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From: Ted Heise <theise@panix.com>
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.rv-travel
Subject: Re: WY itinerary
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 19:04:28 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: My own, such as it is
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On Tue, 4 Mar 2025 07:50:37 -0800,
  Ralph E Lindberg <email@domain.com> wrote:
>  On 2025-03-03 19:21:05 +0000, Ted Heise said:
> 
> > Okay, starting to plan a trip to Wyoming in late May, early 
> > June. We'll be going out through Nebraska (wife has 50th HS 
> > reunion in Nebraska City), and have agreed on Devils Tower as 
> > a destination.
> > 
> > After a day or two there, I'm thinking to head over to Grand 
> > Teton and spend a day or two there.  On the map, it doesn't 
> > seem that Yellowstone is all that far, but the routing on 
> > Google maps all seems to go around into Idaho and then 
> > Montana, coming in from the north.  Any high level tips on how 
> > to approach this?  Neither of us have been to Yellowstone, so 
> > that would be a great destination. On the other hand, I'm 
> > starting to wonder if it might be biting off too much on top 
> > of the other two destinations.
> > 
> > We probably can take 2-3 weeks total, and I don't like driving 
> > much over 250 miles in a day with the trailer.
> 
>  Depending on the snow, the last roads in Yellowstone may only 
>  be opening in late May. I've seen years when the pass between 
>  Old Faithful and the Lake didn't open until early June. Check 
>  the Park web-site, assuming the staff that maintains that 
>  hasn't been laid off

I wondered about snow, seeing the terrain from mapping.  Thanks 
for the advice!

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Ted Heise      <theise@panix.com>       West Lafayette, IN, USA