wyoming trip

[cthatcher]

We are planning a trip to Wyoming. Plan to take about 1 month to see everything we can. Have kind of picked Yellowstone Valley Inn and RV camp. They told me this rv camp could be used as a base camp to see cody and on to see Yellowstone park. He said a 5 to 7 days would allow us plenty of time to see the sights. Then we were planning on going to Jackson. He said we could hit Old Faithful area on the way to Jackson. I am having difficulties finding a campground that offers all we want in Jackson. Have 34 foot camper, want wifi, pets, full hook up.
Any suggestions from anyone for campground or suggestions for our itinary.

connie

[sdianel_-acct_c]

Yellowstone Valley Inn is between Cody and Yellowstone. Very convenient. Not a fancy park but they do have level pull thrus. If you want 50 amp be sure to ask for it. They do not have cable TV. I would suggest reservations. They fill up pretty fast. we saw everything we wanted to see in 3 days, however we are not hikers. 5-7 days for Yellowstone and Cody should be fine.

[ReneeG]

Two Hands wrote:
Colter Bay Village RV Park in Grand Tetons National Park and not far from Jackson. Full hookups in a very nice setting. Have a great trip.

I agree. You won't feel like you're in an RV park. Make your reservation now though because they are popular. Nice thing about Colter Bay is that there is a village within walking distance and a museum at the visitor center. There's a gift shop, a mini-mart, Laundromat, two restaurants, and ticket office for horse back rides or the boat across the lake.

[Dick_B]

Stop at the fish farm on the way between Coulter and Jackson. BTW you can do Jackson (the town, not the area) in about an hour including lunch.

[Neecies]

Connie, we just did Jackson and Yellowstone this past July. Two things pop into mind when reading your question.

One, in Jackson, the only good park is The Virginian. The bathrooms can use some updating (considering the nightly price), but they're more than serviceable and it's otherwise an extremely well-run park on the edge of prime downtown where it's an easy walk to restaurants or the free shuttle buses.

Two, we allowed three days for Yellowstone but that really wasn't enough (we spent every day driving, looking, enjoying) and we added a few more once there. You just can't see it all in a day or even three. And we were staying in the Park the whole time, part dry-camping and part with full hookups at Fishing Bridge. We just mapquested it, and the distance from your Valley place to Fishing Bridge (near the East entrance you'll be coming in from) is 58 miles, meaning you have an hours drive each way just getting started. I can understand why the guy who manages the Valley place would sell it as a good base camp, but for me personally that's way too much covering the same ground over and over.

[Two_Hands]

Colter Bay Village RV Park in Grand Tetons National Park and not far from Jackson. Full hookups in a very nice setting. Have a great trip.