Yellowstone Trip any help much appreciated!

[Subothai]

We had a lovely trip to the area pre-kids. While I am pretty bereft of useful recommendations (we stayed with a friend that was basically a nature guide in the area so I totally zoned out on any planning and just followed them) I have to chime in with a reminder that there is some pretty significant altitude adjustment if you are coming from sea-level.

We flew in and went straight up somewhere (see?) for a hike and I was mystified by why families with toddlers were cruising straight past me while I was absolutely dragging until I remembered altitude is a thing.

It was totally fine the next day but now I know not to be too ambitious with arrival day excursions.

[LZurg]

I would stay in the park. It is more driving than you’d think. I like the Lake Yellowstone and Canyon Lodge areas because they are pretty central and easy to plan day trips to the other areas. For GTNP, we stayed in Jackson. Here’s a high level trip report for our vacation to the area last summer-

What other destinations to visit before even considering the Galactic Starcruiser?

Better late than never! Here’s a high-level trip report… What gave me the easiest start in planning is that I went on a very similar trip with my parents in the 1990s. I remembered our big main stops, but I also pulled out my pictures from that vacation and made notes about what we did on specific days when we stayed longer (like at Yellowstone). What complicated our trip was the flooding there in early June. We actually didn’t know that it would reopen in time for our planned arriv…

I have another post in that same thread with a little more info too.

[Kschofie]

Thank you all. I will look to book in the park- The Canyon Lodge and Lake yellowstone still have some availability. Then we will probably head to Jackson hole after. I cant wait to read the trip report LZurg!