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[quote=Anonymous]Are you an outdoors person? If so, I would highly recommend flying into Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and spending 5 days each in Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons National Parks. Best to visit from late May to  very early September.

If you appreciate nature and wildlife at all, they are places you should definitely visit in your lifetime. The scenery is incredible (Old Faithful is the LEAST interesting thing there, IMHO), wildlife such as bison, elk, coyotes and moose may walk right by your car, you can go whitewater rafting, paddle a canoe, go horseback riding, take pictures, attend a number of informative and interesting ranger-led programs, sit and stare at the beauty and meditate, and if you hike 10 minutes on a trail, you will escape the hoardes of people that hop of their tour bus, take a photo and drive down the road to the next stop.

If you have young kids, the National Park Service has a great program that makes kids "junior rangers" if they go on a family friendly talk/walk and answer a simple question at the end.

If you have older children (think surly teens), Yellowstone/Wyoming may not be the best trip for them. We heard/witnessed several family outbursts: "I don't want to see anymore stupid rocks, damn it."

The town of Jackson Hole has some nice restaurants and if you run out of things to do (doubtful), you could drive out to Cody, Wyoming, and see the Buffalo Bill historical center, which has a lovely art museum and fantastic collection of Indian artefacts. There is also a very nice wildlife museum outside Jackson Hole.

We have been to the area twice and really loved it. That said, it's not everyone's cup of tea. My sister, for instance, would have hated it. Her idea of a vacation is sitting on the beach doing nothing. No judgement, just different personalities.
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