Cody to Yellowstone

The drive from Cody, WY to Yellowstone NP is about 53 miles but it is a beautiful, scenic drive. Not far from Cody you enter the Shoshone National Forest and follow the Shoshone River almost into the park. Towering rock cliffs surround you at points then everything opens up to meadows with fly fishers lining the banks of the river before you climb back into the rock lined passage.

Several campgrounds are available within the Forest offering a variety of amenities. Drinking water and pit toilets are usually available but no showers or dump stations.  I'm sure they are used a lot by those who fish and hunt the area but they're a bit far away from Yellowstone.

I didn't make opportunity to take a lot of pictures along the drive but this guy did catch my eye

 

and here's a view of the Shoshone River and the canyon it has carved.