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Posted: 7/28/2016 10:57:14 AM EDT
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Don't pet the buffalo.
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Posted: 7/28/2016 10:59:46 AM EDT
[#2]
Stay on the trails.
Eat at Gusher's Pizza. See Old Faithful. Take all the walks you can while you drive through. Sit in the Hot Springs. Also depends on which entrance you're going in. |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 11:01:52 AM EDT
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Warning signs, pissed off wildlife, and boiling water.
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Posted: 7/28/2016 11:02:24 AM EDT
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You're in luck! July is the park wide petting zoo month!
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Posted: 7/28/2016 11:04:41 AM EDT
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Don't pet the buffalo. But if somebody else is petting the buffalo, stick around for the show |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 11:05:15 AM EDT
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Bring good high power spotting scopes - spend some time in the Lamar Valley and watch the wolves! It's been a few years (Oh about 12-13 since I was there) but it is what I enjoyed most! We watched the wolves kill a calf elk with the mother trying to fight them off. It was a once in a lifetime experience most likely.
ETA: Consider renting good optics too if you can't afford to buy good stuff. You will see a lot better with good optics! |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 11:08:46 AM EDT
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Take a day and go over to Macks inn in Idaho. (about 25 minutes from West Yellowstone) Rent a canoe and float down the Henry's fork. If you fish, you can catch some monster trout through that stretch. Also stop by Big Springs and see the huge trout swimming around under the bridge.
http://www.macksinn.com/local-area-guide.asp?cat=6943 Take a day and go up to the North entrance near Gardiner Montana also. Usually there will be elk walking through the streets. |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 12:14:34 PM EDT
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YNP is BIG. Parts are awesome and then there is a lot of driving in between. I actually preferred Teton for scenery...Hike all day and then have drinks watching this happen every night...never got old. 
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Posted: 7/28/2016 12:25:05 PM EDT
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Warning signs, pissed off wildlife, and boiling water. don't forget the chinese |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 12:25:34 PM EDT
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Thank you for the responses! Have good optics but will pack additional gear now and the trout fishing sounds AMAZING!
Have 2 days before I leave. All other thoughts are accepted. Want this to be the best trip possible for my boy. Thank you, Dan |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 12:32:11 PM EDT
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The other obvious is a good camera with a good lens and spare batteries and memory cards. I took thousands of photos when I was there last. Some things really need to be caught on video so bring a tripod you can use with both. The problem with video and photos is it can really slow your visit down. How long will you be there? My next trip I would love to spend 2-weeks. One week is barely enough time to really get to see everything so you can't spend a day or two in just one area watching wolves as an example.
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Posted: 7/28/2016 12:34:05 PM EDT
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Sorry folks, park's closed. Moose out front should have told you.
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Posted: 7/28/2016 12:34:16 PM EDT
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TAG. I'll be out there next week with the kiddos.
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Posted: 7/28/2016 12:38:05 PM EDT
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Bring good high power spotting scopes - spend some time in the Lamar Valley and watch the wolves! It's been a few years (Oh about 12-13 since I was there) but it is what I enjoyed most! We watched the wolves kill a calf elk with the mother trying to fight them off. It was a once in a lifetime experience most likely. ETA: Consider renting good optics too if you can't afford to buy good stuff. You will see a lot better with good optics! yeah, we got to see a grizzly eating an elk calf it had just killed from 400 yards out. |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 12:39:37 PM EDT
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Tagging because we're going next summer.
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Posted: 7/28/2016 12:49:50 PM EDT
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Just a little NW of the west entrance is a place called Quake lake. If you and your family would enjoy seeing how and what the Yellowstone caldera can do, stop by the USGS visitors center there and take the hour long drive around tour.
I know a lady who was there the night of excitement and the stories that are told are exactly as she described the quake to me. If you go, you will hear about a large boulder, she was sleeping 20 yards east of the impact area. I don't know, maybe too much for a young one. |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 2:36:52 PM EDT
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The other obvious is a good camera with a good lens and spare batteries and memory cards. I took thousands of photos when I was there last. Some things really need to be caught on video so bring a tripod you can use with both. The problem with video and photos is it can really slow your visit down. How long will you be there? My next trip I would love to spend 2-weeks. One week is barely enough time to really get to see everything so you can't spend a day or two in just one area watching wolves as an example. This trip is just one week as the night we get back, my boy starts school the next day. Am hoping to get my wife and boy to fall in love with the area so I can get them to move there. |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 2:39:03 PM EDT
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Bud Lilly's Trout Shop in West Yellowstone will be a great source of info about the area and will be happy to get you setup with a knowledgeable guide & drift boat for fishing the numerous rivers in the area.
