4 Best Places to Stargaze under Night Skies in Yellowstone

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4 Best Places to Stargaze under Night Skies in Yellowstone

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Your Yellowstone bucket list might include wildlife watching in Lamar Valley, seeing Old Faithful erupt and strolling past Mammoth Hot Springs’ travertine terraces, but is stargazing on your list? Thanks to a lack of light pollution, Yellowstone National Park has some of the most beautiful night skies you’ll ever encounter. On clear nights, the skies overhead are filled with thousands of stars. As a bonus, when the sun sets the crowds disperse giving you an unparalleled sense of solitude at some of the park’s most iconic features.

Read on to learn all the best stargazing tips like when to go, and how to see the stars without leaving your glamping tent at Under Canvas Yellowstone.

Can You See the Milky Way from Yellowstone?

The Milky Wau amd tje Neowise Comet over Grand Prismatic in Yellowstone
The Milky Wau amd tje Neowise Comet over Grand Prismatic in Yellowstone (Photo: D.J. Evans)

While any night without clouds is worth checking out the starry skies, there are a few times throughout the year that are more spectacular than others. April through October, the Milky Way is visible over the park, and you can usually spot it with your naked eye. Look at the calendar and choose a night with a new moon (or as close to it as possible) when the night sky is darkest and the stars illuminate. Download an app like PhotoPills which will show you when the galactic core (the part of the Milky Way with the most contrast) will rise and where to look in the sky.

Another great time to stargaze in the park is during a meteor shower. The Perseid meteor shower in mid-August is usually one of the highest concentration shows of the year. Chances are you’ll see dozens of meteors if you catch the peak of the shower on a clear night. This is also one of the warmest times of year in Yellowstone, meaning you can enjoy stargazing without being too cold.

Best Places to Stargaze in Yellowstone

Dunraven Pass

At 8,859-feet tall, Dunraven Pass is the highest road in the park and has incredible views of the night sky. Park at the Dunraven Pass Trailhead, located along Grand Loop Road, and enjoy the stars on a clear night. Be sure to pack extra layers as it will be colder here than lower elevations.

This trailhead accesses Mt. Washburn but we do not recommend hiking this moderate-to-difficult peak in the dark. Instead, stick to the parking lot and save the trail for the daylight hours. Grizzly bears frequent this area so be sure to carry bear spray with you when stargazing and avoid this area in September and October when the bears are getting ready to hibernate.

Upper Geyser Basin (includes Old Faithful and Castle Geyser)

There are few things as stunning as looking at the stars through a steaming geyser. Upper Geyser Basin is a great place to do just this. Relax on one of the benches near Old Faithful, which are remarkably empty at night, and stargaze while you wait for the famous geyser to erupt. The show occurs every 65-95 minutes. From Old Faithful, follow the bike path on foot to Castle Geyser, which erupts every 14 hours. Check www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/geyser-activity.htm for the National Park Service’s prediction of when Castle, Old Faithful and other Upper Geyser Basin features will erupt. You can continue farther down the path to get away from the lights of the Old Faithful complex if you’re up for a longer walk.

A father and son watch Castle Geyser erupt under the Milky Way in Yellowstone
A father and son watch Castle Geyser erupt under the Milky Way in Yellowstone (Photo: NPS/Jacob W. Frank)

The bike path is a perfect place for stargazing near geysers because it’s flat, wide and doesn’t get too close to any thermal features that are hard to see at night. On the other hand, navigating the boardwalks after dark can be treacherous if you can’t see your footing so avoid it with small kids and people with unsure footing and if you do venture out, bring a headlamp.

Mammoth Hot Springs

Located just inside the park’s North Entrance, Mammoth Hot Springs’ other-worldly travertine terraces become even more fantastic under the stars. Head to the upper terraces loop with a headlamp and catch incredible views of the stars over the park.

Be sure to bring a headlamp as navigating the boardwalks can be precarious in the dark. You won’t be able to see the stars well with your headlamp on, so find a good place to stop and stargaze before turning it off and letting your eyes adjust. A headlamp with a red light setting will help preserve your night vision in the dark.

The Milky Way over Orange Mound Spring at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone
The Milky Way over Orange Mound Spring at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone (Photo: Janice Adair)

Madison Amphitheater Astronomy Program

Check out the Stars Over Yellowstone summer astronomy programs at the Madison Amphitheater. You’ll learn from some of the top astronomers from around the country. Find the Milky Way, Saturn, craters on the moon, the center of the galaxy, star clusters and nebula with telescopes. Bring a flashlight.

Due to modified park operations in 2022, the park is not offering any pre-scheduled ranger programs. When visiting the park, check at the local visitor center or message boards to see what activities are being offered.

How to Take Night Photos in Yellowstone

While stargazing with your bare eyes is an incredible experience, your camera can often capture even more details than you can pick out on your own. Many smartphones can capture night skies, but it’s hard to compare to a DSLR or mirrorless camera when it comes to capturing the stars. Bring a camera that has the ability to manually focus, take 30 second exposures and has an ISO of at least 3200. A wide angle lens with a fast aperture will get you the best shots. You’ll also want to make sure you have a steady tripod, a shutter release cable and a headlamp (ideally with a red light) so that you can keep your camera steady and see the settings in the dark.

After you set your camera up on your tripod and set your focus, start with your settings at ISO 3200, a shutter speed of 30 seconds and your aperture as wide as it will go. Be sure not to touch your camera while it’s taking the picture.

