faithful to meet Alexis and Emily (friends from B-School).  Not even half an our into the park from the Eastern entrance, we came to a dead stop behind a line of stopped cars.  As we were in a bit of rush to make our rendezvous, we pulled around to pass them.  Bam.  Grizzly - walking along the side of the road.  This was a highlight for the drive, but not the only cool sight.  We also passed about 2 or 3 bison that were near or in the middle of the road.



Once at Old Faithful, we met with with Emily and Alexis, and proceeded to grab a seat by the geyser.  Apparently it blows every half an hour or something like that (plus or minus 5 minutes maybe) - hence the name Old Faithful.

From Old Faithful, we decided to drive up the west side of Yellowstone to see some of the thermal features and then loop back around to Old Faithful for the night.  The north western side of Yellowstone is known as the thermal feature area and the entire landscape is full of them.



If you’re looking to plan a trip, definitely get a Yellowstone map or guide with the natural features listed on it so you can plan your trip and check out as much as possible.  We were really lucky in being able to get a hotel room at Old Faithful for the night because we were persistent and called frequently.  However, we were literally only able to get the room for one night and it wasn’t exactly the Ritz Carlton.  I’ve heard of people calling ahead a year in advance to book a place to stay.