About the Author
Pattie Logan is passionate about discovering places that inspire magical, emotional, and spiritual connections to nature. She grew up primarily in Arizona and Colorado, meandering through desert washes and hiking up mountainsides, falling in love with the natural world.
Pattie is an Emmy Award–winning TV producer and writer whose work features interesting humans, inspiring landscapes, and lots of animals, especially horses. She has written films that are shown in the visitor centers of Rocky Mountain National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
As a reporter for CNN and TBS, Pattie covered environmental issues and solutions. Two of her favorite projects are documentaries she wrote and produced for KUSA-TV in Denver — Promises in the Mist, about the wondrous mountain gorillas of Rwanda; and The Colorado: Lifeblood of the West, which looks at how the Colorado River supports life in the Southwest.
Pattie has an M.A. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico, where she studied the complex relationship between people and nature.
Visit http://www.PattieLogan.com to learn more about her.
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Solitude Yellowstone
Searching for Solitude Yellowstone National Park will inspire and direct you toward a more tranquil visit. It offers practical information on where, when and how to find solitude in a park that gets over 3 million visitors a year.
The book also offers philosophical thoughts on our relationship with the natural world and stunning photographs that will send you out the door and on the road to see this national treasure.
Available through Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Also available for the iPad through iTunes and the iBookstore. Search the book title.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Solitude for the Soul
Solitude and the Senses
Solitude and Freedom
Solitude and Discovery
1. When to Find Solitude
2. Where to Find Solitude
3. Sightseeing
Water Wonders
The Roads Less Traveled
4. Finding and Photographing Wildlife
Viewing Wildlife Safely
Where to Encounter Wildlife
5. Hiking
Hiking Where the Wild Things Live
6. Lodging
7. Campgrounds
8. Backcountry Camping
9. Picnics
10. Outfitters
11. Winter Activities
12. Visitor Centers
Closing Thoughts
Yellowstone National Park map
Greater Yellowstone Area map
Acknowledgements
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About the Photographer
Cheryl Opperman is a nationally acclaimed nature photographer who has traveled to every continent in the world capturing spectacular images of nature, wildlife, and indigenous cultures.
Her aesthetic compositions, artistic use of light, and exquisite detail have been honored with several prestigious awards from Earth Day Network, Nature’s Best Photography, the International Photography Awards, and the National Wildlife Federation. She was also recognized as a leading female nature photographer by Outdoor Photographer Magazine in 2010.
Cheryl is widely published, with photographs appearing in print, on the web, on TV, and in solo and group exhibits. Some of her clients and credits include the American Humane Association, Overseas Adventure Travel, The Denver Post, the National Geographic Society, and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Cheryl uses the power of photography to inspire interest in the environment and other cultures. She has been a speaker in schools and camera clubs, as well as for the National Park Service and the North American Nature Photography Association.
In 1992, Cheryl earned a B.A. in Industrial/Scientific Photography from Brooks Institute of Photography, graduating with honors.
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