Yellowstone/GTNP: move or stay put?
We are planning a summer 2016 Grand Teton NP and Yellowstone NP for a family of four with kids 10 and 7. This would be our first trip to these parks. Our understanding is that these parks are huge...
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ReneeG wrote:
With four kids, I'd try to get a place with hookups. Fishing Bridge in Yellowstone and Colter Bay (the RV hookup side) for GTNP would be my choice.
We just did exactly this the past two weeks. Coulter Bay RV Park is nice (yes sites are close but not that bad). Safe for kids to ride bikes. We loved it!
Fishing Bridge is crowded & sites back to back but we were out sightseeing everyday until after dark so it really doesn't matter. We went to West Yellowstone this past Friday. We went out of YNP close to noon & could not believe the line of cars we met before we got out of the park. It was a line probably 3 miles long of stopped vehicles & there were no animals to see...the # of cars, trrucks, RVs, etc were just too much. There were still tons of vehicles waiting at the west park entrance three lanes wide waiting to get in! I would not plan on staying in West Yellowstone area unless you could enter the park EXTREMELY early. Fishing Bridge is more of a central location from which you can take trips to the different areas of the park. Just know that you will do lots of driving..be sure your kids understand that.
