Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Theodore Roosevelt NPs
Trip Itinerary 2021

During this trip P was 7, T was 5, and V was 2 almost 3.

When my then boyfriend, now husband, drove with me to Bozeman so I could go to college, we visited Yellowstone National Park. It was the second National Park I'd been to, and his first. While I lived in Bozeman, I visited the park several times, though I never stayed in the park. I'd either make a day trip of it, stay at a Eagle Creek Campground in Gardiner, or Canyon Campground. I took Marcus to the boiling river the first time in February 2005 when he was visiting and we stayed in Chico Hot Springs Hotel. We even made a day trip to to boiling river February 17, 2007 where Marcus proposed right in the river! My grandmother lived north of Gardiner, so we usually head back that way to stop by to visit. She was the first person we visited after we got engaged.

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All of my kids had been to Montana at a very young age. My oldest was turned 4 months old in Montana. I had taken her solo to visit with friends and family. My son turned two weeks old in Montana. Marcus, P, T, Max and I, drove to Montana and met my sister and her husband there and were able to visit with family and friends. I brought V out there solo when she was 10 months old. On all of those trips, we didn't go to Yellowstone, we wanted to wait until they were old enough to remember.

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So we were extremely excited to make this trip happen. My uncle still lives north of Yellowstone, so we chose to enter and exit that way so we could maximize our time with him. That's also why we chose to camp in Canyon Village. That way if he wanted to join us for a day, it wouldn't be a long drive. We also had some time in Bozeman to visit with friends and old co-workers.

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We could have easily stayed another night or two in Yellowstone to see more of the park. Next time we go, we'll stay on the other side of the park because we saw a lot more of the east side this time.

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Trip Dates: July 9 - July 19, 2021

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Total cost of trip: $2,178

This includes; gas, lodging (three different campgrounds, two hotels), groceries, eating out, souvenirs, groceries, and

fees for activities such as shuttle boat & museum.

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Learn how our trip went!