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Your host reveals tips on how to save Money and Time during your Yellowstone vacation with over 60 years of personal experience in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and his family has been visiting the area since 1919. Learn about alternative airports you can fly into to save money on flights as well as money saving Lodging tips where you can stay for less than $100.00 per night right outside of Yellowstone Park saving you thousands of dollars on your Yellowstone vacation before you even arrive. Then hear how to save time inside the parks and listen to the podcasts which are set up section by section as you drive your car through the parks so you won't miss anything. Know where and when to see bears, wolves and other wildlife. Discover easy yet virtually unknown trails that lead to hidden back country pools, mud pots and waterfalls where you will have the entire place to yourselves. See Old Faithful from the best vantage point and also catch Grand Geyser which is the largest predictable geyser in the world and get sprayed with water that hit the ground as rain over 400 years ago from Beehive. Visit the Upper and Lower Falls and the gorgeous Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and see them from the best and most historic vantage points including the famous Moran bench. Take a mountain bike ride to hidden waterfalls and back country geysers and visit a petrified forest where you will see 50 million year old trees. I will even tell you how and when to visit the seldom seen Bechler region of the park which holds 70% of the parks waterfalls and where you can swim in hot pools and walk behind 200' tall waterfalls.You will also learn the best day hikes and biking opportunities in Grand Teton as well as the not to be missed stops along the way. I will also give you info on where to stay and dine in Jackson Hole and West Yellowstone so listen up if you want to explore Yellowstone like a local!
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Announcing the Yellowstone Drive Guide App for the 2025 season and beyond. The YDG App will change the way people visit Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks by escorting them through the parks like never before. Not only will the app escort you through both parks, it also covers all the roads leading to the parks and no matter if you fly into any of the airports that surround the park or drive in from any direction, the YDG App will pick up and tell you everything that is out in fr...
In this podcast, I cover 3 great roads that are all shown on the Yellowstone park map they hand you when you go through the gate. However, these roads skirt the Northern and then Southern Boundaries of Yellowstone Park and hardly anyone even knows they exist but they all offer some great and seldom seen sections of roads inside Yellowstone Park as well as just outside it's Western Boundary. We cover all the great things to see from West Yellowstone north on 191 which actually goes inside...
1This podcast covers how the Guidebook tells you everything you need to know about how to watch all the geysers go off in this one of a kind area which is home to more geysers than the rest of the world combined. We cover all the major geysers in this one of a kind area and how the guidebook easily gets you to them all by teaching you to "work the geyser basin". You will hear how the guidebook gets you to the best spot to watch Old Faithful from but far more importantly, it ge...
This podcast starts at the rather boring Tower Junction which is home to the rather fun Chuckwagon Dinner that starts at the Roosevelt Stables. We then drive through the Narrows on the way to Tower Falls and I tell you how to not only see the falls but about the crazy boulder that used to sit it's summit and then how to access the Yellowstone River from the viewing platform that hardly anyone knows about in the guidebook. We then continue along the North Loop and summit Mount Washbu...
This podcast covers the section of road from the South Gate of Yellowstone Park all the way down to Jackson Hole. We will drive down the far side of the Yellowstone Volcano then have breakfast with a great view of the Tetons. We then get to the spot to take a picture from the most photographed view of the Tetons. Then we visit Jenny Lake and I tell you how to get right down into the waters of this gorgeous lake without any people around then we ride the ferry boat to Inspiration Point.&n...
This podcast covers all the fun things you can do just outside of Grand Teton and Yellowstone parks. There is a reason that hardly any of the locals from West, Jackson or Big Sky ever go into the parks and the reason for that is that there is a TON of really fun and exiting things to do right outside the parks boundaries that are NOT allowed inside the parks. We cover how West Yellowstone is the Fly Fishing capital of the world and why movie stars, sports stars, planes full of Russians a...
This podcast covers 19 great places that you can swim, get in a hot pot, get under a huge waterfall and swim in Yellowstone Park and you can visit these spots whenever the park is open. I get you to the some of the most fantastic swimming and hot potting spots that can't be found anywhere else on earth. We cover the stupidly popular Firehole swimming area near Madison Junction which USED to be a great local place to swim but is now simply overrun with hundreds of people every day a...
Everything you need to know to save Time and Money and plan a successful trip to Yellowstone is in this podcast. And note that everyone should join our Explore Yellowstone Like a Local Facebook Group where you can read hundreds of great reviews of the guidebook and see thousands of pictures you guys have posted having a great time in the park. We cover WHEN you should plan to arrive in Yellowstone to take advantage of the best weather and the lowest crowds. Then we cover WHERE you should...
