Monday, May 25, 2015

Yellowstone Country Weather

Three months ago I was contacted through my YouTube channel by Becca from Chicago. She was anticipating her first visit to Yellowstone Country this Memorial Day week. Her message was not unlike a child’s letter to Santa, pleading for help in making the event successful. She had so many questions. What could she expect, what kind of gear should she bring and where should she visit.

Each month she contacted me with additional questions. Finally last week her post simply read “This is awesome. 6 more sleeps till Yellowstone! I'm so excited for a new adventure.” Saturday I replied to her post. “Bring warm clothes and rain gear. We have four inches of snow and it will probably rain most of Memorial Day weekend.”

During the past two weeks, summer cabins have been opened at a brisk pace. Contractors are being pressured to complete projects in time for the cabin owners’ opening summer holiday. The procession of ATVs being trailered up Ashton Hill is reminiscent of the animals arriving two-by-two as they entered Noah’s Ark.  Yellowstone Country weather is neither predictable nor uneventful. The challenge of the high country is adapting to whatever Mother Nature throws one’s way and discovering enjoyment in the challenge.

The magic of Island Park and Yellowstone Country can be found by immersing one’s self in the beauty of the moment. It may be in a group of swans whose wings beat the river as they take flight. That special moment may occur while viewing a beautiful cloud formation reflecting the light of a setting sun as it drops behind a veil of pines or a pair of moose grazing knee-deep in a creek. The weather adds background to an already beautiful scene, a virtual painting to be hung in the gallery of your mind’s eye. Remarkable memories are not realized from uneventful trips.


Enjoy all that Yellowstone Country has to offer and remember to be safe.

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