Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to visit our country's first National Park, at a time when only 10% of their yearly visitors make the trip to Yellowstone. Our adventure started on the west entrance of the park where we entered by snowcoach (a vehicle uniquely suited to driving on packed snow with tractor-like treads and skis serving as front tires). The first thing to come into view was the beautiful Madison Valley with the Madison River on one side and great volcanic slopes on the other. Before you see any of the wildlife along the river you notice that there ar
