Waking Up in the Wilderness: A Yellowstone Journey
Are you an armchair traveler, outdoor adventurer, or national park enthusiast? Are you ready to trek across Yellowstone through the pages of a book?
If so, this may be the book for you.
It’s more than an adventure story about me and my family doing what we love in a place we love with people we love. It’s a sign pointing beyond all that and saying, “Look at this!” so you can see what there is to see for yourself.
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5 Kid-Friendly Yellowstone Hikes
We started taking our kids out on Yellowstone's trails when they were tiny, as in four, eight, and fifteen months tiny. They went from being carried to toddling to running ahead and we went from being the pack animals who carried them to trying to keep up. These trails are kid-friendly hikes that our family has taken again and again. 5...
Postcard from Yellowstone: Roosevelt Arch
Once upon a time, I worked in Yellowstone—at the Old Faithful Inn Gift Shop, where I spent part of each day restoring the great wall of postcards. These days, the postcard wall is smaller, which makes me sad. Postcards are more than souvenirs. They’re a way of looking at the small stuff, of noticing and sharing why a place matters. With that, a...
Notable & Noteworthy: Spring
March is a quiet month in Yellowstone, not because there's nothing happening but because all but one road is closed and there is little human hubbub. April ... that's a different story. Still, these are two months during which I have not seen the park. What I know I've learned from others who know and love it well. Here's what's new and notable...
Waking up in the Wilderness is honored to be included in the Inspired by Yellowstone Artist Series.
“There is a great deal of good to be learned from what we see every day, if we would but consider it.”
~ Matthew Henry