Not affiliated with them but had a long time friend who guided out of there for years until he died about 5 years ago. I fished up there, with him, a number of times. It's truly a special place. |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 3:18:13 PM EDT
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Warning signs, pissed off wildlife, and boiling water. don't forget the chinese Was just there last month. Lots of dead trees from fires. And Chinese....hoards & hoards of them! But they are easy to see over. But they really jibber jabber, and distract from the peace and tranquility of the park. At Mammoth Hot Springs, watched one of them ignore the signs, hop a fence and trample formations that took hundreds of years to form. A ranger chewed him out. Chinese response: jibber jaber! Like the one fellow said already, Grand Teton NP is better. I'd plan on spending more time there if I were you. |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 3:25:51 PM EDT
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I would go pick up Dan Cahill's book Lost In My Own Backyard. It's a quick read, probably get it done in 2-3 hours. It will give you some great ideas. It's probably too late but there are some good books that talk about the best trails, hikes and even how to do it with a kid.
I just got back from Yellowstone and GTT in June. I would go see all the features in the basin, including Old Faithful, Grand Prismatic Springs, The Artist's Pots, etc. They are really interesting. When Old Faithful blew my 5 year old just started saying "Wow! You don't see this every day" and "I wanted to see this my whole life!" Everyone was cracking up around us. I don't think there is a right way or wrong way to do it. My daughter was as amazed as we were by the natural beauty and scenery. Are you camping in the park? |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 3:30:42 PM EDT
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Despite it being a total clusterfuck and madhouse you should try and do all the geysers/mud-pots and shit. You will probably never see anything like them again and they are pretty interesting.
Lots of chances to see wildlife you aren't likely to see again; but if you go looking for them you are probably in for a lot of driving in heavy traffic for little payoff. If you see them great, if you don't...well sucks to be you. Jackson is worth a visit if you like gimmicky theme towns that sell nothing but tourist junk you could buy off Amazon for far less money. Cody has the Winchester museum and a couple other places that are worth an hour or two. Camping it the park is a fucking joke, worse than living in a $300 apartment in a ghetto. Pretty hard to camp anywhere near there really but there are camp spots an hour or so away in almost every direction that will be a lot more enjoyable. |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 4:44:32 PM EDT
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We were up North the whole month of June and visited 4 national parks in addition to many national monuments and museums. You can't go wrong visiting any national park, but if I had to do a forced ranking here it is:
1) Glacier NP 2) Grand Teton NP 3) Great Basin NP 4) Yellowstone NP And Craters of the Moon National Monument ( soon to be a NP) is pretty nice too. And the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman is wold class! |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 5:49:18 PM EDT
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We were up North the whole month of June and visited 4 national parks in addition to many national monuments and museums. You can't go wrong visiting any national park, but if I had to do a forced ranking here it is: 1) Glacier NP 2) Grand Teton NP 3) Great Basin NP 4) Yellowstone NP And Craters of the Moon National Monument ( soon to be a NP) is pretty nice too. And the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman is wold class! Yeah if you're doing the north entrance near Gardiner...or hell even through West Yellowstone, heading into Bozeman for the day is nice as well. Lots of pretty driving. West Yellowstone is a decent place to spend some time too. There's an imax theater there that could be fun to see when it's scorching out. A drive through paradise valley would be cool. I'm sure if you google "things to do in yellowstone" you'll get quite the list. |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 6:15:08 PM EDT
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Yeah if you're doing the north entrance near Gardiner...or hell even through West Yellowstone, heading into Bozeman for the day is nice as well. Lots of pretty driving. West Yellowstone is a decent place to spend some time too. There's an imax theater there that could be fun to see when it's scorching out. A drive through paradise valley would be cool. I'm sure if you google "things to do in yellowstone" you'll get quite the list. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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We were up North the whole month of June and visited 4 national parks in addition to many national monuments and museums. You can't go wrong visiting any national park, but if I had to do a forced ranking here it is: 1) Glacier NP 2) Grand Teton NP 3) Great Basin NP 4) Yellowstone NP And Craters of the Moon National Monument ( soon to be a NP) is pretty nice too. And the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman is wold class! Yeah if you're doing the north entrance near Gardiner...or hell even through West Yellowstone, heading into Bozeman for the day is nice as well. Lots of pretty driving. West Yellowstone is a decent place to spend some time too. There's an imax theater there that could be fun to see when it's scorching out. A drive through paradise valley would be cool. I'm sure if you google "things to do in yellowstone" you'll get quite the list. "Things NOT to do in Yellowstone" are tossing a bison calf into the back of your SUV and kidnapping him because he looks "cold." That pisses mama bison off. Now the funniest thing we saw at Yellowstone was at a Bison traffic jam where a small herd met about 75 cars. The rangers had an ambulance parked on the scene and EMT's ready just in case there was a goring. That was some good stuff! |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 6:54:50 PM EDT
