Explore Yellowstone Like a Local!

Announcing the Yellowstone Drive Guide App for the 2025 season and beyond. The YDG App will change the way people visit Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks by escorting them through the parks like never before. Not only will the app escort you through both parks, it also covers all the roads leading to the parks and no matter if you fly into any of the airports that surround the park or drive in from any direction, the YDG App will pick up and tell you everything that is out in front of you so you don't miss a thing outside the parks as well as inside the parks. Launching in January of 2025, the YDG App will also have an AI, Artificial Intelligence feature where during your planning stages, you can ask me any question you want and I will answer it through our new AI addition. And you will know that you are getting the best possible information for your trip because it's coming from Teddy Garland who is one of the most foremost authorities on Yellowstone. The AI feature is very complicated and will take a bit longer to get launched so look for it later this spring. When used in conjunction with our top rated guidebook Explore Yellowstone Like a Local, you are guaranteed to have a great Yellowstone vacation. 

In this, my last podcast for the 2024 season, we cover some final updates in both Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. We cover a great place to ride bikes where you can see one of the best geysers in the world and lots of other fun stuff on a road that has remained closed for 3 seasons now and looks like it might stay closed for a long long time. We also go over some new additions to the guidebook for you to look for in 2025 including what may become one of the most popular swimming spots in all of Yellowstone Park. We finish off the podcast with a who done it of sorts that is really interesting.  

In this podcast, I have been through all of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and surveyed everything from Road Construction delays to road closures as well as trail closures so you will know what to expect when you arrive. We also go over some swimming area closures and how you can use the guidebook to go Hot Potting and Swimming throughout Yellowstone Park. We even cover a huge Troll that we found outside of Grand Teton. All in all, take a listen and have a wonderful trip to the worlds first and best national park as well as Grand Teton

In this podcasts, we cover the elimination of what was a REALLY unpopular BMA (Bear Management Area) and the opening of a new one in Hayden Valley and how this should make those early park visitors trip better to Yellowstone. We then go over the dates you can start flying into the seasonal airport of West Yellowstone and on what airlines and how to save money on your flights. We then go over some fun drawings for great prizes for everyone who buys a guidebook as well as discussing how James Bond 007 got arrested over the winter in Yellowstone. 

In this podcast, we discuss the launch of our new You Tube videos that you guys can watch to determine if you want to purchase a guidebook for your families Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park vacation. We go over 7 new videos for you guys including the following. 1. introduction to Explore Yellowstone Like a Local. 2. Getting to the Old Faithful Geyser Basin where you will hear Elk Bugle and see tons of great videos all along the roads you will be driving on including some great videos of geysers erupting. 3. The North Loop of Yellowstone where you will find Bears and Wolves as well as the best Mammoth Hot Springs has to offer as well as the largest petrified forest on earth and all the fun things to do on the north loop. 4. The South Loop where we will visit the glorious Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and learn how the guidebook keeps you out in front of all the other tourists so you can have the entire area to yourself. And then we pass through the Hayden Valley and the largest Bison heard on earth on our way to the best of Yellowstone Lake. 5. We then travel down to the Grand Tetons and go over all the best stops on our way to Jackson Hole. 6. We also cover our monthly drawing for everyone who buys a guidebook where you can get some free swag. 7. Lastly, we cover how the guidebook is a great gift for Valentine's Day, or any other day for that matter. Plus we listen to some really obscure music!!! 

This Podcast covers all the waterfalls in Yellowstone Park with a bit of interesting history and fun stories thrown in as usual.We start by covering each river located in the park and all the waterfalls you can find on each of them. We then cover the few you can find in Grand Teton as well as the all the waterfalls you can find in the seldom seen Bechler area of Yellowstone which is called Cascade Corner as it is home to nearly half of the nearly 300 waterfalls located within the park boundaries. We also cover Big Springs which was almost included inside Yellowstone park back in the day.  

In this last podcast for the 2023 season, I cover a couple road closures that you need to now about and how you can still go see these areas on foot. I then go over the operating hours for The Corral Drive In in Gardiner and how you can avoid driving there needlessly like I did!We then go over all the fun activities that last all summer long in the town of West Yellowstone including how you can enter a real mountain bike biathlon and all you have to do is show up and anyone from 8 to 80 is welcome. And for you gun enthusiast out there, I introduce you to Mark Shepard who builds some of the finest, one of a kind guns in the world. 

