Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park

After getting some essentials for our campsite in Yellowstone National Park from the Visitors center, we loaded up the 'extras' and saddled up to find our campsite.

We arrived at our site, and it was nearly perfect. We had a fire ring near the center of our site and two perfect spots for the tents. There was also a picnic table toward the back of the site placed neatly between two trees.

We started the unloading of gear, and proceeded to pick out the spots for our tents. Deciding where to pitch a tent is a pretty important part of camping. I had the smaller of the two tents 'the coffin', so I took a smaller spot between two trees off to the left side of our camping area. My brother in law took a spot on the right. I think I got the better deal, though, because his spot was on a small incline. It wasn't a hill exactly, just a small slope while my spot was relatively flat.

Once we had our tents pitched and the fire ring and picnic table surrounded, it was time to start a campfire. We gathered a little wood and soon the fire was born. We happened upon a really big piece that looked like the folks there before us had tried to burn it, so we added it to the fire once it was burning good.

A little chow, and a couple of drinks later, and we were kicked back at the picnic table reminiscing about our journey so far. From the Rocky Mountain National Park, to the Grand Tetons, and now Yellowstone, this had been quite an adventure so far.

Soon, it was lights out (so to speak), so we could plan where we were going to go in the morning. We only had three days planned in Yellowstone and wanted to make them the best we could.

More Yellowstone adventures next time

Grand Teton National Park - Continued

Grand Teton National Park

I had already reserved a campsite in Grand Teton National Park for us to bed down. Since we had been riding for a pretty good ways by now, we decided to head directly toward the campground. As it turned out, we rode right along side of the Grand Teton Mountain range on our way to the campground. I still think about that view!!

We actually went a little north of the Teton Range, and toward Yellowstone National Park to get to our campground. Once checked in, we found our site and started unloading our gear.

I took along a really small tent. I called it "the coffin tent" because you basically had to lay down to get in and out of the thing, and once it was setup, it looked kindof like a coffin. It was OK, but in hindsight, I wished I had taken a different tent. Even though it packed up really small, it was a pain to get in and out of. It was almost impossible to change clothes inside of it. I have found much better tents since then.

By the time we made it to Tetons, we had the unpacking and setting up part down to a science. It didn't take us long at all to get our stuff setup.

We headed back to the office, got another map of the area and a little camping food, then headed back to our site for dinner. A few pieces of wood later and a little cooking, and dinner was served!

We only had reserved two days in Grand Teton national Park, so we got a little rest, because we know the next day was a riding day.