Touring the West – Yellowstone National Park

Don’t go to Yellowstone. At least, don’t go in July. This year the park set a new July record for visitors with close to a million. I think any more weight from so many tourists might force the Yellowstone caldera down into the magma that powers all those geysers. In any case they’re already getting into all sorts of accidents.

Those million visitors drove over 320,000 cars through Yellowstone’s five entrances. The next time I visit, I think I will go in Spring when much of the park is open to bicycles but not cars.

Touring the West – Yellowstone National Park – Images by Will Parson

I think any more weight from so many tourists might force the Yellowstone caldera down into the magma that powers all those geysers.