My son and I will be first time visitors to Yellowstone this summer (06/24/09 to 07/04/09) and are staying at OFI, Canyon and Signal Mountain Lodge. For our 3 night Canyon stay, I%26#39;m trying to talk my son into getting up ';early';, drive to Lamar and/or Hayden for some early morning ';look at THAT'; stuff. Early to me is leaving around 5:00 a.m. I just want to check with the experts re: the time before I spring it on my son. He%26#39;s a photographer, so hopefully my description of what we may see will whet his appetite thereby enabling me to rouse him out of bed.
I absolutely can%26#39;t wait for this trip!!! Thanks for all the suggestions and help thus far. I%26#39;ve already started the ';Yellowstone corner'; in my house for things not to forget to pack.
What time is ';early';?The objective in my mind is to get there around dawn. Getting to Hayden Valley gets you an extra half hour sleep or more over Lamar Valley. 5:00AM sounds reasonable but you might be able to sleep in a little later.
Have your son look over our website. I don%26#39;t know that the photography is great but it will let him see what the photo opportunities are like.
www.alandsuejohnson.com/yellowstone_home.htm
The three trips are to the left of the top menu.
It also helps if you have an icechest for breakfast stuff. That lets you be real flexible on your schedule. We had milk, mini bagels with cream cheese, grapes and breakfast bars. Several nice picnic areas in the park.
What time is ';early';?Whether into photography or just viewing the wildlife, you both should find this Inside Page useful:
tripadvisor.com/Travel-g60999-c96653/Yellows…
Thanks you guys - the anticipation is building!!
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