Locations
Yellowstone
Lake Lodge
Imagine a yellow colonial style hotel overlooking Yellowstone Lake in the middle of nowhere. Now imagine that while the hotel is open for business, almost nobody is there. What a bizarre experience. Remember this is late September and most of the services at Yellowstone NP are due to be shut down in a week or so. What makes this experience kind of sad is that this is absolutely the most beautiful time of year to visit Yellowstone. During the summer months, over 3 million people had visited the park and the roads had been jammed with cars and the hotels with people.
The image at left was taken at about 9:00 AM of a viewing deck in front of the hotel overlooking the lake. It's very stark and imparts a similar feeling of emptiness.