Stupendous, breathtaking , beautiful – yes – all of those things – and when you do get there you will most probably end of adding awe inspiring, though provoking – and smile inducing !!
Yup – somewhere between the search for the right lens and the handkerchief to avoid the sulphur – the mind suddenly stops and begins to make sense of what one is seeing. This park , if one may call it so – is composed of millions of acres . It is a giant volcanic caldera – or a collection of them. It is alive – the mud boils , the geysers are faithful and almost everything is constantly evolving. Yup – just like Patagonia – the earth is alive here too and it tells you so!! And as with all such places mother nature seems to have sprinkled her colors liberally !! Definitely a “go back and camp” location that we will visit again!
We had the absolutely rare pleasure of seeing all the animals the park is home to – grizzlies, wolves , bison, elk – etc etc – they all seemed to have decided to be kind enough to put on an appearance. Gosh – we even saw a bald eagle !
Yellowstone, like every reserve or protected zone, is a humbling experience . Its the kind of place to visit with the ones you love . As you watch the sun set over Hayden Valley , or drive through Lamar, or smile at Old Faithful , or focus the lens on Morning Glory , or hope that the bison will coming straight at you will swerve , or get wrinkles from staring through the viewer at that oh so elusive wolf – you will find yourself marvelling at the world – and as you realize how fortunate you are – the hugs that will follow will make for a trip to remember !!
We had Mom & Dad with us – and we cant hold the smiles as we remember the trip :) !
So we’d finally decided where we to stay in Calif , we’d decided when Rupa was to vacate the apartment in Chicago , the twice a year traditional conversation with Atlas Van Lines , our movers, had been concluded .. we were all set – other than of course , the fact that one absolutely had to decide on how to get to California. Planes are passe’ right 
….. and along came Lightning Mcqueen to the rescue. After all what better way than to try and discover Radiator Springs or maybe Carburettor Gulch….. the fact that the Rockies lay along the way as did Bryce, Zion etc… the decision was made.
