When I first started researching the Beartooth Highway, I saw a comment that it was the most scenic drive in America – even beating out the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park. As it turns out, it is a beautiful, scenic drive with many, many switchbacks and amazing mountain views! I love…
Devils Tower National Monument is a unique NPS site located in northeastern Wyoming. It is also the first national monument – established in 1906! The tower is tall enough that you can see it as you approach from a distance, which adds to the excitement on the way in. While it’s not a huge park,…
On a drive home from Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, we realized we were paralleling parts of the Oregon Trail. To make the drive more interesting, we decided to stop at various sites along the trail (even though we’d be taking it in reverse from the original travelers). This made an otherwise long drive…
Yellowstone: The first US National Park. Yellowstone is a massive park that extends into three states: Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. There is so much to see in Yellowstone National Park! It’s a very diverse park with mountains, canyons, waterfalls, geysers, and hot springs. We’ve visited Yellowstone several times. The first time we tent-camped inside the…
We ended our big two-week trip out West with a three-night stay in Colter Bay RV Park. Up until this point in our trip, we had been mostly dry camping, so it was nice to have full hookups. The location was great! We were within walking distance of the Colter Lakeshore Trail, a general store,…
We share the details about our tip to Theodore Roosevelt, Glacier, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton National Parks.