Mammoth & Gardiner

Mammoth Lodge is the original site of the US Army base that was established to protect Yellowstone National Park before the National Park service was established (and ended up managing the park for a couple decades). It's also the site of a hot springs, a Geyser basin, and a year-round elk herd that likes to graze in the town square in front of the post office).

We drove up and out the north entrance of the park so we could see the Roosevelt Arch and the town of Gardiner. That makes four of the five entrances that we've gone through!Read more