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Location: Kentucky | Would anyone be willing to share their travel itinerary for their trip to Yellowstone? I am considering going in mid-September. Would also like to visit other places nearby, within 100-200 mile radius. |
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Location: East Texas | Yellowstone was awesome. I also enjoyed Beartooth pass. I think it is about 11,000ft. If you go through Cody, the museum was pretty interesting. I think they have the largest collection of US made guns anywhere. Lots of western painting, photos, art, etc. If you are a history buff and passing through, the Little Bighhorn Battlefield park might be worth it. |
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 Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Just don't put any bison calves in the back of your SUV and haul it to the ranger station to save it from the cold.  |
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Location: MT | CrossDRanch - 2016-05-16 8:22 AM Yellowstone was awesome. I also enjoyed Beartooth pass. I think it is about 11,000ft. If you go through Cody, the museum was pretty interesting. I think they have the largest collection of US made guns anywhere. Lots of western painting, photos, art, etc. If you are a history buff and passing through, the Little Bighhorn Battlefield park might be worth it.
All of these are really good. The Fetterman Massacre site is pretty cool too. Just south of Sheridan, Wyoming. |
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Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | Three 4 Luck - 2016-05-16 10:47 AM Just don't put any bison calves in the back of your SUV and haul it to the ranger station to save it from the cold.
What if I just plan on taking it home?? No one will ever know.... |
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Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | CrossDRanch - 2016-05-16 10:22 AM Yellowstone was awesome. I also enjoyed Beartooth pass. I think it is about 11,000ft. If you go through Cody, the museum was pretty interesting. I think they have the largest collection of US made guns anywhere. Lots of western painting, photos, art, etc. If you are a history buff and passing through, the Little Bighhorn Battlefield park might be worth it.
Putting this on my list! Yes, I am a history buff. |
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Location: Central Texas | ^^^^ These for sure! Beartooth Mountain pass is a must do and Red Lodge MT. One of my favs in WY is Thermopolis. The list is endless in that part of the country! |
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | There are so many things to do around that area. Cody, Jackson, Thermop, Buffalo, Sheridan. How much time do you have? |
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Location: North Texas | Three 4 Luck - 2016-05-16 9:47 AM
Just don't put any bison calves in the back of your SUV and haul it to the ranger station to save it from the cold.
Are you speaking from experience?  |
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
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| Jackson Hole is a must see. I thought Teton National Park was better than Yellowstone.
We spent 2 days there. The first day we came in and drove around 1/2 of it and visited Old Faithful. The second day we drove around the north half. It was a LONG drive at 45mph. Hayden valley was amazing. Our big moment was going on a trailride just outside of the park in MT. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | http://myfox8.com/2016/05/15/yellowstone-tourists-put-bison-calf-in-car-because-it-looked-cold/foundation horse - 2016-05-16 11:21 AM Three 4 Luck - 2016-05-16 9:47 AM Just don't put any bison calves in the back of your SUV and haul it to the ranger station to save it from the cold. Are you speaking from experience?
http://myfox8.com/2016/05/15/yellowstone-tourists-put-bison-calf-in-car-because-it-looked-cold/
Edited by Three 4 Luck 2016-05-16 11:37 AM
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Semper Fi
Location: North Texas | Three 4 Luck - 2016-05-16 11:34 AM
foundation horse - 2016-05-16 11:21 AM Three 4 Luck - 2016-05-16 9:47 AM Just don't put any bison calves in the back of your SUV and haul it to the ranger station to save it from the cold. Are you speaking from experience? http://myfox8.com/2016/05/15/yellowstone-tourists-put-bison-calf-in-car-because-it-looked-cold/
Freaking city folk tourist! Wouldn't it have poetic justice had Mama taken issue? |
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Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | I'm planning on 7 days. Here is the "direction" I'm planning:
Sept. 10th-17th
Arrive on the 10th - Salt Lake City to Yellowstone
Yellowstone to Billings/Little Bighorn
Billings/Little Big Horn to Deadwood/Mt. Rushmore
Deadwood to Rapid City – Departure on the 17th
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Miss Laundry Misshap
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| foundation horse - 2016-05-16 11:37 AM Three 4 Luck - 2016-05-16 11:34 AM foundation horse - 2016-05-16 11:21 AM Three 4 Luck - 2016-05-16 9:47 AM Just don't put any bison calves in the back of your SUV and haul it to the ranger station to save it from the cold. Are you speaking from experience? Freaking city folk tourist! Wouldn't it have poetic justice had Mama taken issue?
