Hello guys and welcome back to Run the Atlas. We just got back from a weekend in
Yellowstone National Park this is the first national park in the United States
established in 1872. It's one of the coolest places I've ever been to -
landscapes are unparalleled. I highly recommend visiting. So today I wanted to
talk about the things you need to know before visiting Yellowstone National
Park. Number one: we went in July and the
temperature is very extremely between night and days night. Even in summer you
want to bring a jacket and winter type clothing because it'll drop down to
about 40 degrees or so during the day it can be in the 80s so it's vastly
different, bring lots of layers. Number two: the speed limits also changed from
day to night. So during the day you'll see one speed limit posted, usually 45,
and at night it drops down to 35 and that's because of the Moose. Believe it
or not we found this out the hard way. We got pulled over and the cop gave us a
warning letting us know that at night time we need to slow down because there
are moose speaking of animals stay far away from them you will see many animals
during your trip. It's incredible they appear very tame especially when you see
them from the car they're eating grass enjoying themselves
roaming meadows, roaming the fields but they are wild animals so stay far away
from the Bison the Bears the elk and you will be good to go. Number four is hotels.
We went on a holiday weekend we went during fourth of July just to give you
an idea the motels during this time period were hosted $200 a night we ended
up staying at a hostel which ran us about $100 a night I would say it was a
step up from sleeping in your car we had running water there was a bed.
It was reasonably quiet but just know that accommodations will run you a lot
of money here next is the park is vast it takes about
three to four hours to drive the entire distance of the park north to south and
believe me you'll want to see this part and take your time
it is incredible there's so many sights to see next up it's very well marked a
lot of people were asking me - is it easy to travel around the park? what's it like?
it's very well paved, it's very well marked. You will see many signs for the
different attractions... which brings me to my next point which is: there is no internet in
the park except for out the main junctions and some of the hotels and
lodges within the park.
Having no internet service is a blessing but also can be really challenging
because you want to stick with your group make sure you know where to go or
have a meet-up place when or if you get lost, bring a paper map with you. They
will give this to you as you enter the park.
Speaking of preparation, you want to bring enough food and water into the
park. While there are plenty of places to eat within the park,
they kind of come at random and you don't really know when the next place
will be to eat or to use the rest stop. So you see a rest stop you see a gas
station, use it. Bring lots of water and snacks and preferably a packed lunch
into the park. Now if you're short on time during your trip, you want to see
the geyser Old Faithful and prismatic Lake first. They are kind of close
together and they are extraordinary. So the geyser it goes off every 90
minutes and the park rangers will give you rough estimates on when the next
time is for the geyser to go off and you want to plan for that there's multiple
locations where you can watch the geyser in action. One is from up above which
takes a little bit of time to hike to and one is right around there's kind of
an amphitheater around the geyser. And definitely plan for that perhaps pack a
box lunch and eat it while you're waiting or prepare for a little hike
around the area which is extremely scenic. Next is restaurants. If you're
staying in Jackson Hole, which we were, that area - the restaurants normally
closed around 9:00 p.m. There's only a few restaurants and bars that serve
dinner till about 10:00 and you want to prepare for that because if you're
getting in late just know that there probably won't be many restaurants open
aside from the grocery store getting to the national park most likely
you'll either drive in or fly in and just to let you know that Jackson Hole
Airport is extremely beautiful I was not prepared for how beautiful this Airport
is it's a very small airport and it kind of looks like a modern lodge but it's
very architectural it was redesigned in 2009 and also 2014 and it's really
beautiful. They serve non-stop flights to 13
destinations. Many people were taking their RVs or vans into the park which is
a very popular thing to do. Last but not least, I want to say is take your time in
the park. We were there for literally the weekend which is good for an overview,
but you really want to relax when you're at Yellowstone and take in the scenery
and spend a few days to just unplug and observe nature that's what these parks
were built for they are built for taking your time taking in the scenery and
enjoying the beautiful nature of the United States and with that I hope that
you get a chance to visit Yellowstone very soon it is absolutely worth it and
it is gorgeous you will be blown away. Next travel Tuesday we will have our
vlog series on Yellowstone it's gonna be a multi-part series because there was so
much to see here it was incredible. I hope you enjoy it be sure to subscribe
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