West Yellowstone, United States Travel Blogs

TransAm - Day #69
Jul 12, 2007

... potatoes, but wheat (not yet amber; but matue enough to ripple in waves by the blowing wind across the acreage) as well. West Yellowstone provided our entrance to the National Park - truly a must see sight in America. It is wonderfully preserved with a ...

Morning Update!
Jun 7, 2009 (3 photos)

... we are leaning toward skipping Glacier National Park because it will save us two day of driving that we could use to see Yellowstone more thoroughly instead.  For all we know, Glacier could be mostly closed still anyway, especially with the recent snow (we ...

White water rafting
Jun 28, 2007

This morning, we drove down to 'Big Sky' to go white water rafting.  We had a great time, but it was a little 'tame' even for the kids. The scenery was beautiful, of course. We did get a few 'class 3' rapids, but  overall we were a little ...

Drive Back to West Yellowstone
Jun 14, 2009 (3 photos)

... park already.  :( Right now we are “boondocked” at the Baker’s Hole campground only three miles outside of West Yellowstone.  These USFS areas cost only $14 per night, so for the three nights we plan on staying it will cost the ...

Yellowstone National Park
Aug 4, 2008 (39 photos)

... ), ça vaut la peine même si la montée est pénible..l'oncle Tom n'a pas encore installé un ascenseur. Troisième jour: on quitte West Yellowstone après une visite au Family Medicl Center avec Héléna, souffrante (mal de gorge, rhume) mais je lui laisse vous ...

Yellowstone National Park
Oct 5, 2009 (119 photos)

Yellowstone rocks! So was cooles haben wir noch selten gesehen...Wir haben heute erst einen kleinen Teil des Parkes besucht und sind bereits riesige Fans. Unglaublich, was die Natur hier zeigt. Man koennte stundenlang einfach dastehen und zusehen...und es ...

Yellowstone National Park - Day 1
Jun 6, 2009 (50 photos)

... the evening to hang around the world's most well known geyser.  However, we were so impressed with the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (do NOT miss clicking on this link!!) that we spent probably 90% of our day driving to and walking around the many overlooks ...

Animal Magic
Jun 17, 2009

... least 2000m above sea level – the same as some of the higher European ski resorts.   On our way out of the park to West Yellowstone, traffic was halted for a bald eagle posing on a dead tree – He probably settles there at about 6 o’clock ...

The Rockies and Yellowstone
May 30, 2008 (138 photos)

... of buffalo, elk, a tottie peedie squirrel like thing, marmot, hot springs, geysers, waterfalls, mountains and rivers. We're in West Yellowstone tonight and it's nice here so we're going to stay 2 nights. The people are still as friendly as ever and ...

Kelly's B-day
Jun 25, 2007

... day and we ventured out a little, but tomorrow we start exploring the park. After breakfast, we went to the IMAX movie, "Yellowstone." Kelly took the boys to a bear and wolf exhibit afterwards while I went to workout. Later in the day they went back to ...

Day 23 - Lowman to Yellowstone National Park
Sep 12, 2008 (17 photos)

... where TV was invented (funny, but after 3 weeks we are not missing the thing at all!) and eventually into Montana and West Yellowstone, where we met our first Park Ranger (tomorrow it should be Yogi and Boo Boo).   Another long day driving, but ...

KOA to Rustic Wagon RV - Our trip thru Yellowstone
Jun 10, 2009 (11 photos)

... told us not to worry - as he chomped the cookie in two! As we made our way through the park – destination West Yellowstone – we stopped every couple of miles to take a photo of another astounding view…the lake, the bluffs, the thermals, ...

West Yellowstone Rodeo & Fishing (or casting)
Aug 15, 2008

Caught the very real rodeo outside of West Yellowstone.  There is no way those guys can get insurance for that sport!  Paul also paid a lot of money to float down a river and cast a lot.  Some call it fishing, but on that day it was all ...

Yellowstone Nationalpark
Aug 2, 2008 (10 photos)

Yellowstone Nationalpark Wir haben Idaho Falls in aller Fruehe verlassen, um moeglichst rasch in West Yellowstone einzutreffen und ein Zimmer zu suchen. Unsere Suche war schon nach kurzem von Erfolg gekroent, allerdings waren bis zum Abend hin praktisch ...

