{"id":8297,"date":"2024-10-19T13:30:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T13:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=8297"},"modified":"2024-10-19T22:37:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T22:37:13","slug":"yellowstone-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=8297","title":{"rendered":"Yellowstone 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We visited Yellowstone again this year, having been there for a month but back in 2012.  We chose this time to stay east of the park in Wapiti and enter through the east.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We only went into the park a couple of times and didn&#8217;t walk any boardwalks other than at the Old Faithful area, due to my hip bothering me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we really enjoying our visits into the park.  We did see Old Faithful, plus a few other bubbling pools.  We saw lots of bison, some quite close to the vehicle.   With our new 4&#215;4 truck we wanted to drive a 6-mile stretch of road on the northern section of the park called the Blacktail Plateau Road.  It is listed as being a one-lane dirt road with stunning views and lots of wildlife.  Unfortunately when we got to the start of it it was closed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are pics we took on this trip:<\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" scoped>.rbs_gallery_69e5b17dd2dacSpinner{\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 50px auto;\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50px;\r\n\t\t\t\theight: 40px;\r\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_69e5b17dd2dacSpinner > div{\r\n\t\t\t  background-color: #333;\r\n\t\t\t  height: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t  width: 6px;\r\n\t\t\t  display: inline-block;\r\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation: rbs_gallery_69e5b17dd2dac-stretchdelay 1.2s infinite ease-in-out;\r\n\t\t\t  animation: rbs_gallery_69e5b17dd2dac-stretchdelay 1.2s infinite ease-in-out;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_69e5b17dd2dacSpinner .rbs_gallery_69e5b17dd2dacRect2 {\r\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation-delay: -1.1s;\r\n\t\t\t  animation-delay: -1.1s;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_69e5b17dd2dacSpinner .rbs_gallery_69e5b17dd2dacRect3 {\r\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation-delay: -1.0s;\r\n\t\t\t  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data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Coyote-on-a-hillside-1-300x300.jpg\"  title=\"Coyote on a hillside 1\"  data-width=\"300\"  data-height=\"300\" ><\/div><div class=\"rbs-img-data-popup\"  data-popup=\"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Coyote-on-a-hillside-1.jpg\"  title=\"Coyote on a hillside 1\" ><\/div><div class=\"thumbnail-overlay\"><div class=\"rbsTitle \">Coyote on a hillside 1<\/div><div class=\"rbsIcons\"><i class=\"fa fa-search-plus rbsZoomIcon \" ><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rbs-img  category8254 \" ><div class=\"rbs-img-image   rbs-lightbox \" ><div class=\"rbs-img-thumbs\"  data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Coyote-on-a-hillside-2-300x300.jpg\"  title=\"Coyote on a hillside 2\"  data-width=\"300\"  data-height=\"300\" ><\/div><div class=\"rbs-img-data-popup\"  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data-width=\"300\"  data-height=\"300\" ><\/div><div class=\"rbs-img-data-popup\"  data-popup=\"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Old-Faithful.jpg\"  title=\"Old Faithful\" ><\/div><div class=\"thumbnail-overlay\"><div class=\"rbsTitle \">Old Faithful<\/div><div class=\"rbsIcons\"><i class=\"fa fa-search-plus rbsZoomIcon \" ><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rbs-img  category8254 \" ><div class=\"rbs-img-image   rbs-lightbox \" ><div class=\"rbs-img-thumbs\"  data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/The-road-into-Yellowstone-still-snow-on-the-high-passes-300x300.jpg\"  title=\"The road into Yellowstone - still snow on the high passes\"  data-width=\"300\"  data-height=\"300\" ><\/div><div class=\"rbs-img-data-popup\"  data-popup=\"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/The-road-into-Yellowstone-still-snow-on-the-high-passes.jpg\"  title=\"The road into Yellowstone - still 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We chose this time to stay east of the park in Wapiti and enter through the east. 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