give Teton more time

Unless you want to hike many trails, or spend many hours waiting for the geysers (even they can be somewhat predicted, the range is usually within 4 to 6 hours), 7 days are a bit overkill.

4 days are good enough, including driving the big loop from Northeast gate to Beartooth Highway then down south via Chief Joseph Scenic Byway and back in via East Gate.

BTW, Chief Joseph Scenic Byway is THE most beautiful section of the area, and is OUTSIDE park.

Make sure to check the National Park website for road conditions and closures.

I dont know about you, personally I dont like those cabins at all. I would choose to stay outside park, West Yellowstone, and Mammoth Spring or Gardiner, just outside North gate.

One more thing, depends on the seasons, keep in mind about hail storm in early Fall. Buy full coverage for your rental car or make sure your credit card has adequate coverage.

We sustained hailstorm damage just outside North gate early Sept last year. Temperature dropped drastically during our last 3 days visit. Anyway, Mastercard paid $2282 for repair estimate, and we paid $312 for loss of usage + admin fee, to the rental car company. We counted ourselves lucky in that Mastercard Assist was very professional and once the ball got rolling, the claim was settled very quick. However, to get the ball rolling is another story and quite a big learning experience.

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• Didn't know you got that story. We met -ppzcgg- ♀ (398 bytes) () 05/09/2006 postreply 06:21:36

• 希望对你有所帮助--我租车撞车经历-自己没有花钱修 -打字难- ♀ (434 bytes) () 05/09/2006 postreply 09:18:17

• it depends on what the rental car company billed you -Lvtotravel- ♀ (582 bytes) () 05/09/2006 postreply 16:38:37

• thank you both -ppzcgg- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2006 postreply 11:28:29

• we will drive our own car to yellowstone NP. -mengxu- ♀ (200 bytes) () 05/09/2006 postreply 08:26:12

• 嗯， 谢谢提醒温度， 为这次camping, 我们做了充分的准备： -mengxu- ♀ (196 bytes) () 05/09/2006 postreply 08:29:53

• 垫子，那种能卷起来的，铺在睡袋下面的泡沫垫子 -oldshell- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/09/2006 postreply 12:17:15

• Therm-a-rest 的垫子，有很多种可以挑。都很舒服。 -阿姗- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/09/2006 postreply 18:35:10

• 因为是开车，所以我们用的是air mattress, -mengxu- ♀ (49 bytes) () 05/09/2006 postreply 20:28:03

• 幸福啊。不过 Thermarest 也用一种适用开车野营，体积不大。当然 air -阿姗- ♀ (82 bytes) () 05/09/2006 postreply 21:04:14

• air mattress 当然舒服很多，我的是king-sized -mengxu- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/09/2006 postreply 22:04:10