vivelaviv's review
5.0
Factual, necessary, and hilarious (like all of this author's books). If you can read this and NOT want to go to Yellowstone you are dead inside.
lisaeirene's review
3.0
I liked the stories and the descriptions of places in the park most people never see. It felt more like a guidebook than a memoir and it was very short.
amandafunai's review
interesting, made me excited to go to Yellowstone, but not a lot of narrative flow.
asktheleaf's review
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
the annotated bibliography at the end is a wonderful touch! I could use this book as much for reference as pleasure and I intend to come back to it often during my.summer in Yellowstone.
meliaraastair's review
4.0
I always enjoy a good national park book. I'm also a big Bill Bryson fan and discovered that Tim Cahill has a similar writing style, so I decided to check out another one of his books.
I'm a big fan of the national parks. It's also that gross time of year where I'm not ready for the long stretch of busy without something very soon to look forward to after the holidays, combined with weather that makes it hard to get outside much - just not a fan of January/February. I wish we got more snow here - I'd love hiking in snow or snowshoeing but it's hard to enjoy bitterly cold temperatures and no snow to make it fun or pretty.
So. Anyway. National Parks.
Yellowstone is probably one of my least favorite parks. Partially because it is insanely busy. Partially because I don't enjoy free roaming bison through campgrounds. Also I feel like some of the other parks with grizzly bears do a better job managing them so they aren't as much of a concern - but you combine uneducated tourists with bears that become reliant on human food and it's a scary world out there, man.
Regardless, I enjoyed this book. I need to get into backcountry camping because maybe I'd find a greater appreciation for Yellowstone if I could get away from the tourists and the main populated area. Tim Cahill talks about the "hidden gems" of the park and some of the more interesting backcountry locations and makes me interested in giving Yellowstone another chance.
If you are a fan of hiking, nature, or national parks, check this book out. I now need to see a "moonbow"...adding that to my bucket list.
I'll go 7 of 10 for enjoyment (it's way too short in my opinion - I'd love more stories and more details) and 5 of 5 for readability.
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I'm a big fan of the national parks. It's also that gross time of year where I'm not ready for the long stretch of busy without something very soon to look forward to after the holidays, combined with weather that makes it hard to get outside much - just not a fan of January/February. I wish we got more snow here - I'd love hiking in snow or snowshoeing but it's hard to enjoy bitterly cold temperatures and no snow to make it fun or pretty.
So. Anyway. National Parks.
Yellowstone is probably one of my least favorite parks. Partially because it is insanely busy. Partially because I don't enjoy free roaming bison through campgrounds. Also I feel like some of the other parks with grizzly bears do a better job managing them so they aren't as much of a concern - but you combine uneducated tourists with bears that become reliant on human food and it's a scary world out there, man.
Regardless, I enjoyed this book. I need to get into backcountry camping because maybe I'd find a greater appreciation for Yellowstone if I could get away from the tourists and the main populated area. Tim Cahill talks about the "hidden gems" of the park and some of the more interesting backcountry locations and makes me interested in giving Yellowstone another chance.
If you are a fan of hiking, nature, or national parks, check this book out. I now need to see a "moonbow"...adding that to my bucket list.
I'll go 7 of 10 for enjoyment (it's way too short in my opinion - I'd love more stories and more details) and 5 of 5 for readability.
For more reviews, check out bedroopedbookworms.wordpress.com!
hmonkeyreads's review
4.0
I haven't been to Yellowstone yet so I read this as a way to whet my appetite for our trip there in August and these essays did just that.
"I'm especially interested in the exhilaration anyone with a heart feels while walking in Yellowstone."
I can't wait to feel it.
"I'm especially interested in the exhilaration anyone with a heart feels while walking in Yellowstone."
I can't wait to feel it.
amyl88's review
5.0
This author really paints a picture of the backcountry of Yellowstone. So much so that I actually want to be part of the <1% of visitors who ever make it to a backcountry campsite. I am sure that the main part of Yellowstone is great, but the backcountry just sounds amazing. There are places there that have only been seen by a few humans. I have added "see a moonbow" to my bucket list because man, Cahill makes it sound like something you need to see. That is, a sort of rainbow formed by the full moon on the mists of a waterfall. He and his friends were lounging in "hot pots", places in the river where thermal streams join it and it's comfortable to lounge in, watching the moonbow, and I just need to figure out how to get there.
This is NOT a guidebook, but he has a selected bibliography of guidebooks that he uses in the woods.
This is NOT a guidebook, but he has a selected bibliography of guidebooks that he uses in the woods.
attytheresa's review
3.0
This is an enjoyable collection of essays in which Cahill shares some thoughts, experiences, hiking highlights, stories and history about Yellowstone, particularly favorite trails. There are also extended essays about back country hikes, the likes of which most of us will never attempt. Cahill's love for the park shines on every page.
I picked this short book up to read just prior to visiting Yellowstone for the first time. I like reading books of all kinds about places I visit, and this did not disappoint. It actually quite nicely fed the flames of my excitement about this trip. There is also an excellent bibliography of additional reading, featuring Cahill's favorite books about Yellowstone.
Was able to fit this into 2018 ATY #17. a book I expected to make me laugh.
I picked this short book up to read just prior to visiting Yellowstone for the first time. I like reading books of all kinds about places I visit, and this did not disappoint. It actually quite nicely fed the flames of my excitement about this trip. There is also an excellent bibliography of additional reading, featuring Cahill's favorite books about Yellowstone.
Was able to fit this into 2018 ATY #17. a book I expected to make me laugh.