Hopefully you’ll get some great shots right off your camera, but enhancing them in a post-processing software like Adobe Lightroom will help you create images that are truly incredible. Here you can increase the highlights and decrease the shadows to make the stars pop, change the white balance so that the colors look like how you saw them in real life and use the dehaze slider to help cut back on any light pollution or atmospheric haze that dulled your photo.

Want to learn more about photographing starry night skies, the Milky Way, sunsets and sunrises? Get full access to our Night Sky Photography online course plus other in-depth fitness, nutrition, and adventure courses when you sign up for Outside+.

Where to Sleep Under the Stars

Located 15 minutes from Yellowstone’s West Entrance in West Yellowstone, Mont., Under Canvas Yellowstone is the perfect place to stay if you want to see the stars. Not only is it located close to the park so you don’t have to drive too far in the middle of the night to stargaze at Old Faithful and Dunraven Pass, but on-site amenities allow you to get incredible night sky views without even having to leave the property.

Lobby tent under the Milky Way at Under Canvas
Lobby tent under the Milky Way at Under Canvas (Photo: Courtesy Under Canvas)

Under Canvas Yellowstone sits on a Montana ranch along the shores of the Madison River, far away from city light pollution. This outdoor resort features individual safari-inspired tents with luxury furnishings, an on-site restaurant, adventures, nightly programming and more. Low-level lightning is used throughout the camp, minimizing additional light pollution meaning the night skies just outside your tent are spectacular. Enjoy them around a community fire pit with complimentary s’mores, on your tent’s private deck or even from your own bed if you book the Stargazer tent. This option is perfect for those who want to see the stars without having to bundle up. A viewing window above the king bed lets you watch for shooting stars, the Milky Way, or even the elusive Northern Lights without having to get out from under the covers. The tent also features a private ensuite bathroom and a wood burning stove.

Learn more and book your stay to see the stars at www.undercanvas.com/camps/yellowstone/ 

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Yellowstone National Park Has Gone WOKE!

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Yellowstone National Park Has Gone WOKE!

Democrat Socialist WOKENESS has even affected the Yellowstone National Park.   Now the Park has renamed the 10,551-foot peak named, Mount Doane to the WOKE name of the  “First Peoples Mountain”.   This was announced yesterday by Park Officials.

In an interview with the Wyoming News, the National Park Service stated that the history of Mount Doane was named after a Lieutenant in the US Army back in 1870 when his foot soldiers and horse soldiers attacked a warrior band of Peigan Blackfeet in retaliation for the Peigan Blackfeet murdering a white fur trader.

This seemed fair at the time, an eye for an eye.  After all, that is how the Israelis do it. 

And back in the 1800’s, this was how you stopped aggression from waring tribal nations that attacked settlers back in the day.  This seemed to be a policy that the US Calvary and infantry followed back in the 1800s.

 
But now, the Democrat Socialist, WOKE name change was voted on unanimously by the US Board of Geographic Names.  This board is made up of primarily all Socialist WOKE board members. 

Our nation is falling apart at the seams on every side and last night Wyoming’s most hated woman, Liz Cheney made a VILE statement when she said ” Large segments of Republican GOP have become a Donald Trump personality Cult.”   Cheney openly promotes WOKENESS, SOCIALISM, and MARXISM.   To Wyoming voters, Liz Cheney IS an “ENEMY OF THE STATE.”    make sure you vote Harriet Hageman and remove Liz Cheney for LIFE from the political arena. 

To Parents of Children in the Pediatric Psych Ward

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To Parents of Children in the Pediatric Psych Ward

Why you are my heroes.

I am a nurse in the psychiatric ward of a children’s hospital. Prior to that, I was a nurse in the pediatric oncology ward. I’ve seen and heard a lot, including one mother whose daughter was admitted after attempted suicide. The girl’s pale thin body was laying meekly on a stretcher, wrists tightly bandaged. Her mother sighed and said to me, “This is so hard. So scary. And so… lonely.”

Any illness is hard. Children are supposed to be at home, not in the hospital. The thought “my child is in the hospital” is shocking. Their small bodies just don’t belong on the big hospital beds.

But in the “regular” pediatric ward there reverberates a strong bond between parents and their children, a bond of love and needing each other. “I love you. I am here. It will be all right.” Tears of pain flow freely; they are completely understood and even welcome. There is plenty of support from relatives and friends.

Here in the psych ward, the mother hears her angry child say, “I hate you. Why did you bring me here? Why didn’t you just let me die?” There is no one by her side to whisper, “Stay strong. Everything is going to be okay.” She is left completely alone, not only with fear and pain, but with resentment, guilt and shame.

In the “regular” ward, children perk up when they get presents, balloons, get well cards. Seeing their joy fills your heart with joy and makes more space for love and giving.

In a psych ward you hear, “I ripped their card to pieces! They are all lying. I know that no one cares for me.” Your spirit shrinks and withers.

In the “regular” ward, parents reply with compassion to their children’s plea to go home, “Soon, soon you will go home. Everyone is waiting for you.”

But in the psych ward, in response to their angry command “Get me out of here!” you may be choking on a thought, “I don’t want you to come home.”

Then there are harsh judgments from people who see only the outside and have no understanding of the bigger picture. They may see greasy hair, unkempt clothing and notice body odor, and gently ask, “Why can’t you make her take care of herself?” Or they witness the child’s outburst in the middle of the store – “I hate you. You never buy me anything!” – and wisely advise, “How can you let your son speak to you like that? You need to teach him to speak respectfully to his father and mother. It’s not a good idea to give in to whatever he demands.” Or they may even try to teach your child a lesson.

