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Family Trip To Yellowstone & Grand Teton
The first week of July finally felt like summer! Michael had the week off work and my brother and his family came out to visit us and experience the magic of Yellowstone and the Tetons. This was part of an epic 3-week trip that my sis-in-law planned for them. Our niece graduated high school and our nephew graduated elementary school so this was the perfect time and I know a lot of memories were made! I completely forgot to get photos of our campsites but we spent 3 nights at Yellowstone Grizzly RV Park in West Yellowstone, Montana, and 3 nights at Fireside Resort in Jackson, WY, and were within…
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Cody From Cody, WY
We decided to make the big 570-mile move from Dillon, CO to Cody, WY in 2 days, spending Saturday night at Riverside City Park in Douglas for free. Several states, mostly in the plains, offer free camping in city parks for travelers which is very appreciated. And on Sunday, we settled into a nice lakefront water/electric site at Buffalo Bill State Park for 2 weeks. We came to Cody for a few reasons. First, we wanted to be hanging out near Yellowstone because my brother and family were coming out to visit us!! Also, we wanted to do a couple of scenic drives in the area as well as go…
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Grand Teton National Park
Grand Teton is just south of Yellowstone so obviously, we headed there next. It was pretty much a “love at first sight” kind of experience. The Tetons are one of the youngest mountain ranges in the world, with jagged peaks and no foothills to obstruct the view from the Jackson Hole Valley. Add in the meandering Snake River and you have Ansel Adams material… Our campground, Gros Ventre (pronounced grow vont), was at the southern end of the park, just 15 miles from the town of Jackson, WY. If you asked us what was most memorable about our week here, we’d both say moose! We’ve been on the lookout for…
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Yellowstone Staycation
We started planning our 10-day Yellowstone vacation over a year ago so that we could get reservations to stay inside the park. Michael took time off work and we were calling it our Yellowstone vacation until he said “Wait, isn’t this our Yellowstone staycation since we live here?” There are 12 campgrounds, but a 30 ft travel trailer pushes the size limit of how many campsites actually fit us, so planning ahead was key. Originally, we were splitting our time between 3 campgrounds, Mammoth (north entrance), Madison (west entrance), and Fishing Bridge (east entrance). Sadly, Yellowstone suffered major flood damage in the northern loop earlier this year and those entrances…
