Yellowstone: Where are the Fucking Buffalo?

I would like to preface this by saying that Yellowstone is a beautiful National Park and is amazing. It is fantastic to preserve and breathtaking. But this next part is going to be the reason you shouldn't go. Although Yellowstone is beautiful, it is crowded. Like picture an outdoorsy Disney World. Traffic everywhere. Baby on strollers. Lines to see the view. I am sure, like Disney World, late July is the worst time to go. I've heard amazing things about Yellowstone. But never go in Late July. Here is the view over the most coveted attraction. Old Faithful. Everyone was so busy on their phones they couldn't enjoy nature. Yes, I see the irony in me taking a picture of people on their phones. My mom went to Yellowstone in the middle of the winter, which I will be doing next time.

We hardly saw any animals because there was so much traffic. This whole trip all we wanted to see was a buffalo. A single buffalo. We passed the Badlands. Nothing. The Badlands were selling buffalo hot dogs. Where are the buffalo? We had to go on a buffalo witch hunt in Yellowstone. Here is the only buffalo we could see from a distance. My only answer for the buffalo shortage is people. Whether it's because they're hotdogs now or we are overcrowding our habitat, it makes me very sad. The fact that we could go to Yellowstone and hardly see any wildlife is upsetting. But alas, we did see a fucking buffalo.

Despite the lines, we did find some wild geysers. Water shooting out of the ground. We also found these colorful pools of water. Fair warning, the pools smell like hard boiled eggs. Which weirdly enough also reminded me of Disney World.

Among the lesser known spots, we saw some massive waterfalls. We sat at a small stream for a bit while I stacked rocks. Funny enough, a tourist asked to take a picture of me stacking rocks. He was amazed by what I was doing, he asked if I practiced. I wonder where that picture ended up.

When we were done for the day we went to our campsite. We were very excited for this because we splurged on it. Yes, we went glamping in Yellowstone. This place was called Wander Camp, and it was a real life Harry Potter tent. It was the first bed we slept in a week.

We drank the rest of the wine and decided we wanted to do something. In the middle of no where. We ended up walking to Subway, 2 miles away. A worker at the camp found us and picked us up. He drove us to an ice cream stand where they sold more alcohol. We spent $60 on 8 beers. And the answer is yes, none of this was a good idea. We got back to the campsite, accidentally broke an led light on the campground, and went to bed. The worker that picked us up was spending his year working near Yellowstone. We told us about how he had a CEO job in California, and gave it up because he couldn't be in a suit anymore. He told us this year was his break. Fun fact, almost every worker we talked to said the same thing. We invited the worker to come to Glacier with us.
He said yes but overslept. Yellowstone was an experience, but next time I will be going in the winter, where I can see more fucking buffalo.