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Re: I 15 thru Salt Lake City
There's a rest stop in southern ID on I-15 in the lava fields. If you stop, there is a walking path that takes you through "Hell's Half Acre". It is a great leg stretch and interesting info to boot. Also, in northern Utah on I-15, I recommend you stop at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge on the exit for Forest St. You can see the VC from the HWY. Great birding, and lovely VC. VC closes at 5, but birding auto tour is open dawn to dusk.201Views0likes0CommentsRe: Route from Florida to Yellowstone last week in Sept
Good advice AZDRY. I can recommend gassing up at the Sinclair on Madison St. in West Yellowstone before entering the park. Pull up between the pumps, and not on the inside or outside lane. Then, when you're ready to leave, you're tank is full and ready to go. Plenty of room under the gas canopy. No worries.872Views0likes0Comments- 244Views0likes0Comments
Re: Route from Florida to Yellowstone last week in Sept
Hi! We have the same set up, and we have been traveling back and forth from AZ & IN to Yellowstone for 4 years. We work here during the summers! So, while we haven't traveled here from the SE, I would still recommend either coming from I 10 through Nevada and up I 15 all the way through UT & ID, and then take HWY 20 at exit 19 in Idaho Falls all the way to the west gate of the park in West Yellowstone. Madison CG is about 14 miles from the west gate. If you go north before NV, I would get up to I 80 at least in NE, and take it all the way through Wyoming to get to I 15 in Utah and then up from there. These aren't the quickest ways, but they keep you near diesel truck stops and off of winding mountain roads. I 40 is another possibility, if you choose this, I would recommend taking it through Kingman and then going over the Hoover Dam and connecting up with I 15 that way. The more travel time you allow yourself, the less stressful the trip! The weather out west is still mild in September unless you're at high elevation. The Park averages 8000 feet elev. and we can have snow any day of the year. (we don't usually, but the opportunity is there) You won't need to winterize, but I would recommend an electric water hose like pirit or heat tape for the water hose. If it does get into freezing temps at night, just don't connect the sewer, and pull the hose out to dump as needed. Madison doesn't have hookups, so you won't have to worry about that there. Hope this helps. - Lori873Views0likes0CommentsRe: Yellowstone National Park store prices
I've visited the parks multiple times per year since 2009. I agree with CloudDriver, and would stock the larder in Billings. Supplies of every kind are more expensive both inside the parks and in the gateway communities. Especially produce and gasoline. The price per banana in the park last year was 79 cents! The parks are huge, and require a lot of driving to enjoy. Keep in mind that the top speed in YNP is 45 mph with many spots of lower speed limits. Plus, the inevitable traffic jams for wildlife sightings will occur, and there are spots of road construction as well. The gas is much more expensive within YNP, but you will need to purchase while inside the park. I would budget for that. Alcohol prices within the park are not bad compared to outside.. so waiting to get some in the park won't break the bank. At Flagg ranch, you will still be very far from a reasonably priced grocery. The closest will be on the south side of Jackson at a Smith's like mentioned previously. This will take the better part of 1.25 hours one way to get to. If you're on a grocery run, take the quicker path around the Tetons outer loop that will take you through the Moran entrance in order to remain on the HWY. Finally, a friendly reminder that YNP requires barbless hooks for fishing anywhere in the park, and you will need a park permit to fish.645Views0likes0CommentsRe: GPS specific for RV's
I have the Rand McNally app for the iPad. I cannot recommend this. It sent me through a busy business/strip mall in Tuscon only to send me to a NO LEFT TURN intersection to turn left at. Going past the intersection left me no opportunities to U-Turn and to smaller and smaller roads. I ended up unhooking the towed and turning around in a small housing community. Then I find out that there was a direct RV-friendly route straight to my CG from the HWY that I was on originally if we would have stayed on it 8 more miles. The app also thinks I am "off-roading" it quite a bit during a highway trek. If I have to use a mapping unit plus a GPS... the GPS is not worth it to me. These aren't isolated events. All too often it sent me on routes that aren't RV-friendly and I feel that I need to always back up this app with other mapping programs in order to verify that we won't be stranded without options.455Views0likes0Comments
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