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 Gene Safarik contributed this "Yellowstone Memory"

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I first started going to Yellowstone in 1954 with my parents. Our family has been going to the park every year up to 1997 or 1998. My parents were campground hosts at Lewis lake campground for about 18 years. I started  camping at old Lewis Lake campground in 1957 when it was at the north end of the lake. Back in those days black bears were always coming into the campground  in the evening. I remember the old West Thumb Village, and while my mother cleaned clothes at the laundry, I watched many black bears walk through the campground looking for food.

The years I sent going  to Yellowstone made it my second home. My father once saved a  man canoeing on Lewis Lake be in 1976 after his boat was struck by lightning. I  still love to go to Wyoming and I well remember the peaceful times I spent  in the park. My whole family has lots of stories of life at Lewis Lake. The ranger that was posted at Lewis was Larry Newell and one of the finest persons I ever met in my life.

I like to read about  other stories peoples' Yellowstone experiences and am looking forward to going back to Yellowstone in the future.

Gene Safarik (Wichita, Kansas)
Contributed in 2001