Thursday, September 2, 2010

Montana, West Yellowstone KOA Campground

 

 

CanYNP 050 6 miles west of town on Highway 20, I make a right turn to my accommodations for the night.

 

 

 

 

West Yellowstone KOASamYNP 058

I have reserved a cabin at KOA West Yellowstone campground. $72 per night and I am getting the “Bear” essentials part of what I want my Yellowstone experience to be.

After all, I am primarily here for some “pic a nic baskets”.

 

 

 

 

 SamYNP 052 No phone, no television just a simple plug in heater and free wireless internet.

There is a chill in the air and I doubt the plug in heater is going to do the job. Positioning it closer to the next thing I know is I am waking up at 4am to start my next day adventure in Yellowstone.

 

SamYNP 055 A layer of frost greets me as I cautiously load up my Nissan for the day.

The campground has reports along with evidence (a destroyed cooler) of bears roaming through the grounds at night.

I am not particular about having a close encounter of the furry kind unless it involves a “pic a nic basket”.

 

 

CanYNP 051 Leaving KOA, the moon is still bright but high in the clear night sky.

I will be on the road as Yellowstone comes and hope this will give me some neat experiences ahead of the daily crowd of visitors.

 

 

2 comments:

xcrabturtle said...

Yellow stone is one of my favorite places to travel in our cross country adventures. I blog at seatoshiningsea blogspot about the trips (in 36+ states) I take my kids.

Best wishes
John

DMBTraveler said...

Yellowstone was fantastic! Any favorites for National Parks? Hope to visit all of them.