Yellowstone & Grand Teton next summer, from Colorado Springs

[EnzoColorado]

We live in Colorado Springs and our twins will be 4 years old next year. None of us have ever been to Yellowstone or Grand Teton before.

We can take up to two weeks for the trip. The map said it's about 11 hours drive to Colter Bay, or 13 hours to West Yellowstone. Those are awfully long days for the twins to hole up in the car seats and for us to drive though we did drive them from Raleigh to Colorado Springs in 3 days this past spring (not pulling a trailer though).

Any suggestions on routes, place to stop, base camp, and so forth for Yellowstone and the Grand Teton that are good for 4 year old kids? We love to hike but hiking range is limited to how far the kids can hike. We just got into trout fishing as well but still pretty much new at it. We also have stand up paddleboards and kayaks so calm rivers or lakes will be a bonus.

Our schedule is fairly flexible. We pretty much can go any time next year. Is it better to go early to avoid the crowd but potentially run into bad weather? Again, we don't know the area at all.

Thanks ahead for suggestions.

[Two_Hands]

We recommend Fishing Bridge RV Campground, full hookups and inside the park, for Yellowstone and the Colter Bay RV Campground, also in the park with full hookups. Make reservations for both campgrounds now. Our kids were just a tad older for their first trips to these beautiful parks. They complained a little about the forced nature trail hikes. But now as adults they recall those trips as being the best.