In this podcast, we cover how finally a few great trails, that are not to be missed on any Yellowstone Park vacation, are finally open after the snow melted off in the Canyon Area of the park.  And we also discuss the Grand Tetons and where you can expect to hike due to the high amount of snow still on its peaks. We then go over our new Facebook Group where you can join in and post your pics and videos on our pages for everyone to see. We even had an explorer who saw 10 bears in one day and as such, we have started up a Bear Sighting Competition where whoever sees the most bears each summer will receive notoriety on our Explore Pages as well as free t-shirts for everyone in their group! Should be a lot of fun. We also cover how riding 4 wheelers is going to be delayed on the what have been called the Best Trails in North America due to the heavy snow fall but also where you CAN ride if you are getting here in the next few weeks. We also go over how the White Water Rafting is just off the charts this year. Give me a lemon and I will make some lemonade and put a shot of Vodka in it! We also cover where and how to rent bicycles so you can get around better in the geyser basins and not miss anything. And we shot a video for the best ride in the Geyser Basin and discuss what you can see win this podcast. We finish off with updates on the road construction as well. 

This is the second in my Story Podcasts where I regale you guys with some of my adventures growing up in the Yellowstone Area and in particular, Henry's Lake which is just 15 short minutes from the entry to Yellowstone Park. In this podcast, I tell you three stories. The first is about how I caught the largest trout caught in North America when I was only 14, followed by a huge bet and how a man is only as good as his word. And we finish it off with the best magic show I have ever seen. 

This podcasts covers everything you need to know before you arrive for your 2023 Yellowstone and Grand Teton vacation this summer. Including some VERY IMPORTANT Road Closures that WILL affect your vacation and what you can do to avoid wasting time in Yellowstone sitting in your car for hours and I tell you how to avoid the construction areas entirely if you are visiting Yellowstone and I even have an alternate route for you to get to the Tetons. We also cover how the 3rd highest snow total in park history has affected everything from the Bison migrating into the park, to what is open and closed in the Geyser Basins as well as the Canyon Area because everything is on about a 2-3 week delay and how you can compensate for that delay. We also cover new bear locations for those of you wanting to see a bear on your Yellowstone Vacation as well as how one bear has forced an unforeseen closure to the Mud Volcano Area. We also cover the Grand Tetons and how Jenny Lake is still frozen solid and how accessing Yellowstone from the south is going to be greatly affected by the road construction between West Thumb and Old Faithful. We finish off this podcast with the announcement of the much needed and much anticipated opening of West Yellowstone's first world class outfitters shop called West Park Outdoor's. And how they can now provid you with some top notch gear that you may have forgotten or weren't prepared for and where you can also rent the best Bear Spray as well as High Powered Binoculars for finding Bears, Wolves and Elk who may be a bit too far from the roads to see with the naked eye.  

As anyone who has listened to my Yellowstone & Grand Teton podcasts that you can listen to if you want more info than the is shown in the guidebook, knows that I tell a LOT of stories about the areas of the parks you are visiting. And I get a LOT of requests to hear even more stories so here goes. This is the first in what will be a series of my Story Podcasts where I will tell you some really fun, sometimes sad and some rather interesting stories about the areas in and around the parks for you to enjoy as you drive along. In this podcast, I tell the hilarious story of what was and is one of the most famous bears in the history of bear's-Snagglethooth! Who actually resides in the West Yellowstone Museum right now and how he tore my Aunt Rosalind's brand new Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser to shreds one night at the town dump. I then follow it up with another museum story but this time it's at the long gone museum that sat along the shores of Lake Henry's where I grew up as a kid and how I found an old picture that showed  how the Indian's that called Yellowstone home used the then swampy lake as sacred ground and how their burial plots were scattered on mounds in the lake by the hundreds. And how I almost found one as I was water skiing in the lake hundreds of years later. It's all fun listening and there will be other Story Podcasts to follow! 

This podcast covers what is probably the most intriguing., thought provoking and interesting legal paper ever written about Yellowstone Park which was penned by attorney Brian C. Kalt called The Perfect Crime. I recently interviewed Brian in a Zoom call you get to hear excerpts directly from the author himself in regards to just how it is theoretically possible to commit a litany of crimes, including murder, in a certain section of Yellowstone Park and get away with it-SCOTT FREE!And we discuss the loopholes in our laws and Constitution that have created that loophole and what needs to happen to close it. I finish out the podcast with a complete reading of The Perfect Crime verbatim for you guys so you don't have to look it up yourselves and can listen to my reading while your driving down the road.  It's a very thought provoking concept that actually exists in a remote portion of Yellowstone Park and  I think it is just a matter of tome before someone puts it to the test. 

It's the 3rd Friday in April and just like it has every year, Yellowstone Park is open for business! Or is it???? Starting today, you can drive from Mammoth or West Yellowstone to the Canyon area and over to Old Faithful. BUT!!!!The park has seen it's third highest snow totals in 100 years and the highest totals since all records were set in 1996 when the park had an unbelievable 29.5 feet of snow. As Yellowstone opened today, the ground in the park is still covered by 6-8' of snow at the West Entrance and up to 12' of snow in the Canyon Area and the high temp for opening day is supposed to be 29 degrees with a low of 7. If you see Old Faithful go off, all your going to see is steam and everything in the Canyon area is closed as is every trail in the park and Grand Teton is the same way.Follow the tips in the Planning Your Yellowstone Vacation Chapter in the guidebook and don't waste your Time and Money by coming to the park too early and freezing your ass off and not seeing anything. 

In this podcast, I cover 3 great roads that are all shown on the Yellowstone park map they hand you when you go through the gate. However, these roads skirt the Northern and then Southern Boundaries of Yellowstone Park and hardly anyone even knows they exist but they all offer some great and seldom seen sections of roads inside Yellowstone Park as well as just outside it's Western Boundary. We cover all the great things to see from West Yellowstone north on 191 which actually goes inside the park without any fees or traffic and a suggested 55MPH speed limit which gets you to some of the best hiking spots in the park as well as Big Sky and then I tell you about the best of Bozeman including where they film scenes from the show Yellowstone with Kevins Costner. We then hit 287 as it exits Yellowstone Park and I get you to the best breakfast in the US and then along the driving tour of the worst natural disaster to ever hit the US where you will be driving on the top of 28 bodies under the road. We then hit the Flagg Ranch Road which runs from Ashton Idaho right along the souther boundary of Yellowstone Park all the way to the South Entry gate. We hit the fantastic Bechler area which is my favorite part of Yellowstone as well as discussing the Zone Of Death where you can (theoretically I hope) commit murder and actually get away with it! Its all big fun on some seldom seen roads both inside and right outside Yellowstone Park that get you to some of the best spots in the Worlds First National Park.  

This podcast is an introduction to Explore Yellowstone Like a Local for all those out there who are deciding if they want to buy a Guidebook and start listening to the Podcasts. I first go over some Full Length Reviews from past visitors who bought a guidebook and had a great time in the parks and who shared a review their reviews which are listed on our Website. We then cover how the Guidebook saves you TIME and MONEY and tell you some stories that past visitors sent us after they got home of how much Money and Time they saved by following my tips and suggestions. I then go over my families history in the area which dates back to at least 1919 when my Grandfather started bringing my dad and his two brothers to the area and whose love of Yellowstone was passed on from generation to generation. I finally read you guys an excerpt from the guidebook and get a bit choked up in the process when telling you about some of the wonderful areas that I have been visiting my whole life and which now the guidebook gets you to as well.  

This podcast covers what I have found after going into Yellowstone a few times after the park re-opened after the historic floods this spring. We cover how well the odd/even license plate plate entry system is working and what to expect when you hit the entry gates. We also cover how West Yellowstone, the busiest entry town by far for Yellowstone Park is down nearly 40% from previous years and why you should take advantage of this. We then cover when the North Loop should open up and as always, how to beat the crowds at the main stops and see the best Yellowstone has to offer without another tourist in sight. We also cover a new momma grizzly bear and her tiny, tiny cub and where the best spot is to see her. Lastly, we cover different things to do if you can't get in Yellowstone one day such as how to get to the Grand Tetons on a road hardly anyone knows exists and see some memorable sights such as Mesa Falls along the way as well. But its a great time to visit Yellowstone as visitation is WAY DOWN and you should take advantage of all that means and we cover all that in this podcast.  

