Advice on Yellowstone

jbjuices wrote:
Would love to get advice on our trip to Yellowstone next year. We're going the middle of July and would like get advice on the following:
-Where to set up camp:
-We'll be hauling a 34' trailer

Depending on your TV size you might fit in a "back-in" slot at Canyon, but Madison's 50' spots will be your best bet.

That or the RV park at Fishing Bridge.

jbjuices wrote:
-We need a reservation site

Any place in the park that your setup will accept reservations.

jbjuices wrote:
-Don't want to camp in a parking lot

Can't do that in the park, and I don't reccommend staying outside the park. Everyone I know personally who has stayed outside the park and tried to see as much as possible, to include dusk/dawn drives has regretted it.

jbjuices wrote:
-Full hook-up would be awesome, but can settle for dry camp also

I would start training yourselves to dry camp. You will not spend as much time at the camper as you might think. Small things like LED lights, cheap ones from Amazon are doing great for us, will make a big difference.

Generators are allowed from 8am-8pm, so you might have to plan accordingly if you are gone a lot.

jbjuices wrote:
-Central location

Anything in the park where a 34' TT will fit is central.

jbjuices wrote:

-Advice on dry camping. We have never been dry camping and my kids (and us included) are used to full amenities. At the least, we would like lights, so we're planning to get a small Gen to recharge during the week.
-We want to be able to take showers in the camper, so would need to fill the tank and empty the tank. We have all the needed items to do both, including a portable water tank and external pump to transfer into our fresh water tank.
-We love fires; whether we use our portable pit or buy wood there; especially as cool as it gets
-Any additional advice on what to bring while dry camping

There are places to use small portable jugs for filling/emptying the camper fresh and gray in the campgrounds. You can also use the provided showers, which are spread thru-out the campgrounds.

Depending on your length of stay you can also tow to the dump site located at each campground and dump/refill if necessary.

I would recommenced a 2nd battery if you don't have one. If you are gone all day, which is very likely, you can fill your generator in the morning, start it and let it run out of gas. Do your neighbors a favor and get, rent or borrow, a quiet one. If all you are doing is charging batteries, no A/C or micro, then a 1000w unit is plenty.

There is also the Fishing Bridge RV park, but we aren't much for RV parks (or campgrounds) so that has never been an option for us so I cannot comment on it.