Category: Wyoming
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Day 295 – Grand Teton National Park
[Mile 1,820 to 2,200 ] Directly below Yellowstone National Park sits Grand Teton National Park. The two parks nearly touch but are separated by a narrow stretch called the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway. Exiting the south entrance there’s not even an entry gate into Teton. Only the familiar park sign. The…
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Day 292 – Yellowstone National Park
[Mile 1,348 to 1,820] It’s hard to visit a place so majestic as Yellowstone without reflecting on the boundless cruelty and hubris imported to this country. In 1800 there were over 60 million bison that once roamed from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico and from New York the Pacific Ocean. By 1840,…