YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — On this day, the site of North America’s largest supervolcano was apparently feeling pretty sedate while the rest of the park was jumping.

America’s first national park was sharing its wonders with 150,000 people on Aug. 11, my 55 th consecutive year of visiting the park.

And the crowds were huge.

Based on this experience, a new annual record of 5 million Yellowstone visitors appears to be in reach.

Cowboy State Daily readers know how much I love the park.

Earlier, it had been unlikely that my string of visiting the park each year for 54 consecutive years would continue. And yet, here I was.

Things worked out.

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This Unlikely Trip

Had I not made the long drive to Lovell to visit Big Horn Canyon , I probably would not have

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