After the unprecedented flooding disaster that hit the worlds first National Park and the surrounding areas, Cam Sholly, the Park Superintendent, has pulled off the impossible. Without a single loss of life in what has been described as a 100 year event with billions of dollars worth of damage, Cam Sholly, along with Sarah Davis, the head Park Ranger for Yellowstone, have been able to not only avoid a single death during this enormous disaster, they have been able to set a re-opening date within only a week or so after these unbelievable events transpired.In this podcast, I cover everything that Cam Sholly went over in his daily press conference on June 17th in which he described how the re-opening of Yellowstone Park is going to unfold. I cover every detail possible to help know what you will find when you arrive for your Yellowstone vacation for the remainder of the year. And it's all great news. Yellowstone is set to open next week after a simply masterful job by Mr. Sholly and Mrs. Davis and their staffs have been able to pull off so you can come to Yellowstone and help celebrate what has become a most memorable 150th birthday party for the worlds first national park!  

In this podcast, we cover what you will find when you arrive in Yellowstone Country. What is open and closed and the most updated park conditions that I have seen so far this year. We cover what trails are open in the Canyon Area and which ones are closed including 2 of the best-the trail to the Brink of the Lower Falls and Red Rock Point and when they should be open. We also cover how the best Visitors Center in the park is getting a quick facelift and when it should be open. We cover how the bears are REALLY moving around and staying down low due to the deepest snow this late in the year I think I have ever seen in my life.  We go over when you can dine at the fabulous Lake Hotel and more importantly-when you can't but how to find what may possibly be the best hot dog ever!!When then cover how the Old Faithful Inn is FINALLY open including the hippest bar in the US-The Bear Pit Bar. Finally we cover some big news about who wants to advertise on the Explore Podcasts and  then how the Forest Fenn Treasure simply won't die. And then top it all off with the summer launching  announcement of our 3rd podcast series-Who Killed Who? Which should be a lot of fun. And we start and end this podcast with some of our most popular intro music ever for a bit of fun!

This podcast covers horseback riding and where you should and shouldn't do it along with info on the really fun Chuckwagon Dinner that starts at the Roosevelt Stables. We then drive through the Narrows on the way to Tower Falls and I tell you how to not only see the falls but about the crazy boulder that used to sit it's summit and then how to access the Yellowstone River from the viewing platform that hardly anyone knows about. We then continue along the North Loop and summit Mount Washburn and I tell you where NOT to hike as well as where you SHOULD hike in this area. And as usual, I throw in a couple of short stories about sleeping with an Elk and skateboarding down Dunraven Pass after I saw two boys walking behind a huge Grizzly Bear. I then tell you where you can find the elusive Moose like they were let out of a pen in the evening.   

This podcast covers what to expect when you arrive in Yellowstone this summer for vacation. We cover how busy the parks are as well as West Yellowstone and Jackson Hole. We cover the vitally important tips from the guidebook that you MUST follow to have a nice enjoyable vacation this summer. We then go over the new additions to the guidebook about how to be good Stewards of Yellowstone Park and our new Explorer Skills Challenge where you can get a free t-shirt and notoriety on our website when you solve some really fun riddles and puzzles and send us some pics of the places you visit in the parks. We have 3 levels; easy, moderate and the really tough and interesting Teddy G level. And if you solve all 3 levels, you can even win a cash prize to enjoy as well as a t-shirt of your choice. We also cover how the Firehole and Boiling River Swimming areas are closed for 2021 but hip you to all the other places you can swim in Yellowstone. As well as some changes we made to our website and why and when you can book your fall nix spring 2022 tours with us. 

This podcasts covers when the parks open and more importantly when you should plan on arriving. We cover what will and won't be open in the parks this summer as far as dining and visiting public buildings and attractions. We also cover your flying options this summer with the new flight options from United Airlines right into the West Yellowstone airport and the shortage of rental cars those added flights have caused.We also cover what to expect as far as crowds go this year and how to beat those crowds on a daily basis regardless of when you arrive. Then we have a couple of short stories to finish off the podcast as usual. 

