THERE CAN BE DANGER IN YELLOWSTONE

YELLOWSTONE RIVER

GRAND CANYON OF THE YELLOWSTONE

There is no doubt that a trip to Yellowstone National Park is absolutely amazing.  You will see sites that you can see no where else in the world.  The Park is meant for your enjoyment - but - there has to be rules and regulations that will help keep you safe during your visit.

Unfortunately, there is also danger in Yellowstone.  You must remember that the animals in the Park are not tame.  They are wild and - if provoked or disturbed - they can attack.  They are protecting their own and we (the visitors) are the strangers in their environment.

Animals are not the only danger that Yellowstone presents.  The rules and regulations about the use of canoes and tubing or floating the rivers in the Park have been put in place for a very good reason - just as the barricades at the different thermal features are there for a reason.

Last week some of the young people working in the Park for the summer decided to disregard the rules and go tubing down the Yellowstone River.  The result is that one of those young people did not survive their adventure.  The river can change from calm and peaceful to a raging torrent in the span of just a few feet.  Two of the three young people managed to get to the riverbank and get out - the other was not so lucky.  They recovered his body 2 or 3 days after the incident .

Just this morning I got word that a young girl had stepped across a barricade at the Grand Canyon Of The Yellowstone in an attempt to get a better photograph.  She fell 550 feet to her death.

Please remember that those barricades are there for your protection.  They are not put up in an attempt to spoil your perfect photo.

Please obey the rules and regulations and have a safe and happy vacation in Yellowstone.