[dradernh]

When I was a kid in the 50s, we lived in Casper and Billings and went to Yellowstone, Teton, and Glacier on a couple of occasions each. All three regions are bucket list-worthy, that's for sure.

I went back later for a three-day hike in the Tetons with my dad in '83, and went to all three again with the wife in '98. I got as close as Cody in '21, but having been before I didn't want to deal with the park crowds. I feel very lucky to have been able to enjoy them before the current crowd management systems were put in place.

While bear and bison are always wonderful to see, if you have the opportunity to see a herd of pronghorn antelope on the move you'll have seen something very special. I think the Wikipedia entry for that species is worth the read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronghorn.

One thing to be aware of is in that part of the country winter weather is never far away. This data is from the west edge of Yellowstone Lake: