Re: O.T. Wyoming Roads

Posted by KEB1 on July 19, 2012 at 21:22:30 from (71.218.185.162):

In Reply to: O.T. Wyoming Roads posted by tomtirediron on July 19, 2012 at 19:33:27:

Tom,

Just came through that way less than a month ago. Spent six nights at Yellowstone, then drove through the Grand Tetons to 287, then down to Rawlins for the night before heading home to Colorado. Not much in Rawlins unless you're just looking for a place to stop for the night. On the way up we spent the night in Casper, then up through Cody to the east entrance to Yellowstone.

If you go through Casper there's a restaurant you absolutely have to take the kids to...pretty interesting for adults, too. Let me know if you're going that way & I'll dig out some pictures & the name/location.

Coming out of the Grand Tetons there was probably 10 or 20 miles of dirt road where there's a bunch of construction going on. Road was a little rough through that stretch, but perfectly passable even with a travel trailer. They were actively working on it, so not sure how much may have changed in the last month.

We were towing a 30 ft fifth wheel trailer, which meant some slow going on the dirt. Scenery was worth the stretch of dirt road, though, and it didn't take that much time...

Left the Tetons sometime after lunch, and were in Rawlins by 6:00 or so, even with the construction and a couple stops. It's all two-lane road until you hit I-80 at Rawlins, but it's was pretty much driving the speed limit the whole way.

Only problem we had was picking up a nail in one of the trailer tires somewhere along the way between the Tetons and Rawlins.

Where are you staying in the park - hope you have reservations. We were at the Fishing Bridge RV campground because it was the only one that could accommodate a 30 ft trailer. We've had that trailer for probably 10 years, and I think this is the first time we've stayed somewhere that actually had hookups.

Three days is nowhere near enough time to see all of Yellowstone, particularly with kids. You don't say how old your kids are, but there's a bunch of kid's activities around the park. We had our 5 & 7 year old grand kids with us, and ended up spending almost a full day doing all the stuff at Old Faithful, plus there's a junior range program around the park. Ask a ranger at one of the visitor centers.

Took the kids on the boat tour of the lake, which runs out of the Bridge Bay marina several times a day. You'll probably need to get tickets the day before; you can get them at the marina or at the campground entrance wherever you're staying. The boys are still talking about that, and about going fishing even though we didn't catch anything.

The park is a LOT bigger than you'd expect from just looking at a map. We put almost 500 miles on the truck in five days of just running around inside the park itself. Be prepared to do a LOT of walking. Fuel in the park itself is expensive ($4.50/gal for diesel), so I made sure to stop & fill up before going into the park.

Doesn't sound like you'll have a lot of time on the way to the park, but Wyoming is dinosaur country and there's a bunch of places to stop with kids.

Hope this helps,

Keith

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