Category archive - Wyoming

On The Road: American Road Trip

I feel like I have been driving forever.

Since that first nerve-wracking drive through Anchorage over two months ago I have driven nearly 4000 miles (6400 km) through Alaska and the western states of the USA. I was sure I would never get used to that uneasy feeling of driving on the right-hand/wrong side of the road, and yet now I feel as though I could do it in my sleep.

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Wolf Watching in Yellowstone National Park

“On the ragged edge of the world I roam, and the home of the wolf shall be my home”

from ‘The Nostomaniac’. Robert Service.

I am awake long before my alarm sounds at 4am. Rising at 4am is not something I do well. In fact, I actively try to avoid any kind of anything before 7am. But today is different: today I plan to see wolves in the wild in Yellowstone National Park.

I know you can’t plan these things but there’s nothing like a little positive thinking to start the day. Actually, I prefer to start the day with coffee – several even – but the town of Gardiner near the north entrance of the park is eerily quiet at 4am and sadly coffee is but a distant dream.

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Is this it? Discovering Yellowstone National Park

I have to admit, my initial impressions of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming/ Montana were far from enthusiastic, and as we drove around on our first day in the park it got me wondering what all the fuss is about.

It’s never a good idea to go to a place with too many expectations. After three weeks exploring the wilderness of Alaska I have to keep reminding myself that not everywhere is going to be aesthetically thrilling. I need to stop comparing every single place we go to Alaska…especially since our next stop is Arizona and the Grand Canyon, which I know will be worlds apart.

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