Email from friends this am. Hi from Gros Ventre campground! Just arrived here this afternoon - nice BIG campground. Both Justices & us took electric sites - pretty hot here today. We are staying here thru the weekend and leaving on Monday. May meet David and Jackie at Cheyenne if the timing works. I am looking for a place to stay for a night or two - any advice? I see there is a state park near which is a possibility.
We were to stay at Headwaters at Flagg ranch but the fire took out poles/ wires so they evacuated the whole Headwaters campus - they are closed for the season now. We got the call 3 days before that our reservations were cancelled. The south entrance in Yellowstone was closed for about a week - driving thru today we could see lots of fire damage on either side of the road. Lots of fires around Yellowstone at the moment - some very close to the road & actually up to the road just a few miles east of West Yellowstone. Smoke was very thick in the mornings. The campground here is fairly full - probably folks who were to stay at Headwaters.
Since we have cell and internet coverage we all may look to see if there is a cache or two nearby. It will be nice to have a day or so to just relax after checking out the Tetons. Won’t take as long at Yellowstone for sure. Going into Jackson for laundry duty and a few groceries in a day or so and to just snoop around the town without leaving too much money there!!