After the Black Hills, we journeyed toward Yellowstone National Park, as all good “Westward Ho” RV families do. We stayed in the Fishing Bridge campground for two nights and generally spent most of our days driving to all the Yellowstone highlights.
We saw Old Faithful and the geysers, boiling mud pits and Mammoth Hot Springs,
Tower Falls,
and lots of wildlife! Buffalo dotted the landscape like cows, and we also saw elk, mule deer and bear. This buffalo scratched his neck on the entrance to the petrified tree.
Although Yellowstone was supposed to be our key destination, we ran into a few stumbling blocks.
Here are a few tips to help you navigate Yellowstone.
1. If you want to do the Chuckwagon at Roosevelt Lodge, try to visit Yellowstone after mid-June. It started two days after we left.
2. We weren’t able to swim in the boiling river either, because of spring runoff and rains that made the river too high. This might be a better late-summer activity.
3. If you’re driving an RV, don’t expect to do the drive-through loop at the top of Mammoth Hot Springs – you’ll have to park and walk.
4. Fishing Bridge campground, in the “RV’s with generators” section, at least, did not allow campfires and you couldn’t leave the grill out any longer than it took to cool (bears). The RV’s were parked very close together as well, so it really didn’t feel like camping at all. Check into the amenities at all the Yellowstone campgrounds before you make a reservation.
Trip West 2010 Series:
Badlands
1880’s Town -Murdo, SD
Black Hills, South Dakota
Yellowstone National Park
Family Search in Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Ghost Towns, Wyoming and California
Manzanar War Relocation Center
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
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