Red Lodge, MT to West Yellowstone, MT
May 24, 2007 (20 photos)

... said "Rough Road - next 7 miles." Crap - gravel road, snow, mud . . . but wait it gets worse . . . A mile into Yellowstone, driving 20 mph, I'm stopped. The road was down to one lane with a pilot car taking cars though and I had just missed the last car ...

BEAR WORLD!!!! :) :) :)
Jun 5, 2009 (13 photos)

... been wondering if there may be a demand for "Yosemite Bear World" located in Lee Vining....  ;)    From there we were on to West Yellowstone to stay at the Grizzly RV Park.  The place got a ton of good reviews from other travelers on Trip Advisor and when we ...

What a ride
May 28, 2005

... topped mountains.. Really nice... So I'm now about 5400 miles from the start and spending the night here at the entrance of Yellowstone. Plan to do that tomorrow and then move east to get away from the tourist area.. Saw the best named river/creek ...

On to Yellowstone
Jun 24, 2007

... eat. There was a beautiful historic neighborhood with some amazing old homes. It took us almost two hours to get to West Yellowstone. The whole drive was beautiful, but when you get into Yellowstone, it's just amazing. Between the rolling rivers, ...

Yellowstone
Jun 27, 2007

... 2 million acres is unbelievable. It was great to see them and we're going to try to get together for dinner while we're in West Yellowstone. This evening we came back to the park for dinner. We went for a walk and stopped to talk to some folks we met ...

West Yellowstone, Montana
Jun 4, 1992 (24 photos)

... years between eruptions. South of Norris (7484') dark was approaching. I headed west through Madison to the park entrance at West Yellowstone, where I stayed the night. West Yellowstone was a fairly large town for this part of the country. It has only ...

Yellowstone
Jun 27, 2007

... car and headed back into the park. Today, we were hunting for a shot(picture) of some bear as well as the 'Grand Canyon' of Yellowstone and the falls. It turned out to be a pretty overcast day, but we covered some ground. We saw several more geysers, hot ...

Yellowstone the beautiful.
Jun 28, 2007 (45 photos)

... to enjoy.  Just today there was a fair sized fire just outside the Park heading in the general direction of the township of West Yellowstone.   As I said, Yellowstone is the most abused National Park in the system.  I don't know that for ...

The Yellowstone Round-Up
May 27, 2007 (20 photos)

... around Bob and Betty where laughing. They'd seen me pull in and thought they'd have some fun. A few final thoughts on Yellowstone: Geysers in general: A feast for the senses and if you have gas, no one will notice. The sulfur and other noxious ...

Yellowstone - Pictures from May 24th and 25th
May 26, 2007 (29 photos)

... to see and do - it just means you have to plan your day in advance a bit more closely. Overall, I've found Yellowstone to be incredible - it's wildness a bit frightening and beauty boundless. It makes you want to break out in song, "America the ...

5 States and a Flaming Gorge
Aug 12, 2008 (5 photos)

... 700+ miles and none of it on a freeway. Started in Edwards, CO and went north to Steamboat Springs, then west to Utah. Visited the Dinosaur National Monument, and then traveled northwest to Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. Beautiful ride. While ...

trippin
Jun 16, 2008

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Trip to West Yellowstone
Aug 19, 2008 (5 photos)

... have wrong exit numbers on them beware).  Kids went swimming in hotel pool.  Headed North on I-15 toward West Yellowstone.  Fairly uneventful trip stopped in Pocotello for lunch.  Arrived in West Yellowstone area at about 6:00pm and ...

A short day
May 7, 2009

... ?  YOu bet I am. But enough of that self indulgent non-travel stuff... Then, we were on our way towards West Yellowstone, Montana.  A short drive.  Probably one of the shortest on our journey.  Not a very eventful drive either - ...

Sights and Smells
May 9, 2009

... sure the service stations will remain open after 6.00pm and we almost certainly do not have enough to get back to West Yellowstone.  Feeling very guilty.  Feeling very blond(e). The snow covered walkways make slow going of the trail around ...

Day 84 Yellowstone National Park
Jul 30, 2008 (6 photos)

... depending on the choice each made. We planned to continue our circle of the Lower segment of the Park and back to West Yellowstone. This proved to be a bigger challenge than we could handle, we viewed another geyser/hot pool area near Lake Yellowstone ...