In this podcast, we visit the really fun town of Jackson and we go over all the fun stuff to do in this world famous town. We gloss over all my favorite spots to stay in Jackson which are all listed in the guidebook including a great budget option which is REALLY hard to find in a VERY expensive town. We even gloss over the ranches and lodges where you can stay with great views of the Tetons right off your front porch. We go over all the the best places that are covered in the...
This podcast covers starts in Gardiner Montana where you can grab a cheese burger at the place that was one of the inspirations for Jimmy Buffet to write the song Cheeseburger In Paradise. Then on the NEW road after the 2022 floods to Mammoth Hot Springs and we start at the iconic stone entry gate made famous by Teddy Roosevelt and his rough riders, pass a few cars on the way through the gate and save a LOT of time and then onto Tower Junction. We also discuss how the Roaring Springs Swimming...
This podcast covers the little town of West Yellowstone. We go over nice places to stay and where to find a cozy lakefront or riverside cabin to use as your home away from home as you visit Yellowstone Park. We cover some really great in town dining options including an award winning pizza and where you can take your picture in front of a huge Bison just before dinner as well as some really great places to eat a short drive away including the really fun Happy Hour Bar where you might get...
This podcast covers how you need to go through the West Entry Gate which is by far the busiest entry gate into Yellowstone Park and this gorgeous 14 mile section of road all the way to Madison Junction. We will pass through Christmas Tree Alley and then look for Bald Eagles on the banks of the Madison River on our way to the 7 mile bridge and a couple of interesting stories about this area. I will also give you the history of how the idea of the worlds first national park came to b...
This podcast covers hiking in both Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. I first cover hiking in Grand Teton and get you right up into the craggy spires of the Tetons where the peaks are shooting up all around. We then cover Teton hikes that are totally suitable for small kids with fantastic views of the Tetons and also tell you the hikes you should avoid. Then we cover the best of the best day hikes in Yellowstone where you can get off the beaten path and away from all the c...
This podcast covers the section of road from Canyon all the way down to West Thumb. We will cross into the Hayden Valley which is home to the largest free roaming herd of Bison on earth and hear a couple of great stories that took place right where you are now driving. We then make a stop at the Mud Volcanoes then hit Yellowstone Lake where I will regale you with a very personal near death story about yours truly and where you can see where I worked as a kid and then where you can hit th...
This podcast covers the section of the road from Tower Junction all the way through the NE entry gate to Silver Gate and Cooke City. You will pass through the glacially boulder strewn lower and then upper Lamar Valley's where the Wolves of Yellowstone hunt in packs and I also get you to the best spots to see a Grizzly Bear as well as thousands of Bison. We also hear one of the funniest stories that ever occurred in Yellowstone in the second or Upper Lamar Valley. And then see what used t...
This podcast explores the action packed 16 mile section of road between Madison Junction down to Old Faithful and we catch all the rest of the geyser basins on our way to the Old faithful area. We cross the Gibbon River on our way to the beautiful Firehole Canyon Drive where we will see the gorgeous Firehole Falls, the Firehole Swimming Area as well as other fun stuff on this beautiful side road. We then hit the Firehole Flat Drive and see the oldest grave of a woman in the pa...
This podcast covers the section of road south from Old Faithful down to West Thumb and then down to the South Gate and then we drive along the seldom seen but beautiful Flagg Ranch/Marysville/Grassy Lake Road.You will hear a story about how not to hike in bear country then we stop at the only lake in the US that flows into both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. We visit a great picture spot that where you can see just how big Yellowstone Park really is then talk about a not so great hike...
This podcast covers the 14 mile section of road from Madison Junction to Norris Geyser Basin which is home to Steamboat Geyser which USED to be the largest geyser on the planet. Along the way I will tell you about a rather interesting car wreck as well as 3 great hikes. The first is right to the base of Gibbon Falls where the trail actually goes into the river in spots and where you can have the warm waters of Gibbon Falls cascading down all over you as well as a great swimming & fis...
In this one huge day in Yellowstone, we will visit the Upper and Lower Falls and the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. We will then head down the road and across the Hayden valley which is home to the largest free roaming Bison herd on the planet on our way to the Mud Pots for a quick stop then have the best lunch in the park at the beautiful Lake Hotel and drive along the shore line of this beautiful lake. And finish off the Yellowstone Lake area with a stop at the remnants of the last erupt...
This podcast covers the 21 mile section of road on the west side of the upper loop in Yellowstone park from Norris Geyser Basin to Mammoth Hot Springs. Included in this podcast is a quick summation of why you shouldn't stop at Norris Geyser Basin, plus some fun and rather interesting stops along the road towards Bunsen Peak. We also cover the start of Bear Country in Yellowstone and where you should start looking for them. Then I give you the details on a great mountain bike, then h...
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