Due to some last minute changes, I updated what was my last podcast for the 2024 season in both Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.  We cover the recent opening of Firehole Lake Drive 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 the last 2 seasons but just remarkably opened up.  We also go over some new additions to the guidebook for you to look for in 2025 including the announcement of our new Drive Along App called YELLOWSTONE DRIVE GUIDE where it will be like I am riding in your car with you tell ..read more

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 sor ..read more

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 ..read more

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.  ..read more

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 Bea ..read more

This podcast covers 19 great  places that you can swim, get in a hot pot, get under a huge waterfall and swim in Yellowstone Park and you can visit these spots whenever the park is open. I get you to the some of the most fantastic swimming and hot potting spots that can't be found anywhere else on earth.  We cover the stupidly popular Firehole swimming area near Madison Junction which USED to be a great local place to swim but is now simply overrun with hundreds of people every day all day long but has been closed for the last few years and why it might stay closed from here on out ..read more

This podcast covers all the fun things you can do just outside of Grand Teton and Yellowstone parks. There is a reason that hardly any of the locals from West, Jackson or Big Sky ever go into the parks and the reason for that is that there is a TON of really fun and exiting things to do right outside the parks boundaries that are NOT allowed inside the parks.  We cover how West Yellowstone is the Fly Fishing capital of the world and why movie stars, sports stars, planes full of Russians and now you flock to West Yellowstone to go fly fishing and you might catch up to 75 trout on your fir ..read more

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. We then cover Teton hikes that are totally suitable for small kids with fantastic views of the Tetons and also tell you the hikes you should  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 wil ..read more

This podcast explores the action packed 16 mile section of road between Madison Junction down to Old Faithful and we catch all the rest of the geyser basins on our way to the Old faithful area.  We cross the Gibbon River on our way to the beautiful Firehole  Canyon Drive where we will see the gorgeous Firehole Falls, the Firehole Swimming Area as well as other fun stuff on this beautiful side road.  We then hit the Firehole Flat Drive and see the oldest grave of a woman in the park and hear a near death story of how another woman nearly lost her life in the same area as well a ..read more

This podcast covers the section of road between Norris Geyser Basin and the Canyon Village Area which is home to the most awe inspiring thing in the park, the Lower Falls which sits in the namesake canyon for Yellowstone Park-The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.  There is not much to see along this short section of road but we do see the gorgeous Virginia Cascades along the way and a great story about 2 kids from Italy walking behind a monster Grizzly Bear like it was a pet on a leash.  When we get to the Canyon Area, I'll tell you the exact order you need to see everything to stay ..read more