Arrival at Yellowstone

   On Aug. 18 we left Meeteetse and drove 83 miles to a wonderful campsite in the Shoshone Nat. Forest. The name of the campground is 3 mile campground, appropriately named as it is 3 miles from the eastern entrance to Yellowstone Nat. Park. It is located next to the Shoshone River in a deep valley among the Absaroka Mountain Range. There were no hookups however there was a clean vault toilet a short walk from our site. We had a full tank of water and plenty of propane for cooking and powering the generator and batteries. It was a wonderful place to camp.
   After we got set up the camp host came by to talk for a few minutes. She indicated this is grizzly country and she has seen one walk through camp every couple of weeks or so. That explains why they only allow hard sided RVs in the campground. She said the valley is like a super highway for grizzlies, making it easy for them to cover ground quicker than going up and over the mountains. She has seen them fishing for trout in the river as well. We stayed here for 7 nights and absolutely loved the beauty and solitude.

 

 

The Shoshone River ran along side the campground. I was able to spend a little time fly fishing and caught enough rainbow trout to have a couple of dinners. The river is a little muddy due to a thunderstorm the night before.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After getting setup we drove on to Yellowstone.

 

East entrance to Yellowstone (we're actually on our way back to the campground). My next blog will be about the park. It was a truly beautiful and interesting place. A later blog will be about side trips to Grand Teton Nat. Park and a drive over the Beartooth Highway.