Yellowstone Trip --- Sanity Check
I am planning a trip to Yellowstone (and maybe a day or so in the Tetons) arriving around June 22nd and moving on to Glaciers around June 29th were we could spend another week. These dates were chose...
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I definitely recommend staying in West Yellowstone and renting a car (or van/minivan) for your time there. Reserve ahead, both for CGs and rental vehicles, as demand could be high, even in mid-June. Hard to tell at this point whether there will be snow in Yellowstone - at least anything on the roads or parking areas (there probably will be in the highest locations) but most of the roads should be clear by the time you get there.
Note that you cannot drive a MH across Going to the Sun Road in Glacier, due to vehicle size restrictions. There is a variety of CGs on both west & east sides of the park, and there are shuttles to various points for hiking or visiting lodges, plus the Red Bus tour (which needs to be reserved ahead of time) - roundtrip should be somewhere around $70-80/person for the tour.
If you have dogs, you can't take them on the red buses that I know of, and it is NOT recommended (and in many cases not allowed) to take them on trails with you in either park. You will be needing to leave them in the camper. For that reason, you will need a CG with hookups, which rules out the NPS CGs. For Yellowstone, I recommend Grizzly RV in West Yellowstone; there are several other choices there as well which are decent. Check rvparkreviews for other suggestions for Yellowstone & Glacier areas.
Note that you cannot drive a MH across Going to the Sun Road in Glacier, due to vehicle size restrictions. There is a variety of CGs on both west & east sides of the park, and there are shuttles to various points for hiking or visiting lodges, plus the Red Bus tour (which needs to be reserved ahead of time) - roundtrip should be somewhere around $70-80/person for the tour.
If you have dogs, you can't take them on the red buses that I know of, and it is NOT recommended (and in many cases not allowed) to take them on trails with you in either park. You will be needing to leave them in the camper. For that reason, you will need a CG with hookups, which rules out the NPS CGs. For Yellowstone, I recommend Grizzly RV in West Yellowstone; there are several other choices there as well which are decent. Check rvparkreviews for other suggestions for Yellowstone & Glacier areas.