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Yeah if you're doing the north entrance near Gardiner...or hell even through West Yellowstone, heading into Bozeman for the day is nice as well. Lots of pretty driving. West Yellowstone is a decent place to spend some time too. There's an imax theater there that could be fun to see when it's scorching out. A drive through paradise valley would be cool. I'm sure if you google "things to do in yellowstone" you'll get quite the list. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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We were up North the whole month of June and visited 4 national parks in addition to many national monuments and museums. You can't go wrong visiting any national park, but if I had to do a forced ranking here it is: 1) Glacier NP 2) Grand Teton NP 3) Great Basin NP 4) Yellowstone NP And Craters of the Moon National Monument ( soon to be a NP) is pretty nice too. And the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman is wold class! Yeah if you're doing the north entrance near Gardiner...or hell even through West Yellowstone, heading into Bozeman for the day is nice as well. Lots of pretty driving. West Yellowstone is a decent place to spend some time too. There's an imax theater there that could be fun to see when it's scorching out. A drive through paradise valley would be cool. I'm sure if you google "things to do in yellowstone" you'll get quite the list. I have been googling extensively but also like to get opinions on the best places people have seen. Really looking to make this trip magical for my boy. |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 7:04:53 PM EDT
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I was there 3rd week in May this year; get into the park early & beat the first wave of selfie-stick-totin-stinky-fish eaters; they're everywhere
definitly keep your head on a swivel when stopping to look at some of the features that have parking near the road; looked across from where everyone else was looking, on a hill behind us there were huge herds of elk. don't get sticker shock at the prices of chow outside the park; we ate 2 meals out of our cooler & had dinner out. although we only had 2 days there, we also did Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Puget Sound, Arches, a ton of Indian sites & Big Bend on the same 3.5 wk road trip,,, 
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Posted: 7/28/2016 7:09:11 PM EDT
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This trip is just one week as the night we get back, my boy starts school the next day. Am hoping to get my wife and boy to fall in love with the area so I can get them to move there. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The other obvious is a good camera with a good lens and spare batteries and memory cards. I took thousands of photos when I was there last. Some things really need to be caught on video so bring a tripod you can use with both. The problem with video and photos is it can really slow your visit down. How long will you be there? My next trip I would love to spend 2-weeks. One week is barely enough time to really get to see everything so you can't spend a day or two in just one area watching wolves as an example. This trip is just one week as the night we get back, my boy starts school the next day. Am hoping to get my wife and boy to fall in love with the area so I can get them to move there. start prowling around the HTF's for Idaho, Wy & Montana; it's not as pristine (politically & socially) in all those places as it seems; I fell in love with the place also, but the gale force winds during the winter may change some minds about staying all year. 
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Posted: 7/28/2016 9:49:10 PM EDT
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This trip is just one week as the night we get back, my boy starts school the next day. Am hoping to get my wife and boy to fall in love with the area so I can get them to move there. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The other obvious is a good camera with a good lens and spare batteries and memory cards. I took thousands of photos when I was there last. Some things really need to be caught on video so bring a tripod you can use with both. The problem with video and photos is it can really slow your visit down. How long will you be there? My next trip I would love to spend 2-weeks. One week is barely enough time to really get to see everything so you can't spend a day or two in just one area watching wolves as an example. This trip is just one week as the night we get back, my boy starts school the next day. Am hoping to get my wife and boy to fall in love with the area so I can get them to move there. Better off staying in AZ. Its beautiful up there but I see 6 big problems: Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb & March! |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 11:24:10 PM EDT
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We were there over July 4th week and there was still quite a bit of snow in the park at higher areas! When we went out the north entrance there was still at least six feet of snow everywhere - likely a lot more! I would love to have a summer home there, but I am nowhere foolish enough to want to actually live there all the time!
