● WYOMING
of Jackson Hole, known for
Old Faithful
adventure sports and world-
class skiing, and Cody, home to
the fascinating Buffalo Bill
Historical Center, housing
fi ve museums and known as “The
Smithsonian of the West.” Both can
be reached easily by connecting
fl ights or by road from international
airline gateways in neighbouring
states.
SPECTACULAR
YELLOWSTONE
Founded in 1872 as the world’s
fi rst national park – and 96 per
cent within the boundaries of
C
onsidered by many to be Wyoming – 3,472 square-mile
America’s Cowboy State, Yellowstone is a study in contrasts.
Wyoming invites you to View tranquil meadows of grazing
experience the life of the bison, elk, and deer – and gaze in
real American West in colourful awe at the constant geo-thermal
frontier cities and towns, at rodeos frenzy of steaming hot springs,
and on its welcoming ranches. bubbling mud vats and dramatic
Both Yellowstone and Grand columns of water spewing 100
Teton national parks are located feet or more from world-famous
in Wyoming’s northwest, as are Old Faithful and other
Jackson stagecoach
the popular tourist communities lesser-known geysers. Photograph
Grand Teton National Park
Wyoming
AMERICA’S COWBOY STATE
Wyoming is one of America’s most scenically spectacular
states –a magical 100,000-square-mile land of snow-capped
mountains, forests, deserts, plains, trout-fi lled rivers, tranquil
lakes, dramatic waterfalls and two of America’s most beautiful
national parks: Yellowstone – the world’s fi rst national park and
one of the most thermo-active areas on earth – and Grand Teton,
encompassing a range of breathtaking 12,000-plus-foot peaks.
24 The Real America Guide 2010
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