Yellowstone/Tetons Summer of 2014 help
We are planning on doing Yellowstone/Tetons for our summer of 2014 vacation. We have 2 weeks and we're driving from the Seattle WA area with 30ft TT. I keep putting off doing any research or plann...
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4runnerguy wrote:
you'll get stuck in "buffalo jams" from time to time, often for an hour, esp. in the evening. The line at the West Yellowstone entrance can get to be quite long in the mornings.
Photo of the line coming into Yellowstone in the morning, taken on an ill advised morning trip to West Yellowstone from Madison, went on for more than a mile.
Those 14 miles from West Yellowstone to the main loop at Madison may seem minor, but you'll encounter significant traffic unless you enter the park very early and come back after dusk.
4runnerguy and I advocate staying in the park, at one of the many campgrounds without hook ups. Being in the park more than makes up for the loss of hookups. I generally book a few nights at Madison, then pullup and go to other first come sites from then on.
But I won't argue with folks who like staying outside for the hookups, as it opens up more spots inside.
