Mapping out our trip to Yellowstone - help
The wife and I are making plans for our first trip out West next June. The first try at the itinerary is shown below. We plan on making reservations at Yellowstone and Custer. Not sure where to stay i...
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When I go on a camping trip, I personally don't like to make reservations.......but that is just me. I like to have a general idea where I want to go and then be driven by my interest along the way....kind of a magical mystery tour.
I think your trip, however, is going be during peak vacation season, and next year will probably be a heavy season for Yellowstone because gas prices are relatively low.
Maybe make reservations for a couple of days in the middle of your planned time to be there, and then you will have more flexibility if you want to hang out somewhere else longer.
I have been to Yellowstone 3 times in the last 35 years, and each trip I have approached it differently. The first time, when I was younger, I pretty much drove straight thru because....there were just too many people there too suit me. I saw a little sign south of Yellowstone in the Tetons indicating a hot springs and campground.....drove back in there and ended up just pulling my popup camper up next to a stream and hiking around in the Tetons for a week.....one of the best vacations I ever took.....The Tetons are beautiful mountains.
I did make reservations for 2 nights one other time, and had to cut short some other things I was interested in.
I have more fun remaining flexible......other people have more fun on a schedule......The drive across South Dakota has a million tourist traps, 5 million billboards.....1/2 of them are for Wall Drug. I remember seeing one billboard saying ....Stop here for a life changing experience.....I kept right on going...The first time I went out there, I refused to stop at any of the tourist traps. When I went back later with family I was out voted and had to experience a few.....Of course if you go to Wall Drug, you will be able to see the infamous jackalope.
I think your trip, however, is going be during peak vacation season, and next year will probably be a heavy season for Yellowstone because gas prices are relatively low.
Maybe make reservations for a couple of days in the middle of your planned time to be there, and then you will have more flexibility if you want to hang out somewhere else longer.
I have been to Yellowstone 3 times in the last 35 years, and each trip I have approached it differently. The first time, when I was younger, I pretty much drove straight thru because....there were just too many people there too suit me. I saw a little sign south of Yellowstone in the Tetons indicating a hot springs and campground.....drove back in there and ended up just pulling my popup camper up next to a stream and hiking around in the Tetons for a week.....one of the best vacations I ever took.....The Tetons are beautiful mountains.
I did make reservations for 2 nights one other time, and had to cut short some other things I was interested in.
I have more fun remaining flexible......other people have more fun on a schedule......The drive across South Dakota has a million tourist traps, 5 million billboards.....1/2 of them are for Wall Drug. I remember seeing one billboard saying ....Stop here for a life changing experience.....I kept right on going...The first time I went out there, I refused to stop at any of the tourist traps. When I went back later with family I was out voted and had to experience a few.....Of course if you go to Wall Drug, you will be able to see the infamous jackalope.