They don’t know about the screaming matches, physical and verbal assaults which leave you feeling like a victim and an abuser at the same time.

They don’t know how hard you are trying. They don’t know about the screaming matches, and physical and verbal assaults that leave you feeling like a victim and an abuser at the same time. Or the barrage of accusations of being a bad, uncaring, unloving, selfish parent, which leaves you feeling mad, crushed and powerless at the same time. Or the deafening silence while your child wilts from lack of joy.

They don’t realize how much of their energy goes into damage control, not mentioning having to carry out all other responsibilities involved in handling the everyday stresses at home, at work, in the community, while maintaining “normal” appearance to the outside world.

Who can appreciate your tremendous effort to rise above your own anger and hurt and love them just as you would a “normal” sick child? It all remains unseen, known only to the One Above.

Your children are suffering from an illness, a debilitating illness that affects everyone in your family. But only you can feel how it is also a shameful illness. You may feel embarrassed to tell your coworkers, neighbors, friends, and even relatives; you may feel embarrassed to share your children’s names at prayer groups. You don’t want to raise well-meaning questions or stir curious gossip.

So no one offers to make meals for you, to watch your other kids, or lend support and encouragement. And it remains so hard, scary, and lonely.

You may have a long road ahead of you to come to terms with yourself, with your child, and with God Who inexplicably orchestrated this just for you. Others may see your sometimes sad, tired, and overwhelmed face, but God sees your gigantic spirit that persists and does not give up… Different medication, different types of therapy, different approaches… You are still there for them because they are your children.

I felt a strong need to write to you, parents of the psych ward patients, and tell you that:

You are incredible.

You are brave.

You are caring and wonderful and strong.

And you are doing an amazing job just by showing up. You may have forgotten what these words sound like, you may find it impossible to apply them to yourselves, you may not understand or believe them at all, but I say them because I know that they are true.

And if there is no one else out there to praise you, I am here to proclaim: YOU ARE MY HEROES

Wyoming homeschool numbers continued to trend up after Public schools reopened

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Wyoming homeschool numbers continued to trend up after Public schools reopened

When the medical tyranny began in March of 2020, government schools across the country shut down.

That sparked an increase in the number of parents who chose to homeschool their kids. The Associated Press reported that there was a jump nationwide after lockdowns began in homeschooling families, but that trend slowed down in the 2020-2021 school year. Numbers remained higher than before the plandemic, but many of those families who chose to homeschool after the initial lockdowns returned their kids to the hands of the government in 2020-2021 as the government schools largely reopened for in-person indoctrination. However, Wyoming parents continued the trend after schools reopened according to numbers released by the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE).

Homeschooling increased 43.9% in the 2019-2020 school year from 2018-2019 numbers then jumped a further 50.3% the year after in 2020-2021, the most recent numbers given by the WDE. Additionally, the number of registered homeschools jumped from 822 to 1,959 between 2018- 2019 and 2019-2020.

The total number of Wyoming homeschooled students was 3,884 in 2019-2020. However, that still represents a relatively small portion, about 4%, of all students. According to the 2021-2022 statistics, there were 91,992 registered K-12 students in Wyoming government schools.

The Casper Star-Tribune, reporting recently on the WDE data, showed where its mind is at reporting that the trend continues to rise “even as vaccines became available.” Maybe, just maybe, the possible threat of their children being forced to submit to experimental gene therapy is the very reason why parents are choosing not to return their kids to the indoctrination centers.

Maybe it’s also because they’ve seen the godless cesspool that is American government schools. The only way to know the reason for the trend is to individually speak with each family that makes the choice to take their parental responsibility to teach their own kids. In a free nation, it’s nobody’s business why any family makes that choice.

However, for the Tribune, it’s the impetus for doing the story was to question how the government regulates parents who take ownership over their kids. “We have been very hands-off when it comes to any kind of influence over the standards and curriculums of private schools or the standards and curriculums of homeschools,”

The WDE website does state that it doesn’t regulate the specifics of a homeschool curriculum but rather requires certain subjects to be taught including civics, history, literature, math, reading, science, and writing. It does require parents to “submit a curriculum to the local district each year.”

How much control those local government bodies have to regulate the curriculum is not stated by the Wyoming Department of Education.

Rothfuss said the main concern of Wyoming legislators is “about providing resources for students who choose to homeschool,” according to the Tribune. In other words, how can the state steal more money from taxpayers to divvy out and buy power and control over homeschool families?

Rep. Sue Wilson (R-Cheyenne) pushed a bill last year to divvy our $65 million to school districts for the students within them that are homeschooled or attend private school. Those funds would have split the money between the district and the families meaning the district would be receiving more taxpayer dollars for doing nothing but rather for having families in their districts who choose freedom over the socialist school system. That bill did fail because legislators wanted more control over the private and home-based schools, according to the Tribune.

The Tribune implied throughout the piece that homeschooled students don’t have standards since the government doesn’t control them. However, parents would more than likely set much higher standards for their kids than the godless government system, and data offers proof of that. Howdoihomeschool.com has annual data showing that homeschool students consistently, year after year, academically outperform government school students, and it’s usually by a wide margin. But alas, this trend in homeschooling has the control freaks worried. “If there’s a sustained uptick in kids who are making the choice to do homeschooling, then I think it’s important to understand why they are making that choice and if the school district can serve the need of these kids,” Brian Farmer, executive director of the Wyoming School Board Association, told the Tribune.

Well Farmer, maybe the kids of parents who homeschool them don’t “need” anything from you. And quite frankly, it’s none of your business why parents choose to homeschool their kids, so butt out!



Researchers found Remote Learning Companies Spied on Students and Sold their Data

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Researchers found Remote Learning Companies Spied on Students and Sold their Data

Over the last two-plus years of medical tyranny, many parents have demonstrated cognitive dissonance.

On the one hand, many parents clamored for government school to reopen at the height of lock-down hysteria so they could take advantage of their taxpayer-funded babysitters.

On the other hand, many of those same parents decried the indoctrination going on in the schools that they suddenly woke up to because they were seeing what their children were taught for the first time because of remote learning. Side note: If you just started looking at what your kids were being taught because of remote learning, shame on you.

Considering parents were able to track what teachers were teaching through remote learning, did anyone stop and consider that the government schools then were able to track their students and their families?

That’s what research recently released by the advocacy group Human Rights Watch found as remote learning companies tracked and shared student data to monetize their information.

The data was collected on not only the students but also their families and “monitored children, secretly and without the consent of parents,” the researchers wrote. Tracking technology was installed on the government devices given to kids that tracked not only what occurred while a student was in class but also out of class.

The apps that were installed to the devices rarely informed the users that they were being tracked and offered no privacy protection for children. About 90% of the apps studied were specifically designed to collect data to sell to hundreds of companies, like Facebook and Google, to “target them with personalized context that follow them across the internet [that] distorted children’s online experiences, but also threatened to influence their opinion and beliefs,” the researchers found.

Hye Jung Han, the lead researcher, said: “Put another way, children are surveilled in their virtual classrooms and followed long after they leave, outside of school hours and across the internet.”

Last year, a superintendent for a Las Vegas school district actually bragged about spying on kids, claiming it was for their safety.

Jesus Jara, superintendent at Clark County School District, said there had been a rash of suicides (18 in his district) in a nine-month period as he spoke to Fox News. The obvious solution for Jara was spying on kids and sending the police to their homes when the government school bureaucrats felt a student was suicidal.

“You get the calls, you get the text messages late into the evening, kids are surfing and online and then we dispatch our police department to do wellness checks,” Jara said.

Just to emphasize, Jara literally said the district would send cops to homes because kids were “surfing and online” at hours he doesn’t think they should be. Jara, by the way, is still superintendent now a year later. In fact, he was lauded by Fox News when he spoke with them.

“Not to worry though. Thanks to remote learning software designed to help schools spy on our kids via their computers, the public-school bureaucrats, teachers, and teacher’s labor unions responsible for educating our kids can at least pretend they’re looking out for them,” wrote David Leach for The Strident Conservative. “You can almost see Big Brother smiling now, can’t you?”

It should be noted, this Orwellian spy state via government school devices is not new to the scamdemic.

In 2010, when the idea of government schools handing out taxpayer funded laptops to students was in its infancy, a Pennsylvania school district was sued for remotely activating webcams to spy on students at their homes. Other news stories have come out since then of webcams being activated as high school girls changed at home.

Still, more than a decade later, the public is fine with government issued technology being handed out to students in mass.

Maybe that’s why so many Americans still buy devices like Amazon’s Alexa event though Amazon admits it records conversations and sells it to advertisers.

Glamp at Under Canvas near Glacier National Park

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Glamp at Under Canvas near Glacier National Park

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Spend your days experiencing the beauty and adventure of the park, then return to your luxury camping safari-inspired tent at the end of the day and unwind in style.

Interior of a Suite Tent at Under Canvas Glacier
Interior of a Suite Tent at Under Canvas Glacier Photo by Bailey Made courtesy of Under Canvas

Get back to nature without giving up the comforts of home at Under Canvas® Glacier. With all the comfort and amenities you’d expect with upscale accommodations, it’s truly among the best glamping destinations in the Northwest United States.

Treehouse tent at Under Canvas Glacier
Treehouse tent at Under Canvas Glacier Photo by Bailey Made courtesy of Under Canvas

Some tents at this camp are treehouse-style, so they are raised above the ground, making sleeping in them a unique experience. And West Elm furnishings add an extra sense of style and comfort to the lobby tent. There are fire pits with complimentary S’mores and picnic tables and grills, so you can cook on the property.

In these days of social distancing, Under Canvas is taking a number of operational actions to make sure you feel safe when you stay at an Under Canvas location. Plus, glamping in stand-alone tents with no connected duct-work means you’re breathing in fresh air.

The camp uses EPA-certified cleaning agents to thoroughly deep clean tents between every guest stay, in addition to all public spaces and staff areas. Hand sanitizing station are available throughout camp. Under Canvas’ EO bath products are in each tent for hand washing.

For more information:
406-552-4195
101 Under Canvas Road, Coram, MT 59913
www.undercanvas.com/camps/glacier/

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Why Glamping is Great for Non-Campers

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Why Glamping is Great for Non-Campers

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With companies like Under Canvas offering incredible glamping opportunities near national parks across America, it’s easier than ever to convince your non-camping friend, spouse or partner to sleep outdoors. Here are 5 reasons why glamping is great for those who would prefer to skip sleeping bags, dirt and pit toilets.

1. Experience Luxury in a Deluxe Safari-Inspired Tent

This claim may seem incredulous to non-campers, but one of the most glamorous rooms you’ll ever sleep in may actually be a tent at a glamping resort. That’s certainly the case at Under Canvas’ 10 locations. You’ll find a king bed with luxurious linens in Under Canvas’ deluxe and suite tents, plus your own wood stove with pre-chopped wood, a deck and private bathroom with a flushing toilet.

Safari-inspired tent at Under Canvas near Yellowstone
Safari-inspired tent at Under Canvas near Yellowstone (Photo: by Morgan Robinson courtesy of Under Canvas)

“A lot of people are afraid of roughing it but still want to experience the outdoors” says Sarah Dusek, cofounder of Under Canvas. “We bridge that gap. When you stay with us, you don’t have to sacrifice creature comforts.”

At all Under Canvas’ locations, the tented lobbies are furnished with stunning West Elm furniture and accessories. It makes checking in feel more like it’s part of an experience rather than a task. You’ll discover your tented room is just as elegantly appointed. What’s more glamorous and romantic than sleeping in the outdoors without ever having to set up a tent, crawl into a sleeping bag or get dirty?

Lobby tent at Under Canvas near Yellowstone
Lobby tent at Under Canvas near Yellowstone (Photo: by Morgan Robinson courtesy of Under Canvas)

2. Live in the Moment

Similar to camping, glamping allows you to experience a digital detox. When you glamp, you may not have access to WiFi in your tent or even in the common area. At Under Canvas’ glampgrounds, this lack of connectivity is called “an intentional inconvenience.” Why? So that guests can disconnect from technology and reconnect with those they love.

When you don’t have WiFi or television, it leaves plenty of time to talk with your family, friends, or other “glampers” dining next to you at the Embers Restaurant at an Under Canvas location. After a long day of adventuring, you can play some board games with your family or get valuable park tips from others enjoying s’mores around the community fire.

Under Canvas dining and lounge tents at the Grand Canyon
Under Canvas dining and lounge tents at the Grand CanyonUnder Canvas

3. Discover a Sense of Community

How many hotels have you stayed in where you are just another guest spending the night in room 335? At glamping places like Under Canvas, there’s a personalized approach that trickles down from the check-in staff to the concierge service to campfire conversations. There’s a fantastic restaurant on-site designed to encourage interactions among staff and guests. There’s a campfire with complimentary s’mores where you can trade tips with other guests in the evening. There’s a concierge who you can talk to about booking tours and then book your outing for you. And lastly, places like under Canvas offer free activities on site like walking tours and yoga classes.

4. Opt for an Adventure

Rather than spending time trying to figure out what attractions are closest to your campsite or which hike in the Grand Canyon is not going to leave your thigh muscles seized up for days, kick back on your porch and enjoy your morning coffee. At places like Under Canvas, their guest experience coordinators can give you insider park tips and help plan your entire vacation once you arrive.

Under Canvas safari tent near Yellowstone
Under Canvas safari tent near Yellowstone (Photo: Under Canvas)

5. Be an Environmental Steward Without Trying

By choosing to glamp, you’ve already taken a step toward becoming a better environmental steward. How? Glamping resorts use less electricity than standard hotels. Why? First, there are no air conditioners to slurp up tremendous amounts of power. Second, lighting in your tent or in common areas comes, at least in part, from solar panels. Since there are no hallways, solar LED lights often line outdoor paths.

Glamping resorts also use less water than standard hotels. In fact, at Under Canvas locations, you actually have to pull a dainty chain to get the water to flow out of your shower, which helps them use less water than a similar-sized hotel.

Find out more about glamping at Under Canvas and its 10 locations near national parks at www.undercanvas.com

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Top Gun: Maverick – Three Jewish Takeaways

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Top Gun: Maverick – Three Jewish Takeaways
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by Yariv Newman

The exhilarating movie has something to say about the high-stakes combat we all face in life.

After 36 years, Tom Cruise reprises his role as a rule-breaker fighter pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in the sequel Top Gun: Maverick. In a break from modern film making which mostly relies on computer-generated visual effects (CGI) to create impossible situations, Cruise and director Joseph Kosinski went to great lengths to ensuring that everything you’re seeing on screen is 100% real (with some liberties taken with the exhilarating third act).

Working in cooperation with the world’s most well-trained fighter pilots in the world, the Navy and the Top Gun Academy, the actors trained for months in order to be able to be filmed inside the flight deck for all the training and aerial combat sequences in the movie.

(Warning: Spoilers ahead.)

Maverick is recalled to Top Gun to train an elite young group of F/A-18 Super Hornet pilots for an urgent mission to bomb a uranium enrichment facility of a mysterious, unnamed “rogue nation”. Since the facility is nestled in a deep depression at the bottom of a canyon and is heavily defended by a nearby airbase with high-end fifth-generation fighters, a high-speed, low-level approach is necessary to attack the facility, pushing the planes beyond their designed limitations.

Here are three Jewish takeaways from the exhilarating movie.

1. Going beyond our own personal limitations

The planes aren’t the only items that get pushed beyond their limits; the pilots do as well. Maverick explains to the team that in order to succeed in this dangerous mission they cannot rely upon technology, previous training or bravado (something the enemy already is aware of); they’ll have to go beyond their limitations.

Their first challenge requires flying through a narrow mountainscape 100ft off the ground at 760 miles per hour to avoid being shot down by the surface-to-air missiles and the 5th generation fighter jets. It’s a challenge no living pilot, including Maverick, has ever attempted.

The only way to attain is success is through failure and the commitment to keep pushing our boundaries.

Life’s most important challenges happen inside of us. We try, we fail, and we get up again. The only way to attain is success is through failure and the commitment to keep pushing our boundaries. With God’s help and our steadfast commitment to make the hard choices, we can win the battle.

2. Sometimes the impossible is possible

After many failed training simulations, the demoralized pilots begin to question if accomplishing Maverick’s plan is even possible. Maverick’s superior, Vice Admiral Beau “Cyclone” Simpson removes Maverick as mission trainer and draws up a new target approach that is less risky on approach but riskier on escape. Maverick, being the rule-breaker he is, stole a plane and perfectly executed the simulation according to his plan, proving to the trainees that their daunting mission could be accomplished because “It’s not the plane, it’s the pilot.” This convinces Cyclone to return to the original plan who then appoints Maverick as strike leader of the mission.

When something we want to accomplish looks impossible, we have two choices: either to give up or at least try to do what we can. The Jewish people, escaping from Egyptian slavery, reached a dead end at the edge of the raging Red Sea. Getting to the other side seemed impossible and it looked like they were about to be captured again by the fast-approaching Egyptian army.

But one man – Nachshon – didn’t just give up. He decided to take the one step within reach and jumped into the sea. Only then did God make a miracle and split the sea, bringing Nachshon and the entire nation safely to freedom.

Our task is to take responsibility for the enormous tasks in front of us. Sometimes they seem insurmountable, too big to tackle. That’s when we need to realize it’s up to us to make the effort, to do what we can, and then let God work His magic. Fulfilling our efforts in a responsible, dedicated fashion create the opening to accomplish more than we ever thought possible, because at the end of the day God has our back. He’s the ultimate Maverick.

3. Learn to let go of the past in order to move forward

The film forces Maverick to confront his past as one of the younger fighter pilots (callsign Roster) in the group is the son of Maverick’s deceased best friend Goose. Goose died in the original Top Gun during a training exercise and Maverick still feels responsible almost four decades later. Rooster’s hatred for Maverick is also fueled by Maverick blocking his Navy application, upon the request of Rooster’s mother, which set his career back four years. In the course of the film Rooster and Maverick confront their past and learn to forgive and let it go in order to move forward.

We often get stuck defining ourselves by our failures rather than work on overcoming our setbacks and moving forward to the next challenge. Life’s too short to fixate on the past and obsess over your mistakes. Learn from your setbacks, commit to doing better and grow. To quote my fellow veteran designer, David Levy, “In life, you either win or you learn.”

Openly Secretive: Elites Gathered in D.C. as Media Ignore The Real Criminals

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Openly Secretive: Elites Gathered in D.C. as Media Ignore The Real Criminals

“Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without the authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with  any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or  controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.”

—The Logan Act

This past weekend, June 2-5, the Bilderberg Group met in Washington, D.C.
“For many years the existence of this group was denied, and anyone who tried to expose them was vilified as a ‘conspiracy theorist,’” wrote Brian Shilhavy for Vaccine Impact. Indeed, it’s an “open” conspiracy. It’s not a theory, it’s a real group that meets every year. It’s  “open” in so much that since 2016, the Bilderberg group has admitted its existence and produced press releases after decades and decades of denying its existence. It is not open, however, in that it openly bans anyone who attended from publicly speaking on what was said at the annual meeting. 

That has not changed with this year’s event. Matt Agorist wrote for The Free Thought Project:

“The world’s ruling elite will meet in secret this week. No press will be allowed in, no one will be interviewed about it, and Bilderberg will not even register as a blip on the mainstream media’s radar. As the media hypes gun control and abortion debates, bankers, politicians, military leaders and information controllers will be discussing their plans for the world behind  closed doors and with zero transparency.” “The reason this meeting of the global elite manages to remain free from any mainstream media coverage is no accident. This group of elite power brokers owns the media, they own the  politicians, and, arguably, they own the world.”

Since 1954, between 120 and 140 participants, according to a Bilderberg press release, including  heads of state, royalty, elected officials, bureaucrats, corporate bosses and more from around the world have met secretively annually. Bilderberg says about two-thirds are from Europe, one- third from North America. It includes members of the so-called “left” and the so-called “right” every year, like this year’s  attendees Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat Senator from Arizona, and Peter Thiel, president of Thiel  Capital who is openly gay and states “competition is for loser” yet we’re told is a “conservative.”

This year’s attendees also included evil members of the Military-Industrial Complex, like Henry  Kissinger, and evil members of the Medical Industrial Complex, like Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla.  Bilderberg has a complete list (click here).

Of course, that’s just the list Bilderberg admits to as it has hidden participants in the past, like when Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State at the time, attended in 2019 with Donald Trump’s son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner in 2019 when the meeting was held in Switzerland. This year’s topics, according to the Bilderberg press release: geopolitical realignments, NATO  challenges, China, Indo-Pacific realignment, Sino-US tech competition, Russia, continuity of government and the economy, disruption of the global financial system, disinformation, energy security and sustainability, post-pandemic health, fragmentation of democratic societies, trade and deglobalization and Ukraine.

“The Bilderberg Meeting is a forum for informal discussions about major issues, the press
release states. “The meetings are held under the Chatham House Rule, which states that
participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor any other participant may be revealed.

The release added: “Thanks to the private nature of the Meeting, the participants take part as individuals rather than in any official capacity, and hence are not bound by the conventions of their office or by pre-agreed positions. As such, they can take time to listen, reflect and gather insights. There is no detailed agenda, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken and no  policy statements are issued.”

Every American in attendance openly defies the Logan Act, but they’ll never see justice as long as it’s ignored. For those in the alternative media who have covered this meeting through the years, it is true that they have come up with conspiracy theories.

In 2008, it is believed that Barack Obama attended the meeting and was chosen by the group as the Democrat nominee as Hillary Clinton, a frequent attendee of the meeting, bowed out of the presidential primaries that year days after the Bilderberg meeting. Is that true? We don’t know since the group meets in secret and the media refuses to cover it. Is it possible? Absolutely, that could have happened.

But regardless, it is not a conspiracy theory that this group exists. It does, and they discuss topics that suggest they believe they have power and control over the people. Question this group and demand that the media start covering it. Or, continue in your ignorant bliss following the political circus rather than the puppet masters. 

Editors Note:  

The annual Bilderberg Meeting is a three-day forum for informal discussions, designed to foster dialogue between Europe and North America. The pioneering Meeting grew out of the concern, expressed by leading citizens on both sides of the Atlantic, that Western Europe and North America were not working together as closely as they should on issues of common interest.

The first meeting took place in Hotel De Bilderberg in Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, from 29 to 31 May 1954. Representatives from economic, social, political, and cultural fields were invited to informal discussions to help create a better understanding of the complex forces and major trends affecting Western nations in the difficult post-war period.

Here are a list of the participants:

chleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Former Chairman Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG; Treasurer Bilderberg Meetings

Adeyemo, Adewale (USA), Deputy Secretary, Department of  The Treasury

Albares, José Manuel (ESP), Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation

Altman, Roger C. (USA), Founder and Senior Chairman, Evercore Inc.

Altman, Sam (USA), CEO, OpenAI

Applebaum, Anne (USA), Staff Writer, The Atlantic

Arnaut, José Luís (PRT), Managing Partner, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut

Auken, Ida (DNK), Member of Parliament, The Social Democrat Party

Azoulay, Audrey (INT), Director-General, UNESCO

Baker, James H. (USA), Director, Office of Net Assessment, Office of the Secretary of Defense

Barbizet, Patricia (FRA), Chairwoman and CEO, Temaris & Associés SAS

Barroso, José Manuel (PRT), Chairman, Goldman Sachs International LLC

Baudson, Valérie (FRA), CEO, Amundi

Beurden, Ben van (NLD), CEO, Shell plc

Bourla, Albert (USA), Chairman and CEO, Pfizer Inc.

Buberl, Thomas (FRA), CEO, AXA SA

Burns, William J. (USA), Director, CIA

Byrne, Thomas (IRL), Minister of State for European Affairs

Campbell, Kurt (USA), White House Coordinator for Indo-Pacific, NSC

Carney, Mark J. (CAN), Vice Chair, Brookfield Asset Management

Casado, Pablo (ESP), Former President, Partido Popular

Chhabra, Tarun (USA), Senior Director for Technology and National Security, National Security Council

Donohoe, Paschal (IRL), Minister for Finance; President, Eurogroup

Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), Chairman and CEO, Axel Springer SE

Dudley, William C. (USA), Senior Research Scholar, Princeton University

Easterly, Jen (USA), Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Economy, Elizabeth (USA), Senior Advisor for China, Department of Commerce

Émié, Bernard (FRA), Director General, Ministry of the Armed Forces

Emond, Charles (CAN), CEO, CDPQ

Erdogan, Emre (TUR), Professor Political Science, Istanbul Bilgi University

Eriksen, Øyvind (NOR), President and CEO, Aker ASA

Ermotti, Sergio (CHE), Chairman, Swiss Re

Fanusie, Yaya (USA), Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security

Feltri, Stefano (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, Domani

Fleming, Jeremy (GBR), Director, British Government Communications Headquarters

Freeland, Chrystia (CAN), Deputy Prime Minister

Furtado, Isabel (PRT), CEO, TMG Automotive

Gove, Michael (GBR), Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Cabinet Office

Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Co-Chair Bilderberg Meetings; Professor of Economics, Leiden University

Hallengren, Lena (SWE), Minister for Health and Social Affairs

Hamers, Ralph (NLD), CEO, UBS Group AG

Hassabis, Demis (GBR), CEO and Founder, DeepMind

Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR Foundation

Henry, Mary Kay (USA), International President, Service Employees International Union

Hobson, Mellody (USA), Co-CEO and President, Ariel Investments LLC

Hodges, Ben (USA), Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, Center for European Policy Analysis

Hoekstra, Wopke (NLD), Minister of Foreign Affairs

Hoffman, Reid (USA), Co-Founder, Inflection AI; Partner, Greylock

Huët, Jean Marc (NLD), Chairman, Heineken NV

Joshi, Shashank (GBR), Defence Editor, The Economist

Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies Inc.

Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc.

Koç, Ömer (TUR), Chairman, Koç Holding AS

Kofman, Michael (USA), Director, Russia Studies Program, Center for Naval Analysis

Kostrzewa, Wojciech (POL), President, Polish Business Roundtable

Krasnik, Martin (DNK), Editor-in-Chief, Weekendavisen

Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Chairman, KKR & Co. Inc.  

Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), Co-Chair Bilderberg Meetings; Chair, The Museum of Modern Art

Kudelski, André (CHE), Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group SA

Kukies, Jörg (DEU), State Secretary, Chancellery

Lammy, David (GBR), Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, House of Commons

LeCun, Yann (USA), Vice-President and Chief AI Scientist, Facebook, Inc.

Leu, Livia (CHE), State Secretary, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chairman, Umicore and Mediahuis; Chairman DSM N.V.

Liikanen, Erkki (FIN), Chairman, IFRS  Foundation Trustees

Little, Mark (CAN), President and CEO, Suncor Energy Inc.

