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Yellowstone Travel
Jeff Watt:
Thanks for the suggestions. I still haven't decided on the route yet, so decisions re. Campground are up in the air. I looked at the ones at West yellowstone, and decided because of our personal requirements, to use grizzly which is right in town. It is booked at $60/night plus taxes and whatever others fees they may want to charge :-/. This is for a few days later, June 26, so I have to figure out which way to get there.
In-house discussions have pointed out to me that we live only a 2 day drive from yellowstone and will be passing by it in September when going to Bak-to-the-future, so we don't have to see everything this trip.
Nevertheless I do want to see some of it; probably the north half now as in September conditions may not be as favorable.
Stan, I have been thinking of going up to around Hardin or just south to see the Little Bighorn Monument. There is the 7th ranch rv camp nearby. The park in Crow Agency doesnt look to great neither does the casino parking lot. I'm also thinking that it may be a slow process leaving gillette, so I'm not planning on getting to far on the 23.
Jeff
Jeff Watt:
Thinking of going around the top of Yellowstone, staying at West Yellowstone for 3 or so days, then travel through the park and south to the Tetons - probably won't stay in Jackson but will visit it - then continue on 26 as per Ed's suggestion (reverse). Ed, what park did you use around Moran - Grand Teton? Colter Bay? North is Flagg Ranch?
I don't think coming in the North Entrance is workable in the coach, although I gather driving to Gardiner is pretty easy.
Alternatively, we'll go to Cody, then drive through the park to West Yellowstone then south and out.
Is the road #120 from Thermopolis to Cody reasonable? Could use this if want to backtrack to cody after partially using Ed's route if I don't go through Cody on the way into West Yellowstone.
Edward Buker:
We stayed one night in Lander and one night in Dubois on the way up. Adequate parks, nothing special. I remember a private campground somewhere near Moran Junction that looked to be more open spaces without a lot of trees but we did not stay there. When in the NP area we stayed at the Grand Teton Colter Bay campground. It is a big park 300+ sites and many of the sites are large enough for a 40ft+ RV but turns were very tight and the tree trimming was a joke. I would probably not stay there again due to that. They site a policy of minimal trimming in the NP as the reason. Obviously the layout was policies were done by someone who does not RV. Really can't help on where the best place is to stay up there but I am thinking that it would be a private campground. Once we were settled at Colter Bay we did not look and did not worry about it until we had to leave the park. If you have to stay in one of the NP parks walk it first to your campsite and sort out the best route and hazards. Hope this helps.
http://www.nps.gov/grte/planyourvisit/campgrounds.htm#CP_JUMP_31270
Later Ed
Stan Simpson:
Jeff,
We have our plans finalized for after Gillette. We are staying at Yellowstone Valley about 15 miles west of Cody for a week and will use it as our base to explore the two eastern quarters of YNP. They gave us a nice weekly rate, which is still high, as you mentioned above. From there we are going to Yellowstone Holiday RV Park which is a bit west of W Yellowstone, on Hebgen Lake Rd. From there we plan to explore the two western quarters. We're leaving there and going to Teton Valley RV Park in Victor, ID which we will use for the Jackson, Grand Teton area before we leave for Cheyenne and Frontier Days.
I hope your trip goes as planned. This will be our second trip to YNP, the first to Grand Teton.
So many places to see, so little time.
Stan
Karl Welhart:
Stan,
Do you have a route from Yellowstone Holiday RV Park to Teton Valley in Victor, ID? I would not recommend going through Jackson over Teton Pass to Victor.
Karl
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