acritzer wrote:
Rangerman40 wrote:
acritzer wrote:
Is Fishing Bridge the site that says "no soft side camping"...because of the bears? I teased my wife about that detail!
That's the place!! I saw a few Brown Bears in the vicinity when we were there!! It really is the most convenient campground for Yellowstone. Lots of people will tell you to stay in West Yellowstone, but the amount of driving in and out every day is just not worth it. When planning your trip realize it takes a good 5 days to properly explore the Black Hills area, and I'd say a minimum of 4 just to hit all the hot spots and complete the loop in Yellowstone.
Thanks! We're planning to sit down soon and really get planning. I want to make sure we cover all of the must sees. Thankfully we should have 2-3 weeks if we really want to.
Any suggestions on a stopping point 1/2 from here to there? Driving with the kids, I probably won't want to do much more than 8 hrs. a day.
Leaving from Dayton and hopping directly on 70 at around midnight on a Friday night I stopped just over the border outside of Danville IL on 74 at a rest stop for the night. The next day we started fairly early and I stayed on 74 until I hit 80 west and stayed on there to just outside Omaha where I hopped on 29 and on up to 90. That day I made it to another rest stop on 90 somewhere near White Lake SD. The next day we enjoyed the drive and rolled into Custer State Park in the early afternoon. That second day was a bit of a bear. I think I drove like 14hrs that day with two kids under 5.... unfortunately I only get so much vacation a year so I had to make the drive count. Luckily for me I don't mind driving all day. I missed a few things on the drive out I would have like to have seen like The Bridges of Madison County, Amana, and the Corn Palace in Mitchell SD.
Just a side note, but somewhere out on 29 the speed limit goes up to 80 for the rest of the way and it feels like you are the slow guy in the Indy 500.
