Parting Shot: Yellowstone expanse

A rainbow arcs over the canyon at the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park.

CODY, Wyo. – You know western Wyoming and dumb luck are both on your side when:

• Your daughter spies three mule deer in a Yellowstone meadow. Then a moose mid-river. Then bison, fox and marmot, trumpeter swans, a wayward seagull and a grizzly family – mama bear and two cubs, romping across the high slopes, safely distant but still riveting.

• You hear the word “rodeo” used as a verb. Then you attend one in Cody, about 50 miles east of Yellowstone, and see not only bucking broncs, bull-riding, barrel-racing and calf-roping but also a stunt rider who circles the ring while standing astride two galloping horses. Read more.

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