Planning for The Grand Teton/Yellowstone Trip
I am in the planning stages for a trip west from Northwestern Pennsylvania in the summer of 2015. Route will be out to South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and back. Idea is to see the Badlands in South ...
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1: Google. But, if you have a smart phone, get the passportamerica app, the gas buddy app, the flying j app, and the national parks app. They are all free.
2: good sam and the emergency assistance that is part of my car insurance.
3: that is way more than we carried. But, if you plan on doing laundry, a couple of rolls of quarters make it easier.
I could spend a week in badlands and have spent 3 days at a time there. But we like to wander around by foot or 4 wheel drive.
If you have the chance, traveling in either direction, you should stop at Teddy Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. Absolutely beautiful. And way less crowded than Custer, Yellowstone, Tetons, Rushmore, etc.
A week is about all I can handle of Yellowstone during season - it is way too crowded. A week or less for Grand Teton. I would take those extra 10 days or so and run up to Glacier. Definitely worth the trip, especially if you like hiking.
2: good sam and the emergency assistance that is part of my car insurance.
3: that is way more than we carried. But, if you plan on doing laundry, a couple of rolls of quarters make it easier.
I could spend a week in badlands and have spent 3 days at a time there. But we like to wander around by foot or 4 wheel drive.
If you have the chance, traveling in either direction, you should stop at Teddy Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. Absolutely beautiful. And way less crowded than Custer, Yellowstone, Tetons, Rushmore, etc.
A week is about all I can handle of Yellowstone during season - it is way too crowded. A week or less for Grand Teton. I would take those extra 10 days or so and run up to Glacier. Definitely worth the trip, especially if you like hiking.
