Date:         Tue, 28 Aug 2001 07:03:20 -0400
Reply-To:     Stu Schwartz <sschwartz@OS2BBS.COM>
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From:         Stu Schwartz <sschwartz@OS2BBS.COM>
Subject:      To Yellowstone in a Diesel?
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 00:01:10 -0400, Automatic digest processor wrote:

>Date:    Mon, 27 Aug 2001 23:35:16 EDT
>From:    - Jeff & Kim Prudhoe <Jkpvw@AOL.COM>
>Subject: To Yellowstone in a Diesel?
>
>My wife and I are planning on a trip west in the coming days.  We will make
>stops in the Badlands (again) and perhaps Theodore Roosevelt National Park
>before making a run for the Yellowstone region.  We will be in our '82
>Westy-Diesel.  While it is a low mileage, well maintained vehicle, in its
>stock configuration it obviously has its limits.

I recommend you check the wild fires and pick the best entrance from that point of view.
The signs on the way pretty much tell you which route has the "levelest" hills.  This is simply a
matter of degree <g>...lots of mountains either way.

We were just there and went in the east gate and saw a bear...

I recommend you skip the campgrounds in yellowstone and stay in one of the national forests nearby.
If you don't check in by 4:00 you will be SOL in the park.  The park campgrounds are really large
(350) line-them-up affairs...somewhat noisy too.

>
>Which approach into Yellowstone would be easiest on the little 1.6 NA?  We
>will be entering Wyoming on I-90.  If we make it, what are some of the
>preferred campsites within the park? (w/o electric).
>
>Has anyone on the list made a similar trip with a 1.6?
>
>Thanks in advance for your advice.
>
>Jeff & Kim Prudhoe
>


--peace--
    stu