YELLOWSTONE
It’s almost a given that anyone with an American vacation bucket list has Yellowstone
National Park in the top ten. I can enthusiastically say that it will not be a
disappointment. We just finished a 14 night stay and it took all that time just
to see the highlights. We didn’t even attempt any of the backcountry hikes.
(There’s bears out there-big ones!)
For anyone planning a visit, I would encourage making
reservations early for any of the campgrounds or lodges and boat tours of
Yellowstone Lake. There are many options both inside and outside the park for
lodging, many tour buses if you don’t want to drive and lots of other
activities like rafting if you get tired of geysers. I would also encourage a
lot of pre-planning and research. I had no idea how much driving would be
required to get from one feature to the
next.
We stayed at Fishing Bridge Campground, the only full
service campground in the park. It’s a good base for making the rounds of
Yellowstone but there are no fire rings or picnic tables. The sites are only big
enough for your camper and a vehicle and all are back-ins. It’s supposedly (we
saw nary a one) in a high traffic area for bears, so only hard sided vehicles
are allowed.
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