by George Bumann | Sep 29, 2025 | Adventures, Animal Language, Experiencing Yellowstone
A Simple Trip to the Post OfficeI just went for the mail. Literally, I just went to the post office, and out of that entry into Mammoth Hot Springs came one of the craziest wildlife encounters I’ve ever had in my two and a half decades of living and working in...
by Jenny Golding | Jul 25, 2025 | Backcountry, Experiencing Yellowstone
Originally published on Substack.When I asked young George where he wanted to go for our family wilderness trip this summer, he asked for “a mountain and a lake”. Mission accepted! I simply knew we needed to go to Heart Lake, a beautiful, large backcountry lake deep...
by George Bumann | May 26, 2025 | Experiencing Yellowstone, Yellowstone Wildlife
On a recent off-trail meander on Yellowstone’s northern range, Jenny and I found ourselves rerouting around a hill to avoid a group of bison. The terrain forced us to loop wide, and as we came around the far side of the hill, something unexpected happened—we crossed...
by Jenny Golding | Aug 24, 2024 | Adventures, Backcountry, Experiencing Yellowstone, Videos
In early August, George and I and our friend Julianne embarked on a 54 mile backpacking trip through the high and wild Absaroka Mountains from Sunlight Basin to Crandall Creek. This is the section Julianne and I were unable to complete last year during my 200 mile...
by Jenny Golding | Jun 17, 2024 | Experiencing Yellowstone, Yellowstone Life
Each year in early June, as spring is rising in a crescendo to summer, I like to spend a few days camping at Bridge Bay along Yellowstone Lake.There’s something about Yellowstone Lake that beckons me – it’s like this pulsing watery heart around which the Greater...
by Jenny Golding | Dec 28, 2023 | Experiencing Yellowstone
I set out on an early morning in June to take a drive around Yellowstone's upper loop looking for wildlife, heading out from Gardiner towards Tower Falls. The light was gorgeous, golden and gentle; it seemed to be a good morning for photographs.Just before Calcite...
