West to East (and back) in the Bounder Bus

Finally!

Two years late, but we finally made it to Yellowstone. Yellowstone was to be the last stop on our whirlwind cross country RV trip back in the spring of 2011. Rain and issues with the RV forced us home early and we, sadly, drove past Yellowstone and went home.

Due to us deciding to head to Yellowstone in June, I made reservations way back in January for an RV park. We stayed in West Yellowstone, MT. The RV park had beautiful grounds, lots to do, it’s right in town and only four blocks from the west entrance to Yellowstone. I highly recommend Grizzly Yellowstone RV park if you decide to visit Yellowstone through the west entrance. The park also has tent camping and cabins.

This was our first trip to a major destination in high season. Oh my. The RV park was full and there were lines to get into Yellowstone every day.

The upside to going in summer is that the park was full of KIDS. The two kids that came with us were able to make some friends that didn’t have an AARP card. The downside, of course, is all the people.

We didn’t notice the crowds too much once in the park except for when we were at Old Faithful and near Mammoth, the North entrance.

It was a wonderful trip.

I took hundreds of pictures and because I’m home and not on the road, I’m going to post all of the ones I really like. Be prepared to wade through close to 70 pictures.

We spent four full days in the park. We explored the Norris basin, the Old Faithful area, West Thumb, the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and Yellowstone Lake with a short drive up to Mammoth, close to the north entrance and home to Park Headquarters.

We saw elk, moose and bison. No bear sightings though.

One last note—I DID bring Slippery Soap with us, however, I completely FORGOT about him. He spent the entire trip locked away in his Ziploc bag in the RV. Oops.