{"id":467,"date":"2014-09-01T22:46:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T22:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusonthebackroads.com\/?p=467"},"modified":"2014-09-01T22:46:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T22:46:57","slug":"focus-on-the-backroads-national-parks-yellowstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusonthebackroads.com\/?p=467","title":{"rendered":"FOCUS ON THE BACKROADS:  National Parks: YELLOWSTONE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"pp-slideshow-1409592139\" class=\"pp-slideshow-placeholder pp-gallery-placeholder slideshow-1409592139 mceItem\" style=\"display: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/focusonthebackroads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/p4\/placeholders\/slideshow-placeholder-1409592139.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>One March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed a law establishing <strong>Yellowstone<\/strong> as the first national park in the United States. \u00a0For centuries Native Americans lived in the Yellowstone area. \u00a0This area was by-passed by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the early 1800&#8217;s (if they had visited this region they may have stopped and never made it to the Pacific Ocean). \u00a0Except \u00a0for visits from Mountain Men there were no organized exploration of this area until the 1860&#8217;s. \u00a0Almost immediately 3,500 square miles of the most beautiful \u00a0and unusual terrain \u00a0in the US was set aside to be enjoyed by people from around the world. \u00a0From 1872 till 1917 the US Army was in charge of overseeing the park. When the National Park Service was created the this task was transferred.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yellowstone \u00a0<\/strong><strong>Lake,\u00a0<\/strong>one of the largest high altitude lakes in North America is centered over the <strong>Yellowstone Caldera,\u00a0<\/strong>the largest super volcano in North America. \u00a0There have been three super eruptions occurring 2.1million, 1.3 million, and 640,000 years ago. \u00a0 These along with numerous smaller eruptions formed the spectacular sites at one of our most visited National Parks.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of species of mammals, birds, fish, and reptiles have been documented in <strong>Yellowstone<\/strong>. \u00a0These include Grizzle bears, wolves, bison, elk, deer, and many others. \u00a0This area has many recreation opportunities: \u00a0fishing, hiking, camping, \u00a0white water rafting, site seeing, and (you guessed it) <strong>MANY PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My family roots are firmly planted in Montana. \u00a0Both my parents and grandparents were born and raised there. \u00a0Along with my family I made many trips to this area when I was young and had the pleasure to visit <strong>Yellowstone<\/strong>\u00a0during the &#8220;Wonder Year&#8221; period of my life. \u00a0Recently my son and I visited <strong>Yellowstone<\/strong> and the Tetons (subject of another blog entry). \u00a0With our cameras in hand we headed out before the sun came up and returned long after it went down at night. \u00a0He and I did not get to visit every square mile of the park, we tried, oh well a good reason to go back.<\/p>\n<p>If you are planning a trip to <strong>Yellowstone\u00a0<\/strong>I would suggest checking out <strong>Yellowstone Under Canvas<\/strong>. \u00a0If you are looking for a &#8220;non-traditional&#8221; place to stay &#8211; this is the place. \u00a0It is Glamping at its finest!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Look deep\u00a0<\/em><i>into\u00a0nature and then you will understand\u00a0everything better. \u00a0<\/i>Albert Einstein<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. 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