This podcast covers all the places that you can swim, get in a hot pot, get under a huge waterfall and swim in Yellowstone Park. We cover the Roaring Springs area up by Mammoth/Gardiner and the Firehole swimming area near Madison Junction which are the only two places the NPS advertises on their website that you are allowed to swim in Yellowstone. But for all my Explorers out there, I also cover where you can get right into and underneath 4 huge waterfalls and have their thermally heated water pouring all over you. Where you can soak in a hot pot and where you can cliff jump and do it all legally within the NPS rules. I also cover the best and safest spot to take small kids who want to take a dip while they are on their Yellowstone vacation. I also explain exactly what you are NOT supposed to do so no one gets hurt.

This podcast covers hiking in both Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. I first cover hiking in Grand Teton and get you right up into the craggy spires of the Tetons where the peaks are shooting up all around you and even get you to a glacier you can slide down if you like. I'll tell you the 3 best hikes for this and also tell you a few hikes to avoid. Then we cover the best of the best day hikes in Yellowstone where you can get off the beaten path and away from all the crowds and explore some of the best hot pools and geysers in the Yellowstone backcountry where you will have the entire place to yourself and most of these great spots are not shown on any maps but I'll tell you how to get there and what your going to see. We then cover longer and overnight hikes in Yellowstone and then finish off with the beautiful Bechler Region of Yellowstone also known as the Cascade Corner section of the park where 75% of the parks waterfalls are located and where you can soak in a hot pot all afternoon at the base of a huge waterfall or swim in Mr. Bubbles, the largest natural hot pot in the park and then get you to a spot where you can swim in a hot stream after you got soaked at the base of Union Falls which is the largest double falls on earth and is shown on the cover photo of this podcast. I cover what maps you will need and how to reserve a backcountry campsite and tell you the best ones to get and where to hike when most of the park might be snowed in and I also give you a bunch of hikes which are suitable for small children who are big hikers.

This podcast covers the section of road from Canyon all the way down to West Thumb. We will cross into the Hayden Valley which is home to the largest free roaming herd of Bison on earth. Take an off trail hike to a back country geyser basin which is home to a ton of mud pots and fumaroles but also Lime Geyser which I think is the most unique and interesting geyser in the entire park. All in a setting that you will have entirely to yourselves. We will make a stop at the Mud Volcanoes then hit Yellowstone Lake where I will regale you with a very personal near death story about yours truly and then a truly sad story about a group of boy scouts who died on the deadliest body of water per user than any other in the US, Yellowstone Lake. We will have a cocktail and listen to a little Mozart and Bach while we sip a cocktail on a beautiful veranda before we dine at the best restaurant in the park and sleep in a room held open for Queen Elizabeth and the Royals. We will finish it off with a volcanic eruption where you can actually see the rocks that were blown out of the center of the earth just 150,000 years ago which is a snap of the fingers geologically speaking.

This podcast covers the section of road between Norris Geyser Basin and the Canyon Village Area which is home to the hippest thing in the park, the Lower Falls which sits in the namesake canyon for Yellowstone-The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. I'll tell you about a few things to see along this short section of road including a couple short, easy hikes and the only place to catch a prehistoric fish in the park. But most importantly I'll tell you which vantage points are best to see both sets of falls from and tell you where you can actually sit on the famous Thomas Moran bench and take a great picture and explain the history behind that bench and how that very spot was synonymous in getting Yellowstone Park voted into existence as the first national park in the world. As well as a couple easy trails to see the lower falls without all the people and a great place to get right down next to the massive, surging and beautiful Yellowstone River where you can actually get your feet wet if you like. And as usual, I throw in a couple interesting death stories as well as a story about a couple of Italians who were probably going to get killed by a monster Grizzly bear before I intervened and possibly saved their dumb asses.

This podcast covers the section of the road from Tower Junction all the way through the NE entry gate to Silver Gate and Cooke City. You will pass through the glacially boulder strewn Lamar Valley where the Wolf Packs of Yellowstone hunt in packs and get your best chance to see a Grizzly Bear as well as thousands of Bison. Then hike along the edges of the Lower Yellowstone Canyon where Bald Eagles and Osprey fly along its edges. Hike to the largest petrified tree forest on earth. Then look at a fossilized ocean floor along Pebble Creek where you can pick up a fossilized sea shells that used to rest on the bottom of the ocean. Then see layers of box rock on the way to Tower Falls where you can find a secret trail right down to the shores of the Yellowstone River where you will find a great spot for a picnic lunch and catch a few fish and have the entire place to yourselves. Just like a local.

