Looking for opinions on Flaming Gorge

pigfarmer wrote:
Busskipper, we have been living the good life for 25 years or so. Have done parts of all 50 states. Of course only 49 in the motorhomes we've had. We've been to 50 of the 59 National Parks and plan on a couple this year. We have unlimited time just have to be back home in Florida during the winter. Our kids won't let us play in the snow. What we like to do: National Parks, National Monuments, drive this beautiful country of our. Not so much strenuous hiking anymore. Great Museums, loved Cody. Rodeos. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. It is getting hard to find things we haven't done. I guess we will come into Wyoming from Montana and do Yellowstone and the Tetons again. How is Hwy 191 around Flaming Gorge and Dinosaur? Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

We are similar in History and background, my Navy time was as a youngster, Dad was Nuclear Navy Submariner, and as a kid was back and forth across the country 11-12 times before I graduated from High School, Have owned some sort of RV for 50 years. Now we home base in Maryland and try to commute between the two sons, one in Annapolis, MD one in Superior, CO.

So my guess is you enjoy the Big Picture but are still looking for a Surprise or two along the way. So if I were in Ely and wanting to have an enjoyable, although, long run to Yellowstone I'd look into these stops along the way.(if you connect the dots you will figure out the route I'd Take)

Goblin State Park
Green River State Park
Rt 128 out of Moab
Colorado National Monument
Split Mountain CG Dinosaur NM
Flaming Gorge NRA (along the South side of the Canyon)(then along the West side Marina CG)
Fossil Butte NM
Alpine Junction
Grand Teton NP
Shoshoni (Boyen State Park - long way to Yellowstone - but Beautiful and FUN)(just before you head into the Wind River Canyon there is a CG right on the River, name?)
Wind River Canyon
Hot Springs State Park, Thermopolis
Cody - Red Lodge - Chief Joseph Hwy - Beartooth(toad) - Enter the Park YNP from the North.

Now that might be a lot more than you were after but......... it took me years to find all these spots and I enjoy the drive as much or more than the destination.

Now if you are not headed to Glacier on this trip I'd be sure to time my trip so as to be in Colorado (My Favorite) during the last two weeks of September and catch THIS to be in Colorado, driving through the Passes during the Aspen Season is as good as it gets.


Hope this is something you can use on your trip, if you get back to Colorado in September, that's a whole Vacation just in itself.

Best of Luck,

Busskipper