My recent trip to America

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Recently I took a trip to America for my winter break. During this break, I travelled to many national parks in America, but only one of them truly left a mark, and that would be yellowstone national park. In this blog, I would like to share my experience of yellowstone national park, and the best places to visit there.

Established in 1872, yellowstone national park is the first national park ever created. The park is a vast and iconic wilderness primarily located in Wyoming, however with parts located in Montana and Idahoa. Spanning over 3500 square miles, it is a park of breathtaking beauty, with dramatic geysers, vast plains, and bubbling hot springs; paired with diverse wildlife including bison, elks, grizzly bears, and wolves.

 

One of the favorite places I went to in yellowstone national park was the grand prismatic spring. This spring was formed millions of years ago due to the massive volcanic cauldron below yellowstone national park. I especially enjoyed this spring due to the lush rainbow-like colours from it. And the mystical steam that rises from it only adds to the spectacle.

If you are ever going to visit this wonderful spring, I would also highly reccomend you to go try the scenic hike next to the spring known as “Johnny’s hike” to fully appreciate the beauty of it. Johnnys hike isn’t a very hard hike, it’s only 2 km long, and at the end of the hike, you get rewarded with one of the best viewpoints for this spring. It’s breathtaking, and if you don’t believe me, just look at the picture above!

The wildlife at Yellowstone was also spectacular as the park functions as a living museum of the American wilderness. During my visit, I was constantly in awe of the sheer variety and fearlessness of the animals, from massive bison to sleek elk grazing calmly in the meadows of Mammoth Hot Springs. With a spotting scope I  could find bighorn sheep perched on precarious cliffs, while at the river valleys grizzly bears would hunt for fish. In the Lamar Valley, often called America’s Serengeti, I even spotted a distant wolf pack moving through the trees, with the signature “awhooooo” call at sunset making the long drive to the valley all the more worthwhile.
The experience in almost all areas of Yellowstone were phenomenal, however there was one place that I would not recommend most people to visit- Old Faithful geyser.
Yes, I do understand that this geyser is one of the main attractions of Yellowstone, however, it’s just not worth it most days. To get to the geyser, you have to force your way through over an hour of traffic, only to get a half decent view with two hundred people blocking your view. If you really want to see old faithful, I recommend you instead take lookout pass trail and view it from the outlook at the top of the trail. The view there is much better, and you don’t have experience traffic worse than bangkok!
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Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park 2025 - Rove.meOverall, my trip was absolutely incredible, and I can’t wait to come here again!

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Comments (3)

    • I’m not sure you are lacking anything. I have a few suggestions where you could improve:
      1. Your title could be more specific, maybe …America’s Yellowstone National Park, because that is what you focus on.
      2. There are a few typos to tidy up – check capitalisation in particular.
      3. I like your description of the ‘signature “awhooooo” call’, but since this is a digital platform, maybe you could add/embed an audio or link to audio so we can appreciate the sound too?

      These are only suggestions. I enjoyed the post, reminds me of when I visited Yellowstone, except they didn’t have the traffic jam when I went. I wet on a ranger-led trek and we had a bit of a close encounter with a buffalo. Those are big beasts!

      If it’s score you are worried about, suggestion number two would explain not getting top marks 😉