In this one huge day in Yellowstone, we will see the Upper and Lower Falls and the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone from the best vantage points as well as where to find the hidden Crystal Falls. I will tell you about the famous Moran Bench and the story behind it in getting Yellowstone named the first National Park in the world. And I will get you to the best viewing areas for both sets of falls. I will also regale you with a couple of really sad stories about those who have perished in the canyons of the Yellowstone River. We will head down the road to the Mud Pots for a quick stop then have the best lunch in the park at the beautiful Lake Hotel and I will tell you about a group of boy scouts who perished on the most deadly body of water in the US. We will finish the day at Old Faithful from the best vantage point and I will tell you how to catch the rest of the geysers in the area as well including Beehive, Grand, Castle, Daisy and then Riverside. I then get you off the beaten path to some great backcountry pools that 99.9% of the people who visit the Old Faithful area ever see and they are only a 5 minute walk down the trail. We finish the day at the Iconic Old Faithful Inn with a drink in the hippest bar in the US and then a sunset over Grand Prismatic Pool. The most photographed pool in the world and we do it all in one huge day in Yellowstone Park.

This podcast covers the 14 mile section of road from Madison Junction to Norris Geyser Basin which is home to Steamboat Geyser. Along the way I will tell you about 2 secret hikes. The first is right to the base of Gibbon Falls where the trail actually goes into the river in spots and where you can have the warm waters of Gibbon Falls cascading down all over you as well as a great Brook Trout fishing hole right at the base of the falls. The second gets you to the Gibbon Meadow backcountry geyser areas where you will find all sorts of colored pools, mud pots, fumaroles and geyser pools that erupt constantly. This area is truly in the backcountry but is only a short hike from your car and is a truly hidden gem in Yellowstone. This area sees less than 10 people a year if that. You just have to know how to get there and I will tell you how here. I will also tell you about a really interesting and somewhat weird spot along the Gibbon River that is only 20' from the road but is hidden by trees so hardly anyone knows its there except locals. I will also cover the Artists Paint Pots Trial which is a great hike for small kids as well as Norris Geyser Basin which is my least favorite stop in the park. So if you are up for some great hikes, a great fishing spot or just want to know more about this small section of road that most visitors never give the time of day and just pass right through, then take a listen and Explore Yellowstone Like a Local.

This podcast is the shortened version of the very detailed podcasts Madison Junction to Old Faithful and is designed for those visitors to Yellowstone who are going to drive straight to Old Faithful and watch it go off and then wonder what to do next. Here you will learn how to plan your day based on the predicted eruption times for not only Old Faithful but far more importantly, Riverside, Castle, Daisy and the largest predictable geyser on earth-Grand. Grand is not to be missed during any vacation to Yellowstone. I cover how to get all the eruption times and then how to plan your day accordingly. I also get you to the other geyser basins in the area and tell you the best times to see Grand Prismatic and more importantly, where to park and see Grand Prismatic from the best viewing platform. So if your dad is on a mission to see Old Faithful or bust! This podcast is for you. Listen and you will have a much better day watching not only Old Faithful go off, but everything else as well.

This podcasts is designed to be used in partnership with ALL my other podcasts. It is basically the Introduction to all the podcasts and how they work in conjunction with the guidebook. And you only need to listen to this podcast one time but it is vital that you do. In this podcast I cover all the very important tips you simply must follow in order for you to have a successful trip to the parks. Things like your cell phone won't work when you enter the gates, how to break down Yellowstone into manageable bites, what you need to do before you enter the gates and how to follow the rules as set forth by the NPS. Everything you need to know so you have a successful and really fun and enjoyable trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton is in this podcast.