Looney, Bernard (GBR), CEO, BP plc

Lundstedt, Martin (SWE), CEO and President, Volvo Group

Lütke, Tobias (CAN), CEO, Shopify

Marin, Sanna (FIN), Prime Minister

Markarowa, Oksana (UKR), Ambassador of Ukraine to the US

Meinl-Reisinger, Beate (AUT), Party Leader, NEOS

Michel, Charles (INT), President, European Council

Minton Beddoes, Zanny (GBR), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist

Mullen, Michael (USA), Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Mundie, Craig J. (USA), President, Mundie & Associates LLC

Netherlands, H.M. the King of the (NLD)

Niemi, Kaius (FIN), Senior Editor-in-Chief, Helsingin Sanomat Newspaper

Núñez, Carlos (ESP), Executive Chairman, PRISA Media

O’Leary, Michael (IRL), Group CEO, Ryanair Group

Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), Chairman, TITAN Cement Group

Petraeus, David H. (USA), Chairman, KKR Global Institute

Pierrakakis, Kyriakos (GRC), Minister of Digital Governance

Pinho, Ana (PRT), President and CEO, Serralves Foundation

Pouyanné, Patrick (FRA), Chairman and CEO, TotalEnergies SE

Rachman, Gideon (GBR), Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times

Raimondo, Gina M. (USA), Secretary of Commerce

Reksten Skaugen, Grace (NOR), Board Member, Investor AB

Rende, Mithat (TUR), Member of the Board, TSKB

Reynders, Didier (INT), European Commissioner for Justice

Rutte, Mark (NLD), Prime Minister

Salvi, Diogo (PRT), Co-Founder and CEO, TIMWE

Sawers, John (GBR), Executive Chairman, Newbridge Advisory Ltd.

Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Schinas, Margaritis (INT), Vice President, European Commission

Schmidt, Eric E. (USA), Former CEO and Chairman, Google LLC

Scott, Kevin (USA), CTO, Microsoft Corporation

Sebastião, Nuno (PRT), CEO, Feedzai

Sedwill, Mark (GBR), Chairman, Atlantic Futures Forum

Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), MEP, European Parliament

Sinema, Kyrsten (USA), Senator

Starace, Francesco (ITA), CEO, Enel S.p.A.

Stelzenmüller, Constanze (DEU), Fritz Stern Chair, The Brookings Institution

Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, NATO

Straeten, Tinne Van der (BEL), Minister for Energy

Suleyman, Mustafa (GBR), CEO, Inflection AI

Sullivan, Jake (USA), Director, National Security Council

Tellis, Ashley J. (USA), Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs, Carnegie Endowment

Thiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital LLC

Treichl, Andreas (AUT), President, Chairman ERSTE Foundation

Tugendhat, Tom (GBR), MP; Chair Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons

Veremis, Markos (GRC), Co-Founder and Chairman, Upstream

Vitrenko, Yuriy (UKR), CEO, Naftogaz

Wallander, Celeste (USA), Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

Wallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chair, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB

Walmsley, Emma (GBR), CEO, GlaxoSmithKline plc

Wennink, Peter (NLD), President and CEO, ASML Holding NV

Yetkin, Murat (TUR), Journalist/Writer, YetkinReport

Yurdakul, Afsin (TUR), Journalist, Habertürk News Network

Watching Top Gun Maverick, Starring Tom Cruise In Cody Wyoming

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Watching Top Gun Maverick, Starring Tom Cruise In Cody Wyoming

Just came home from the theatre. Here I am at 12:43 AM on Tuesday morning processing the new blockbuster movie, Top Gun: Maverick, starring Tom Cruise. He is very good at looking very good. Who needs to act well, when one has those deltoids and lots of beef cake shots? It works. The story is a well taken, over-the-top, Hollywood grandstanding fairytale. Most of it is halfway believable. It is stunning from the standpoint of the visual. And the, keep you on the edge of your seat, nail-biting, elevated heart rate suspense is provided in spades as well as the comic relief and the surprises. So why am I feeling like I need to write this down right now? Because there is fundamental stuff here that if I don’t write it down now, it will keep me awake for what’s left of the night.

Did I walk out of this film with the inspiration and patriotism that everyone else has had that has seen it? Sure. Did I feel good about my country’s military superiority in the face of our enemies? You bet.

But do I believe it?

What we have witnessed in the past one and a half years in lack of leadership in this country, this state, and this county is beyond the ability of the fairytale tellers in Hollywood to make up. The optimism of four years ago that has crashed into unbelievable chaos today could never have been foreseen. It was a perfect storm of a plandemic that paralyzed the free world and a fraudulent US election that crippled a nation. Swept under the carpet by 99% of our national, state, and local authorities who have all watched, and said nothing, as the Emperor marches down the street with no clothes. Our chief executive does not know where he is nor what day it is. Our governor thinks leadership is a thing driven by the winds of moderation and safety. Wyoming’s secretary of state, county clerks, and our own county commissioners hide behind statues and double-speak rather than face real issues of voting machines that no one trusts.

Obama started to transform our military by quietly removing almost all of the reliable and competent officer corps. Biden has appointed the first transgender, whatever “she” is, admiral to the Navy’s U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Doesn’t that send an encouraging message to our sailors? There is no communication between our military’s high command.

Do I paint a correct picture, or do I exaggerate?

So do I feel proud of the rank and file of our Navy pilots, sailors, boots on the ground GI’s and Marines, and the American public?

Yes, I do.

Whether Hollywood knows it or not, and I really don’t care what they think, it has given us another reason to hope. And hope is like water in the dessert. It has demonstrated, once again, that American Exceptionalism and character are alive and well in its most sacred of qualities, rugged individualism. One person can make a difference. And, you know, lots of one persons can make lots of differences. So take courage America, when you watch this movie.

Do not go home after and think…” just do.”

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