Yellowstone in September
we are planning to come to Yellowstone from the north near the middle of September. We will likely come through Clark Fork Idaho, and make our way to the Western Entrance, then go down to the Tetons ...
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Never Entered via the West Entrance, nor have been there in September. A Little of What I have on Yellowstone & Tetons.
If close to Great Falls, MT: C.M. Russell Museum -Really neat if you like Western Art - HIstory. It was why I wanted to go. http://cmrussell.org/
Just across the border from Montana in North Dakota: Theodore Roosevelt Nat'l Park -Great Place to see Bison and Western Landscapes. But a somewhat out of the way detour. http://www.nps.gov/thro/index.htm
If you use US 89 in Montana to get to Glacier, they have a city park with camping at Choteau which is about 105 miles from the east entrance at St Mary's and 140 miles to West Glarier. We stayed at it, I believe, in '97, but do not remember a creek. We stayed in a city park, in the town, not sure if it is the same town. Looks about right on the map. http://www.freecampgrounds.com/detail.aspx?id=257
Glacier & Waterton Parks are really neat. Going-to-the-Sun Road a neat drive.
Near the US Border in the Waterton Nat'l Park (Glacier Nat'l PK in US) area:
Fort Macleod, Alberta, the first RCMP made an appearence.
It was in the general area of a neat site, :C Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. Really neat place to see. http://history.alberta.ca/headsmashedin/
Ft. Macleod was interesting http://www.fortmacleod.com/visiting/
Check the Other Government of Alberta History and Heritage Links in the above site^.
Banff & Lake Louise has a lot of neat sites & sights to see.
North of Banff: There is a hot spring resort in the Jasper area, very nice. Hot Springs
:C The ride onto the icefields between Jasper & Baniff is really neat. Icefield
We did a day trip to the Icefields from Banff in '86.
We drove the Trans-Canada Hwy 1 W from Banff to Kamloops, where we took Route 5 down to Hope; where joined the Trans-Canada Hwy 1 W again. But that was in 1986. It was called the Kamloops Toll-road then, or something like that. It had just opened. We got a pumper sticker. Ha!
We drove up from Hope on it in 1997 & it wasn't a toll road anymore. But we went to Jasper before going to Banff.
Route from Banff to Kamloops was very scenic I remember. Many places to stop & view the Trains & Tunnels.
The two times we have visited there, we used two of the campgrounds in The Banff National Park can't recall the names (not walking to Banff close). One was on a lake, we had a canoe with us at the time. And one in Jasper (only been there once). Also one in Waterton (the Town Site CG).
If close to Great Falls, MT: C.M. Russell Museum -Really neat if you like Western Art - HIstory. It was why I wanted to go. http://cmrussell.org/
Just across the border from Montana in North Dakota: Theodore Roosevelt Nat'l Park -Great Place to see Bison and Western Landscapes. But a somewhat out of the way detour. http://www.nps.gov/thro/index.htm
If you use US 89 in Montana to get to Glacier, they have a city park with camping at Choteau which is about 105 miles from the east entrance at St Mary's and 140 miles to West Glarier. We stayed at it, I believe, in '97, but do not remember a creek. We stayed in a city park, in the town, not sure if it is the same town. Looks about right on the map. http://www.freecampgrounds.com/detail.aspx?id=257
Glacier & Waterton Parks are really neat. Going-to-the-Sun Road a neat drive.
Near the US Border in the Waterton Nat'l Park (Glacier Nat'l PK in US) area:
Fort Macleod, Alberta, the first RCMP made an appearence.
It was in the general area of a neat site, :C Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. Really neat place to see. http://history.alberta.ca/headsmashedin/
Ft. Macleod was interesting http://www.fortmacleod.com/visiting/
Check the Other Government of Alberta History and Heritage Links in the above site^.
Banff & Lake Louise has a lot of neat sites & sights to see.
North of Banff: There is a hot spring resort in the Jasper area, very nice. Hot Springs
:C The ride onto the icefields between Jasper & Baniff is really neat. Icefield
We did a day trip to the Icefields from Banff in '86.
We drove the Trans-Canada Hwy 1 W from Banff to Kamloops, where we took Route 5 down to Hope; where joined the Trans-Canada Hwy 1 W again. But that was in 1986. It was called the Kamloops Toll-road then, or something like that. It had just opened. We got a pumper sticker. Ha!
We drove up from Hope on it in 1997 & it wasn't a toll road anymore. But we went to Jasper before going to Banff.
Route from Banff to Kamloops was very scenic I remember. Many places to stop & view the Trains & Tunnels.
The two times we have visited there, we used two of the campgrounds in The Banff National Park can't recall the names (not walking to Banff close). One was on a lake, we had a canoe with us at the time. And one in Jasper (only been there once). Also one in Waterton (the Town Site CG).