This podcast explains why we had to pull some of the original podcast as we are just making sure they meet all the NPS guidelines. At least its fall and the season is winding down anyway. We also go over the rule about hiking in a geyser basin and we also hope to have clarification on that and make it even more clear that cliff jumping in the Firehole River is illegal. And we are putting the Treasure Hunt on hold as the NPS wanted to review my little idea and make sure it was up to snuff with park guidelines as well. And most important of all, we are fighting litigation with the NPS so that our Explorers can visit ALL of Yellowstone Park and we have started up a Go Fund Me page to help with that battle that involves everyone who wants to visit Yellowstone Park and be able to see all of it.

All the Corona Virus info has been deleted and this revised podcast is for those of you that request more stories, I have thrown in two near death experiences that occurred while white water rafting the world famous Kitchen Sink Rapids in the Bear Trap Canyon on the Madison River. One story of my good friend Mike and then 10 years later in the exact same spot, one of yours truly where I really got close to buying the farm but was the most spiritual experience of my life. But it's all good news, the parks are opening basically on schedule as they have done every year prior to this one.

This podcast has all the Corona virus stuff eliminated and has just one really great funny story about our first big overnight hike in Yellowstone back in the 1980's to the gorgeous and very seldom seen Bechler region of Yellowstone which is my favorite part of the park.

This podcast covers all the fun things you can do just outside of Grand Teton and Yellowstone parks. We cover the best golf courses in the area including golfing right in front of the Tetons and how to dodge a moose while golfing and then get you to a great Arnold Palmer designed golf course up at Big Sky. We then cover where to rent and ride ATV's including the new and very safe side by side units including riding on the unbelievable Idaho Dunes where you can ride a bad ass unit up and down 500' tall sand dunes that are only an hours drive from both Jackson Hole and West Yellowstone. Then we jump on a bicycle and go over riding an e-bike right in front of the Grand Teton's and then go over the only places you are allowed to ride in Yellowstone Park including the best bike/hike/bike ride which is not only a great ride, it gets you to Osprey Falls which is one of the biggest and prettiest waterfalls in all of Yellowstone and you will have it all to yourself. We then ride past Fairy Falls, Grand Prismatic Geyser, then Old Faithful and all the geysers there and end up at Lone Star Geyser for a wonderful full day ride that gets you to the best of the best Yellowstone has to offer and you can see it all from the seat of your bike. We cover the amazingly popular sport of fly fishing. West Yellowstone is the fly fishing capital of the world and we cover where to get a lesson, new equipment, and the best shops and the best guides in this fly fishing crazy town. We then go over the best places to white water raft in Yellowstone. We cover the Gallatin River where they filmed the movie A River Runs Through It with Brad Pitt and its super fun rapids topped off with the Mad Mile. We also cover the famous Bear Trap Canyon which is home to the world famous Kitchen Sink Rapids where there is always plenty of water to white water raft in July and August when the rest of the rivers are down to a trickle. We then cover renting and riding a SUP or kayak on the calm turquoise waters of Wade Lake which look like you are in the Caribbean and then boating on Lake Hebgen where you can find a couple rope swings to get wet on a warm day. We then cover Lake Henry's where I grew up as a kid every summer for 40 years. We talk about catching a trophy size trout and then I regale you with some really fun stories about magic shows, mind readings and hypnotists as well as huge bets and then we finish off with how my father lost his life on this lake but saved a young boys life in the process. The cover picture on this podcast is of the Madison River behind my cabin.

This podcast covers the little town of West Yellowstone. I explain why West is the best option to use as your home base for your Yellowstone vacation. We go over nice places to stay and where to find a cozy cabin to use as your home away from home as you visit Yellowstone Park. We cover some really great in town dining options including an award winning pizza and where you can take your picture in front of a huge Bison just before dinner as well as some really great places to eat a short drive away including the really fun Happy Hour Bar where you might get "honked" and Elk Lake Camp which is my favorite place to eat anywhere on the planet. I tell you about legal gambling and where you can get in a live action poker game just like you see on TV and then get you to a place where I guarantee you will see Bears, Wolves and even an Otter in a safe environment as well as some iconic shops that have been around for well over a century. All this and you are only a block away from the entrance to Yellowstone Park and I of course regale you with some more fun stories of my adventures in and around West Yellowstone including a great story about an Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser and old Snaggletooth, the most famous Grizzly Bear in Yellowstone and where you can still see him.

