Not much detail in the plan, but we knew in advance where we would sleep each night.īell System, Telephone Operator Console, 1914 Travel to Bozeman, MT to see the Museum of the Rockies and continue on to Billings to check-in at Dude Rancher Motel. Exit the park and travel to Ennis, MT where we check-in at Rainbow Valley Lodge (2 nights). Re-enter Yellowstone Park via the Cody entrance and transit to the West Entrance at West Yellowstone, MT. Leave the park and check-in at Pahaska Tepee (2 nights). Drive over the Highroad to Cooke, MT enter Yellowstone Park and transit to the East (Cody) entrance. Drive from Billings to Red Lodge and check-in at Pollard Hotel Fly into Billings, Montana and check-in at Dude Rancher Motel. We were at the Summit on the Beartooth Highway, which goes from Red Lodge to Cooke City.Įvery trip needs a plan: we had one and this was it. In the space of an hour we saw sun, clouds, rain, more sun and a then a snow storm. The picture above shows the sun shining, but look at those storms in the background.
It is the only picture of the three of us together. A friendly motorcyclist offered to take the shot and we said OK. This picture was taken at the highest point of our 2008 vacation to Montana and Yellowstone Park. Photo: Chuck, Steffen and Ethan at the Summit of Beartooth Pass We spent the night in Billings and flew home the next day. Next day we drove to Bozeman (to see the Museum of the Rockies) and finally, on our last day of sight seeing, we returned to Billings by following the Yellowstone River. We then headed for Virginia City (to see the VC Players) and then we returned to Ennis. We were on our way to Ennis, where we overnighted. Finally, we exited the park by way of West Yellowstone. We then headed for Old Faithful via Norris Geyser Basin. We stopped to sight-see and took pictures at the lookouts for the upper/lower falls of the Yellowstone.
We got up early the next day and returned to Yellowstone Park. The next day, we visited Cody and the Buffalo Bill Museum and then returned to Pahaska for the night. We then left the park by the east entrance to stay at Pahaska Tepee, a resort on the road to Cody, Wy. Entering the park, we drove along the Lamar Valley to Tower Junction, and continued to Canyon Village and then Fishing Bridge. After 2 nights in Red Lodge, we continued south over the Beartooth Highway to the Silver Gate entrance to the park. We overnighted in Billings, and the next day we drove south to Red Lodge where we checked in at the Pollard Hotel. We flew to Billings, Montana and rented a car (Subaru Outback, station wagon). The story of that vacation, recorded as it happened, was captured in my daily blog for the folks at home. Three guys took a vacation to Yellowstone Park in 2008.
Visiting SW Montana and Yellowstone Park (2008)