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Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

#15: Our Favorite Places in Yellowstone

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

Society & Culture, Nature, Personal Journals, Places & Travel, Science

5.01.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Few places, if any, in the lower 48 states have remained as wild and undisturbed as Yellowstone National Park. Sure, there are roads and boardwalks throughout the park to accommodate the millions of annual visitors, but its wildlife and unique landscape remind you that this part of our great country has never been tamed. Out of all the 62 national parks that we’ve visited, there is no place like Yellowstone. Because of its size and the many points of interest, to really see and experience all the wonders of this park will require more than a visit or two, preferably in different seasons. In this episode of The Dear Bob and Sue Podcast, we discuss our favorite places to visit inside the park and share a few tips we’ve learned from our trips. Some topics and places we discuss include: A brief history of the world’s first national park Why there are so many geysers in Yellowstone (That’s geysers, the things that shoot hot water into the air, not geezers.) Best times to visit the park A bit about the large mammals you’ll likely see Our favorite places in the different areas of the park: North, Central West, Central East, and more A few hiking tips and suggestions And, in our mail bag segment, we discuss why we didn’t narrate our Dear Bob and Sue audiobooks Links to more information: To see photos from our travels, visit our Instagram account, or TikTok account Yellowstone National Park’s website Map of the park Link to the free National Park Service interactive mobile app Where to learn more about our books and travels Join the conversation on Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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It has large mammals,

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bears, bison wolves, and I think if you hike in Yellowstone,

0:10.0

you need to be extra careful of the U.S.

0:34.8

national parks and other public lands. I'm Matt Smith and I'm Karen Smith. We are

0:40.0

the authors of the Dear Bob and Sue series of books. Today we're talking about

0:44.7

one of our absolute favorite national parks, Yellowstone, which also happens to be

0:50.2

our country's very first national park.

0:53.0

And did you know it's one of the largest?

0:55.0

I did.

0:57.0

It has over 2.2 million acres.

1:00.0

And there's so much to see and do while visiting the park.

1:02.0

It's hard to know where to get

1:03.7

started it is so today we'll share our favorite areas in the park our favorite

1:08.9

places to stay and tips on the best time of year to visit.

1:13.0

Plus, we talk about some of the wildlife you might encounter,

1:17.0

especially the bears and the bison.

1:20.0

I like bears and bison.

1:22.0

I know you do. But before we dive into our Yellowstone

1:25.2

recommendations we discuss why Karen wants to change your name and at the end of

1:30.8

the episode we'll answer a question from a listener in our mailbag segment.

1:39.0

Episode number 15.

1:41.6

15. 15.

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