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Old 10-19-2015, 06:13 PM   #1
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We are planning a trip to Yellowstone and Glacier National Park, just wanting some advice on things to do and good campgrounds. Also how the weather would be in late May or early June? And yes we'll be taking our Redwood, we have decided not to sell it.
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Depends on what side of Yellowstone you want to stay on. West Yellowstone has one of the nicest parks I've ever been to, Yellowstone Grizzly RV Park. A little pricey, but they have beautiful spaces and it's only minutes from the west entrance. Rocky Mountain RV park in Gardiner is OK, if you want to stay on the north side of the park. I would recommend the west side.
Glacier has at least two we've stayed at. Columbia Falls RV Park, (18 miles west of west entrance is good, and also San Suz Ed, about 5 mi west of West Glacier, also good. Enjoy, both parks are superb and you could spend two weeks at each without getting bored.
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At that time of the year, sections of Glacier may still be buried under SNOW!!
We were there several years ago in early June and the "Going to the Sun Highway" was closed mid-way thru because it was still under 80 feet of snow.
We stayed at Columbia Falls RV and it was fine.
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Old 10-19-2015, 09:37 PM   #4
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I grew up in Columbia Falls and graduated high school there. (We won't say how long ago) My Dad worked summers in Glacier Park, so I spent many a summer day with him there; many special memories there. M & A are correct, many years the Going to the Sun Highway doesn't open until mid to end of June. September is the best time as far as I am concerned as July and August are very crowded.
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We stayed at the Glacier KOA on the west side in 2007 - the campground was great - typical KOA where you get packed in, but we had grass and some were backup into the trees and the facilities are great!
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After watching a documentary about the volcano at Yellowstone erupting on the Smithsonian channel yesterday, I'm a little hesitant to go anywhere near there. In fact, Brad, you and Dory et al might want to hightail it out of Colorado. We can all converge in Hattiesburg at Joel and Janis's spread. At least that was the game plan we came up with at the rally for the zombie apocalypse.
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After watching a documentary about the volcano at Yellowstone erupting on the Smithsonian channel yesterday, I'm a little hesitant to go anywhere near there. In fact, Brad, you and Dory et al might want to hightail it out of Colorado. We can all converge in Hattiesburg at Joel and Janis's spread. At least that was the game plan we came up with at the rally for the zombie apocalypse.

Yep.....you can't be too careful with those zombies
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After watching a documentary about the volcano at Yellowstone erupting on the Smithsonian channel yesterday, I'm a little hesitant to go anywhere near there. In fact, Brad, you and Dory et al might want to hightail it out of Colorado. We can all converge in Hattiesburg at Joel and Janis's spread. At least that was the game plan we came up with at the rally for the zombie apocalypse.

Tracy.......if the Yellowstone volcano goes off again, the only safe place might be souther Florida!!!
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I am also watching this thread as we are looking at Fishing Bridge in Yellowstone. They say they have large pull through sites and full hookups including 50A.


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As I understand from Discovery Channel, Yellowstone is one of a few super volcanoes, and if it goes, life on earth ends.
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You've got to love these documentaries. You watch for the better part of an hour thinking the whole time you're pretty much toast, then at the end they say, "but it's unlikely to happen for a million years." Still, I don't think I'll linger long at Yellowstone.
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You've got to love these documentaries. You watch for the better part of an hour thinking the whole time you're pretty much toast, then at the end they say, "but it's unlikely to happen for a million years." Still, I don't think I'll linger long at Yellowstone.

Not to talk about doom and gloom, but, "they" say it goes off about every 75,000 years and it has been about 75,000 years since it last blew its top. And, its dome has been gradually balooning up for quite awhile............just say'in!!!
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All the more reason to hookup that RW and see the Country!!!!!
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Yellowstone is gorgeous and full of intrigue, it definitely needs to be on your bucket list. Plan on a few days, the park is huge and not a place you can drive through and catch the sites.
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Xtasee: As for Fishing Bridge campground, it is a great campground. I have stayed there several times. They have full hookups now. (50 amps). I don't know about pull through sites, I've only seen back-in. Everything is very close, you have to give them exact measurements of your rig and tow vehicle and they will assign you a site. However, I just tried to make a reservation in one of their 40 ft lots and they booked all next season; June,July, August. Next year is their Centennial. I made a reservation in West Yellowstone instead.
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Tracy.......if the Yellowstone volcano goes off again, the only safe place might be souther Florida!!!
Well, if the volcano puts out as much ash as they say it will, the world will go into another ice age. Good thing our RW's are well insulated
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We will be going to Vancouver BC next April for a week to attend a wedding. Can anyone suggest an RV park near there. In looking at park reviews, the common thread is tight RV sites, and some near train tracks. The best that I am seeing right now is Capilano RV Park, although a bit pricey. We do need to be relatively close to city center.
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"Near train tracks" describes most every park we've stayed in the last 8 years.
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Train Tracks depend if it's a train every 15 to 20 minutes or once a day.
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Was a whole new definition of train tracks and noise when trying to sleep at MorRyde. LOL
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