Jackson hole, Tetons and Yellowstone

If you are late enough in the summer, hit up boiling river for a nice swim. We were a week or two early, so no go for us. But one of our favorite memories was pulling off the road in a turn out by Firebrook and swimming with one of my girls. It was not far downstream from the hot springs (prismatic, etc) so it was reasonably warm compared to the rest of the rivers. So, we had a swim, not boiling river but good enough. šŸ˜Š
 
We went in 2019. Our favorite trip we've taken. If I could give any advice, stay at least three days in the Tetons. We stayed two nights in Teton Village and then went up to Yellowstone for 5 days. Wish we would have spent three in GTNP and four in Yellowstone. Yellowstone is amazing, definitely swim in the Firehole River also, but we didn't quite get as much time as we wanted in GTNP. Also would recommend staying multiple locations in Yellowstone. We stayed all of our nights at Mammoth, but would have been better if we spent a couple nights further south so we wouldn't have as much driving time.
 
Spent my honeymoon there a few years ago. Best trip/vacation of my life hands down. We went in mid June which seems to be just after some of the roads open up from the winter. Flowers were blooming and it was in the 60s/70s during the day.

Flew into Jackson Hole, rented a car, hiked Tetons for three days and junked around JH for three nights. Ate our first $200 dinner and it was worth every penny. Had bison burgers for lunch one day too. Moved north to Turpin Meadow Ranch in Moran for three days doing some of the Yellowstone touristy spots, horseback riding, flyfishing, hiking. Would stay there again in a heartbeat. Went north to somewhere outside Bozeman and we stayed at a wolf sanctuary/B&B. Wolves are magnificient animals and experiencing them howl at 2am 50' away is something I'll always remember. Three more days of hiking, Bozeman (great college town, great food, great beer), and wolves.

Its an expensive place but you could def do it cheaper than we did. Go, you won't regret it!!
 
trailhugger said:
There are several lodges in the park and places in West Yellowstone, as well. I found this blog post when we were planning our trip, should have good lodging info and some ideas to help you plan out your itinerary... Like was said, it'll be a haul from the east gate to Cody and back. If you're going to Glacier, honestly, you're probably not going anywhere near Cody. If you leave from West Yellowstone, head up through Missoula and then Kalispell and Whitefish to West Glacier. If you leave from Mammoth Hot Springs/Gardiner, head up through Bozeman and then up 89 and into Glacier from the east side. We went in from the east side but had to drive across the park on US 2 to get to West Glacier, since that was the only gate open last summer.



We spent 5 VERY full days in YS and still didn't see everything, only partly because the road from Canyon Village to Tower-Roosevelt was closed. My favorite sites were: Upper Geyser Basin/ Grand Geyser (definitely the best one, can be reached from Old Faithful area); picnic at Great Fountain Geyser (second favorite); hiking the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone from the lower parking lot up and back (you can drive to the top, though); Mammoth Hot Springs (elk wander town and the springs are pretty cool); Hayden and Lamont Valleys for bison (and bears/wolves, depending on time of year); West Thumb Basin...

I definitely remember seeing people on horseback near Fishing Bridge.

Pack or plan to buy a good shade hat, a sun shirt, and sunscreen. No trees grow where the dirt is boiling hot. :lol:
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We stayed in whitefish while we were at glacier. It's a ski town so swanky rooms are cheap in the summer
 
Spotting scope came in handy today on a really pretty blonde black bear above Jenny lake. Probably 1000ish yards away
 

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Yeah right and I bet you're saving your trip to Pound Town for when you get back home. Lies.
 
Anyone get any tips to pop a plastic bumper back out? Apparently these outlander sports aren't bullet proof but I did make it to the end of the roads.
 

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On a hot day put it where the sun will hit and heat it up and take your hand or something and push it out and let it sit longer in the sun and it will usually smooth out pretty good. You can use a heat gun and do the same thing just don't get it too hot and mess up the paint.
 
All and all we have had a blast. Pretty sure the car got through the check where they check for damage without anyone seeing bumper, car behind us had a big black scratch on the front quarter and he had to sign a consent form saying he saw the damage before he left. We saw all the big animals, even if the wolves were at the 11th inning after 2 days of looking for them. Miranda was driving accidently missed the turn and the next little bend one was standing there, heard 3 howling back and forth but only saw the one at the last little light of the day. I can post a bunch of pictures once I get them onto a computer if anyone wants to see them.
 
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