Yellowstone - Summer now - bbc2

Watched the first one and forgot about it being on today. Thanks for the heads up.

Yes....I saw that one....winter.....got to go there......before it blows up !

It wasn't somewhere I had ever thought of going but watching it yesterday it is seriously impressive.

I should have been a wildlife cameraman.....would have be my favourite job.

Would be great but I have to admit I would have been bricking it if I had the task of filming those Grizzlies yesterday.

been to yellowstone about 4 years ago, well worth a visit, magical place. wouldnt think twice about going if never been, indeed would easy go back.

I missed yesterday's as was driving back to London from Manchester area.....will see later on Iplayer

Jan 5, 2017 -- 9:33PM, morpteh mackem wrote:

been to yellowstone about 4 years ago, well worth a visit, magical place. wouldnt think twice about going if never been, indeed would easy go back.

What season did you go in?

went towards end of september. still busy in places, it  must be manic in summer, wouldnt go then at all. prices be up too. saw a grizzly and cars just build up get whats called a 'bear jam' .
also americans rather than watch( noticed this few times ) actually walk towards object ( thus scaring ) when easily viewed with bins/scope etc.

Are you allowed to walk ?

They kept banging on about climate change the whole way through because average temperatures were slightly up for 7 months in a row, and this year they may down slightly for several months in a row, averages eh?

Seemed to be on some sort of agenda.

Nature programmes are at their best when you just film nature and narrate what is going on and why, but like Planet Earth series, the BBC have this tendency to keep focusing just as much attention on what is going on behind the scenes, talking to the cameraman etc and showing them running to quickly get shots, nobody is interested in that, almost like trying to show people how hard they work.

Still, great scenery but a pretty average show tbh.

Climate change is real.....the Chinese are now destroying the planet.

Pumpimg out millions of tons of plastic cr*p.....and billions of tons of CO2

I've been to Yellowstone as well, and during summer in June.  Very hot.  Traffic not too bad considering.  The worst part were the huge potholes in the roads, actually quite dangerous in places and made for a hazardous and bumpy ride here and there.   Traffic stopped for us at a Bison herd where you get people jumping out of their cars to approach the animals.   Like Americans do.   We stayed at Billings, well away from the park, and Cody in Wyoming.

Looked it up on google maps :

Billings is a city in southern Montana on the Yellowstone River.

In the north, trails wind along the rimrocks, which are sandstone cliffs.

The Western Heritage Center displays local historical artifacts.

The Moss Mansion showcases early-20th-century interiors. Pictograph Cave State Park's rock paintings are just outside of town.

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument is where Lieutenant Colonel Custer died.

Cody is a city in and the county seat of Park County, Wyoming, United States.

It is named after William Frederick Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, from his part in the creation of the original town.

The population was 9,520 at the 2010 census.

Best to rent an SUV then

leopard, yes you can get out and walk, all the different geyers etc are dotted all over park, some are must sees, eg prismatic spring. there was thin snow layer when we were there, was v cold too( esp at night ) , that was late sept early oct.
we landed in denver and took few days drive, stopping in laramie, lander and we had 2 nights in jackson hole which is south end in grand teton area ( grand tetons when first see them are astonishing).
recommend jackson hole for night out, has boardwalks etc , bands on in the bars  , really nice place. love to go back.
we drove through yellowstone and then stayed at top end ,place called 'gardner'( north entrance to park is there )  . explored park from there.

after that moved on to see little big horn in montana, devils tower, ne wyoming and then into s dakota, see badlands nat ark, encountered a rattler , custer state nat park, and stayed in deadwood, again another fun town.
we stayed in cheyenne on way back to denver, try and avoid, very dull and unscenic.

Thanks for info....copied and saved...my Dad's a Sunderland fan, btw.

good for him.

might want to note also exchange rate is relatively poor at moment ( thanks brexit ), canadian dollar much better and also this year its 150th anniversary of national parks there entrance is free.

http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/progs/pn-np/index.aspx

if need any info or questions give me a shout.

I won't be going to USA until I see what's happening with Trump....could turn into a Police state

aye wait and see.

Climate change is real. I don't think so.

If climate change is real, answer these simple questions....

Why are they building more airport runways?

Why is there no effort to reduce the obscene amount of air traffic pumping out rubbish every day?

Until I see things being done about the two questions above, I'll continue to ignore all this bollocks about climate change. Climate change only suit certain agendas, and not the ones where profit is king.

Almost every expert agrees climate change is real, and extremely concerning - your two questions are moronic MC

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Electricity and Heat Prod.  35 %