Sky’s the Limit Tours

04/08/2025

We are getting excited for the summer season and wanted to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude to our incredible team of returning guides!

Mike (photos 1 & 4) came to Yellowstone in ‘74 and never left. He has hiked far more miles in Yellowstone than the rest of our team combined.

Clara (photo 2, right) was born and raised in Montana by a couple of biology professors, her upbringing could be described as one giant science field trip 🪲

Jake (photo 3) has an impressive film portfolio and you can find his work featured in a long list of documentaries, including several with big names like National Geographic!

We could go on and on bragging about these fantastic individuals all day! Don’t just let us tell you how great they are, book a tour with us to find out for yourself!

01/18/2025

On Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, we remember the legacy of black leaders in Yellowstone National Park. Although never based in Yellowstone National Park, Buffalo Soldiers (cue the Bob Marley song) had a profound and lasting impact on the early national parks. Serving under perhaps the first Black officer, Charles Young, they were rangers and interpreters in places like Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks.

Where did the name Buffalo Soldier come from?

According to the National Park Service, American Plains Indians who fought against these soldiers referred to the black cavalry troops as "buffalo soldiers" because of their dark, curly hair, which resembled a buffalo's coat and because of their fierce nature of fighting.

01/04/2025

As kids across the country wrap up their winter break, street crossing guards help them cross safely. Can you spot the bison that appears to check for traffic?

🎥 credit Lisa Joslyn

12/08/2024

The American Badger has a reputation for not playing well with others, but did you know badgers collaborate with coyotes to hunt?! The two animals will simultaneously dig into burrows of small rodents like voles, hoping that the rodent will look for an exit. Badgers and coyotes don't share their meal if a vole does pop out.

12/02/2024

https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/bear.htm

Grizzly and black bears are still out in Yellowstone National Park. Check out this historical look at bears in Yellowstone.

Grizzly and black bear ecology in Yellowstone

11/28/2024

Nature is abundant. I'm grateful for the diversity of wildlife, landscapes, and seasons. Hope you find joy and gratitude today Yellowstone National Park

11/18/2024

One of the most surprising facts about ravens is that they have “episodic memory." This allows them to remember human faces and other characteristics, particularly associated with an emotion or event, which leads to our next fact.

Ravens hold grudges. My guess is this raven has met this bald eagle before.

Don't believe me that ravens have these incredible abilities? National Geographic posted this article about it: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/ravens-memory-unfair-trade



Video credit to Jake Hewitt.

11/09/2024

My journey to becoming a Yellowstone Safari co-founder:

*Hiked 14,000 foot mountains on the weekends while I worked as a college teacher. Nature as leisure, pleasure, and escape.
Skill: Building my tolerance for discomfort and appreciating the journey.

*Quit my 9-5 after 10 years at Community College of Denver.
Skill: Trusting myself to take radical action even when I didn't know the whole path.

*Traveled with Tin to Colombia to learn to paraglide. 🪂 🗻
Skill: Taking concepts and applying them to real time decision making.

*Wrote digital content for Dr. Jane Goodall, other authors, and collaborated in program design for an MBA program.
Skill: Collaboration, technology application, and business concepts.

*Worked as a tour guide in Yellowstone.
Skill: Saw an opportunity for high quality and private tours.

*Co-founded Sky's the Limit Tours with my sister Kristin Bindi
Skill: Realized that marketing your own business feels very different than doing it for another business. Found success with sticking to high quality, private tours as originally envisioned.