Yellowstone National Park: Super Pretty, Super Boring

First off, let me say I think Yellowstone National Park is a wonderful place, indeed, a treasure. Every which way you turn, there’s another breathtaking vista—just look at the picture below!—and it would make me really sad if some developer paved over it and threw up a bunch of condos. But Sunday’s first checkpoint was at the park’s Grand Visitor Center, which is deep inside it, and accessible only by roads with a 30MPH speed limit. Added bonus? Speeding inside the park is a Federal offense, and the tree-hugging rangers who work there didn’t seem particularly stoked about the Bullrun. Maybe it’s just because I was tired and hungry, but riding through there in Mr. Angry’s Ford Fusion made me feel less like I was on a wicked cool rally, and more like I was sightseeing with my parents. My favorite quote about the Yellowstone leg came from Kevin, the driver of the supercharged 928; "30MPH? I don’t even have a gear for that speed!"

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