Black Hills SD to Yellowstone NP trip

[Captain Murica]

When we went we stopped short in Cody, WY and stayed at the KOA there. It was a great place to stay and not far from being downtown. During the Summer they do a rodeo every night which our kids love. We actually had to stop there on our way South from Glacier this Summer because our kids wanted to see the rodeo again. As others have stated, if you are worried about long pulls coming from the easy (Cody) is not the way to go. It has been several years since we went from Cody to West Yellowstone, but I believe I remember seeing at sign at one point where we were up above 10,000ft in the park. Your truck is going to work hard going that route, but it has amazing views. Again, as many have stated we stayed in West Yellowstone and the town was great.

[spock123]

Do like most people and leave the pets in your camper

[Wolverine 1945]

Originally Posted by spock123

Do like most people and leave the pets in your camper

You Can't do that if you have a Barker !!!

[spock123]

All the barkers camp beside us

[Wolverine 1945]

Originally Posted by spock123

All the barkers camp beside us

I know how you feel !!!
We have a Lhasa Apso,,, she is over 13,,, she has gone blind,,, when we rescued her years ago she had been with us for a couple weeks before we even knew she could bark !!! She is the quietest dog I have ever been around !!!

[camaraderie]

Originally Posted by Wolverine 1945

You Can't do that if you have a Barker !!!

This might be an option.
Yellowstone National Park Area Pet Daycare & Boarding | Petswelcome.com

[youroo]

Originally Posted by spock123

In Yellowstone they do allow 40ft campers in Fishing Bridge and they have full hookups but all are gone for this year. In West Yellowstone MT there is a great rv park, Grizzly RV park. Close to Custer State Park is a Passport America campground called Heartland RV park at Hermosa, SD. It's a good park and it's half price with a PA membership. It's $44 bucks a year and if you stayed there going and coming it would pay for itself.

Agree Heartland RV Park using PA is a Deal! Location is fine also! Youroo!!

[Wolverine 1945]

Originally Posted by camaraderie

This might be an option.
Yellowstone National Park Area Pet Daycare & Boarding | Petswelcome.com

Probably not cheep !!! But maybe a good option !!!

[f5moab]

Originally Posted by Captain Murica

When we went we stopped short in Cody, WY and stayed at the KOA there. It was a great place to stay and not far from being downtown. During the Summer they do a rodeo every night which our kids love. We actually had to stop there on our way South from Glacier this Summer because our kids wanted to see the rodeo again. As others have stated, if you are worried about long pulls coming from the easy (Cody) is not the way to go. It has been several years since we went from Cody to West Yellowstone, but I believe I remember seeing at sign at one point where we were up above 10,000ft in the park. Your truck is going to work hard going that route, but it has amazing views. Again, as many have stated we stayed in West Yellowstone and the town was great.

Only pass I can think of from Cody to the center of the park is Sylvan at 8,524 feet just inside the east entrance. Dunraven Pass north of Canyon Village (Hwy 20) is higher than Sylvan, and Craig Pass west of the lake on Hwy 191 is lower than Sylvan.

[Captain Murica]

Originally Posted by f5moab

Only pass I can think of from Cody to the center of the park is Sylvan at 8,524 feet just inside the east entrance. Dunraven Pass north of Canyon Village (Hwy 20) is higher than Sylvan, and Craig Pass west of the lake on Hwy 191 is lower than Sylvan.

Pretty sure we took Hwy 20 out of Cody right past the Buffalo Bill Resivoir, but it has been a few years. My truck at the time 2013 F150 Ecoboost handled it and out 35ft TT without an issue.

[f5moab]

From Cody to the east entrance there is only one highway, 14/20. I believe 14 technically ends at Fishing Bridge junction and then it becomes 20 and goes north/south.

I guess as many times as I have driven that route in the past 8-9 years (used to be about 4 times a year, until the traffic got totally insane in the park), I never really looked at the route signs. I just know the route pretty darn good.

And I can only remember one or two vehicles that had problems with Sylvan pass that were towing trailers. A few years ago it was a big motorhome pulling a jeep, but that looked more like driver fright than the vehicle being overloaded, and last year headed to Cody, I got behind a green Chrysler minivan pulling a high wall popup and I bet they added at least 15 minutes to the trip.

[CedarCreekWoody]

Originally Posted by Wolverine 1945

I know how you feel !!!
We have a Lhasa Apso,,, she is over 13,,, she has gone blind,,, when we rescued her years ago she had been with us for a couple weeks before we even knew she could bark !!! She is the quietest dog I have ever been around !!!

This sounds like our Lhasa, a Hurricane Katrina rescue. I swear we had to teach her to Bark! She is family and always travels with us. Her eyes are still good, but her heart is failing.

[Wolverine 1945]

Originally Posted by CedarCreekWoody

This sounds like our Lhasa, a Hurricane Katrina rescue. I swear we had to teach her to Bark! She is family and always travels with us. Her eyes are still good, but her heart is failing.

Nothing worse in my book than yeeper,,, could not live with a dog that barks @ everything & nothing !!!

[wuffwuff]

We travel to South Dakota from Ohio a Couple of years ago, after visiting Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorial , we headed west to YellowStone NP via the southeast using Route 26 thru Dubois, Wy and stay at 'The Longhorn Ranch Lodge & RV Resort'. It's right on the Wind River. From Yellow Stone we used the southern route thru the Tetons and Jackson Hole. In Idaho be sure to visit the 'Craters of the Moon National Monument. Landscape like you've never see before. We used that route to get to 'Crater Lake National Park', the bluest pristine water in the world.