I went to Yellowstone once and couldn’t stand all the stupid tourists. The best was a group of them walking up to within 50 feet of a Moose Cow to get pictures. My wife and I were on a motorcycle so I didn’t hang around to see the fun.
Yellowstone is where I discovered that I needed to get serious about cataract surgery. Dang park needs street lights. We stayed at three different lodges, not because we especially wanted to but because we were late making reservations and had to stitch together available rooms. Which is why we got caught by nightfall while out on the road ... and the place gets pretty darned dark out in the boonies. I somehow managed not to drive off a cliff, but I was creeping, and when a herd of buffalo decided to wander across the road, I.Did.Not.See.Them.Coming. Suddenly there were buffalo surrounding the car, about two feet away.
I went to visit the eye doc when I got back. I live in the city and night vision was never a problem in D.C.
National parks are good for discovering this sort of thing.
Ran into a moosecow and calf on the backside of the Tetons bowhunting with my BIL. Thought we were fixing to be dead. I even peed myself a little.
Best time to go to Yellowstone is when its closed for snow removal.Cody and the surrounding state parks are deserted.