In this podcast, we visit Jackson Hole just outside the Grand Teton's. I give you the pros and cons about making Jackson Hole your home base for your vacation to Yellowstone. We go over some really expensive hotels, some not so expensive hotels as well as some budget options that work perfectly for me and will save you about 500 bucks a night. I tell you the best places for some nice meals all the way from a D.O.G. burrito to Harrison Fords place and my secret spot where you can dine right in front of the Tetons with zero crowds and other recommendations have withstood the test of time in a town where restaurants seem to come and go faster than the seasons. I'll tell you about buying some rather expensive art and then help you find the place where you can drown your sorrows while sitting in an actual saddle at the World Famous Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. I'll tell you about the best Karaoke bar you've ever been to and of course regale you with some great stories of my adventures in Jackson Hole.

This podcast covers the section of road south from Old Faithful down to West Thumb and then down to the South Gate and then covers a bit of the Marysville/Grassy Lake Road.You will hear a story about how not to hike in bear country. A great picture spot of a exploded volcano. A not so great hike to Heart Lake and then possibly the best kayak adventure you will ever experience on Lewis and Shoshone Lakes. I also tell you about two places to hot pot at Moose Falls and Huckleberry Hot Springs as well as a great backcountry hike to Cascade Acres and the gorgeous Terraced Falls on a picture postcard pretty trail you will have entirely to yourselves so you can truly Explore Yellowstone Like a Local.

This podcast covers the section of road from Gardiner Montana where you can grab a burger at the place that inspired Jimmy Buffet to write the song Cheeseburger In Paradise then on to Mammoth Hot Springs where you can take a picture under the iconic stone entry gate made famous by Teddy Roosevelt and his rough riders and then onto Tower Junction. This 18 mile section of road is also the best place to see bears in the park and I will tell you when is the best time to see them and also give you a couple of other options just in case they are not on the main road. I also tell you about a really great Chuckwagon Dinner where you can ride a horse to dinner or travel in an authentic 100+ year old horse drawn stagecoach that was actually used in the park before the advent of the automobile. I also tell you about one of my favorite hikes in the park down to the confluence of the Yellowstone and Hellroaring Rivers which is a wonderful spot and is the picture shown on the cover art of this podcast and is also a great place to see a bear out in the backcountry which is a once in a lifetime opportunity for your trip to Yellowstone . This hike will also take you to an unbelievable picnic spot, a black sand beach and a great place to catch a fish with every cast.And as usual, I throw in a couple of stores, one of which is very sad and the other is quite eye opening. But regardless, you will be Exploring Yellowstone Like a Local!

This podcast covers the West Entry Gate which is by far the busiest entry gate into Yellowstone Park and this gorgeous 14 mile section of road all the way to Madison Junction. Plus a couple of interesting stories along the busiest section of road in Yellowstone. I will also give you the history of how the idea of the worlds first national park came to be with the story of 3 brothers and show you the three iconic peaks named after them that thousands of people see everyday but don't even know are there. And tell you what animals you can see and when you can see them in the two meadows along this section of road and also how to not get stuck behind them as you drive down the road. Plus one story about possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen in the park in 60 years.

This podcast covers the 21 mile section of road on the west side of the upper loop in Yellowstone park. Included in this podcast is Norris Geyser Basin, points of interest along the road towards Bunsen Peak. Details on a great mountain bike, then hike to Osprey Falls which is a great backcountry waterfall which is depicted on the cover of this podcast. As well as the best places to see the terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs as well as the Beaver Ponds Loop Hike and a really funny story about a ranger and his girlfriend. For the icing on the cake, I tell you where you can sit on a 36 million year old petrified tree stump.

This podcast explores the action packed 16 mile section of road between Madison Junction down to Old Faithful. Including the Upper Geyser Basin which is home to Old Faithful, Beehive, Castle, Daisy, Riverside and Grand Geyser which is the largest predictable geyser in the world. We also cover Midway Basin which has Grand Prismatic pool which is the most photographed pool on the planet. Also included are detailed instructions on how to get to numerous back country pools and mud pots and be able to have the entire park to yourselves. As well as a few interesting stories about people falling into some of Yellowstone's hot pools, getting eaten by bears and other fun tid bits. All along the most action packed stretch of road in the park. Shown on the cover is Grand Geyser, Mount Moran and hot potting in Scout Creek.