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Subject: Re: WY itinerary
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 17:16:21 -0000 (UTC)
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Mike Van Pelt <usenet@mikevanpelt.com> wrote:
> In article <slrnvsc091.il9.theise@panix2.panix.com>,
> Ted Heise  <theise@panix.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 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.  
> 
> Yellowstone is .. huge.  But if you're going to Jackson
> from Devils Tower, you might want to take the east entrance
> via Cody.  Jackson is straight south of Yellowstone, and
> actually, if you're going to Jackson from Devils Tower anyway,
> the route through Yellowstone seems best.  (Especially if you
> have a national parks pass and don't need to pay entrance fees.
> I got the geezer pass as soon as I qualified.)
> 
> Even a quickie trip through Yellowstone is worthwhile.  Check
> out a few sights that are close to your route, and don't expect
> to see everything.
> 
> Like I said ... it's huge.  Last trip, we camped at Fishing
> Bridge, which is pretty central, and spent too much time
> driving to places.  Next trip, I plan to make reservations
> a few days at several campgrounds near attractions to make
> better use of our time.
> 
> (Though Fishing Bridge is the only campground in the park
> with hookups; everywhere else is dry camping.)

Has Fishing Bridge been modernized yet? The old set up wasn’t good for much
more than a Casita <grin>


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