Category: Wyoming

Fossil Butte Ntnl Monument 0

Fossil Butte Ntnl Monument

After an entire day of driving through two National Parks and hundreds of miles of lonely (but scenic) country roads, we ended up a few miles outside of Fossil Butte Ntnl Monument at the South-Western corner of Wyoming. This got us out of the foul weather, but no where near...

Into a snowy Yellowstone Ntnl Park 0

Into a snowy Yellowstone Ntnl Park

As we drove up and into the Flag Ranch area to find our Forest land camping area, we were greeted only with a road-closure sign which prevented us from going any further. This really threw a wrench in our plans and moved our entire trip forward a few days. We...

Grand Teton Ntnl Park, Swan Lake hike 0

Grand Teton Ntnl Park, Swan Lake hike

After spending the week in the forest, we did skip into Teton Ntnl Park for a single night at a “civilized” camp ground to shower, wash clothes, and re-stock on some supplies. The following day, we left our camp sight to venture out on a short hike that the three...

Boondocking in the Teton Forest, WY 2

Boondocking in the Teton Forest, WY

Just outside the National Park is the National Forest. While it may sound the same, on paper the different between  a”Park” and a “Forest” is everything. Within the National Parks, the public is very limited in what we can do. The Government does this to protect the parks from the...

Grand Teton Ntnl Park, Cunningham Cabin 0

Grand Teton Ntnl Park, Cunningham Cabin

After the 12 hours of driving, arriving in the park well after sunset, we found a place to park for the night. At 5:30am the alarm woke us just before the sun began to peak over and shine onto the Tetons. We all jumped out to snap some photos before...

Yellowstone National Park 0

Yellowstone National Park

Woke the next morning after a great day in Grand Teton Ntnl Park and started driving straight away. It was only a 25 mile hop to Yellowstone, but we needed to arrive early to ensure a camp site. We succeeded of course. We strolled the thermal hot springs, took a...

Grand Teton National Park 0

Grand Teton National Park

Well, day #1 is gone and Day #2 is nearing an end. The first day was exclusively driving, from Colorado into and through Wyoming, about 9 hours in total. We got to within an hour of Grand Teton Ntnl Park before stopping on the side of the road. We all...