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Posted: 7/28/2016 11:27:56 PM EDT
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Everything. Yellowstone is one of the most amazing places on the planet.
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Posted: 7/28/2016 11:34:14 PM EDT
[#31]
Visit the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
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Posted: 7/28/2016 11:41:33 PM EDT
[#32]
hike to the base of lower falls
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Posted: 7/28/2016 11:58:19 PM EDT
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I wouldn't want to be anywhere near Yosemite when it blows the fuck up.
There's a reason all the animals are running away from it. |
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Posted: 7/28/2016 11:58:37 PM EDT
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Tag for myself. Going to Yellowstone 3rd week of August. Only going to be for the day and then on to Cody.
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Posted: 7/29/2016 12:11:14 AM EDT
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See if you can find anyone but and Asian or a really really liberal idiot.
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Posted: 7/29/2016 12:11:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I wouldn't want to be anywhere near Yosemite when it blows the fuck up. There's a reason all the animals are running away from it.  You do realize GA isn't going to be far enough away if it blows up, right? |
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Posted: 7/29/2016 12:23:10 AM EDT
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Well, one look at the number of Chinese and you will understand why they named it Yellowstone.
 Visit Grant Tetons and take the boat ride to the cowboy breakfast. It was an awesome little trip. If your 6yo is anything like mine take him to Craters of the Moon in Idaho. Lots of lava flows and neat stuff, my son still talks about it and asks we go back. https://www.nps.gov/crmo/index.htm |
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Posted: 7/29/2016 12:27:55 AM EDT
[#38]
Dragons lair and walk the loop around.
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Posted: 7/29/2016 12:40:23 AM EDT
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I vote for Tetons as well. Jellystone is crowded, traffic filled, and commercialized.
Jenny lake ferry, Jackson Lake Lodge, JDR parkway over to Driggs. Go flyfish W/ of Flagg Ranch. Hit the Hoot @ Dornans, eat at the chuckwagon (i'm an ex employee), run the Alpine Slide @ Snow King. Raft the snake out of Jackson Hole. Drive as manny times as possible between Moran and Jackson Hole and try and stay on the road ;) (the Grand T's are THAT mesmerizing) Ride the tram up Jackson Hole Mountain. Yellowstone is OK but the prettiest stuff isn't there. Hiking up past the glacier runoff after getting off the boat @ Jenny Lake is UNFORGETTABLE. The water is insanely blue. |
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Posted: 7/29/2016 12:43:28 AM EDT
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I hear there is a buffalo veal special this year there. Also a soup that's to die for. The soup will cost an arm and a leg but it's got a lot of body to it.
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Posted: 7/29/2016 3:27:40 AM EDT
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You do realize GA isn't going to be far enough away if it blows up, right? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I wouldn't want to be anywhere near Yosemite when it blows the fuck up. There's a reason all the animals are running away from it.
You do realize GA isn't going to be far enough away if it blows up, right? It's better than where I am, I think I could spit and hit Yellowstone from here. I'M SO FUCKED!!!http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/632054/Yellowstone-about-to-blow-1-in-10-chance-super-volcano-will-kill-millions |
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Posted: 7/29/2016 9:00:57 AM EDT
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Jackson sucks. GTNP sucks. Stay in YNP
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Posted: 7/29/2016 9:14:19 AM EDT
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Run over to Chico if you are in the northern part of the park. It's about 40 miles from Gardner. Go to the Chico Hot Springs Resort and Day Spa. They have a large hot spring pool- one of the few you can actually get in anywhere near Yellowstone. $7 for a wrist band, stay as long as you like. Pool is crystal clear water, no chemicals, it turns over naturally so fast, no need for them. The Pool portion of it runs about 98 degrees, the "hot tub" runs 106 or so most days. Was an old timey "health" spa from the turn of the century, neat old place.
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