Stupid freaking people need to be euthanized. |
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Miss Laundry Misshap
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| Murphy - 2016-05-16 11:38 AM I'm planning on 7 days. Here is the "direction" I'm planning:
Sept. 10th-17th
Arrive on the 10th - Salt Lake City to Yellowstone
Yellowstone to Billings/Little Bighorn
Billings/Little Big Horn to Deadwood/Mt. Rushmore
Deadwood to Rapid City – Departure on the 17th
That's very close to the exact route we took in the same amount of days only backwards.
Make sure you hit Devils Tower monument. That's amazing! DO the walk around the base.
Not sure where you'll cross, but the Bighorn Mountains are beautiful! We went through Buffalo.
Deadwood is a cool place, but we just drove through. We were going to go back this summer, but a few things at home made us change our minds for this summer. Mt. Rushmore is cool too. Make sure you see the Crazy horse monument. We were going to hit Bear Country attraction this summer as well. |
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Location: Always on call..... | We are going this year too. First Cheyenne for Frontier Days Sun and Mon. Then driving up to Jackson Tues AM. Will stay in Jackson until Fri afternoon. All the hotels in Yellowstone were already booked, so we'll just have to drive back and forth from Jackson. Planning to see Hayden Valley and the central plateau. Everyone recommends the Beartooth highway but I don't think we'll have enough time to do it. |
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 That's White "Man" to You
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| Murphy - 2016-05-16 11:38 AM I'm planning on 7 days. Here is the "direction" I'm planning:
Sept. 10th-17th
Arrive on the 10th - Salt Lake City to Yellowstone
Yellowstone to Billings/Little Bighorn
Billings/Little Big Horn to Deadwood/Mt. Rushmore
Deadwood to Rapid City – Departure on the 17th
Yellowstone is 4.5 hours from Salt Lake, most of it not being very scenic. I'd try flying into Cody or Jackson if possible. |
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That's White "Man" to You
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| If you are near the north entrance, Chico Hotsprings is cool. If you like to fish...go to West Yellowstone or fish the Yellowstone river near Gardiner. |
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Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | Whiteboy - 2016-05-16 2:16 PM Murphy - 2016-05-16 11:38 AM I'm planning on 7 days. Here is the "direction" I'm planning:
Sept. 10th-17th
Arrive on the 10th - Salt Lake City to Yellowstone
Yellowstone to Billings/Little Bighorn
Billings/Little Big Horn to Deadwood/Mt. Rushmore
Deadwood to Rapid City – Departure on the 17th
Yellowstone is 4.5 hours from Salt Lake, most of it not being very scenic. I'd try flying into Cody or Jackson if possible.
I picked SLC because it's $198 a person, verses $450-500 a person through Cody, Jackson, or Billings. |
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 Living within my means
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Location: Randolph, Utah | If you make it to west Yellowstone Quake Lake is cool. There is a visitor center that tells about the earthquake that created it. |
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 The Original Cyber Bartender
Location: Washington | Crazy Horse Memorial is worth looking at and your close.
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Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Crazy Horse memorial was our favorite part of the Black Hills. Which are actually mountains. I didn't expect that. LOL |
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 Owner of a ratting catting machine
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| Whiteboy - 2016-05-16 1:16 PM
Murphy - 2016-05-16 11:38 AM I'm planning on 7 days. Here is the "direction" I'm planning:
Sept. 10th-17th
Arrive on the 10th - Salt Lake City to Yellowstone
Yellowstone to Billings/Little Bighorn
Billings/Little Big Horn to Deadwood/Mt. Rushmore
Deadwood to Rapid City – Departure on the 17th
Yellowstone is 4.5 hours from Salt Lake, most of it not being very scenic. I'd try flying into Cody or Jackson if possible.
No way!! My hometown is Bondurant, just a few minutes from Jackson. There's a gorgeous drive from Salt Lake, you just catch Hwy 89 from I15 and follow it all the way to Hwy 26 to Hoback Junction, then head into Jackson. Gorgeous drive.
You're going at the right time of year, too. The heavy crowds are gone, and it usually hasn't snowed yet. My favorite parts of Yellowstone are the mud pots and hot springs. Have fun! |
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That's White "Man" to You
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| classicpotatochip - 2016-05-16 3:56 PM Whiteboy - 2016-05-16 1:16 PM Murphy - 2016-05-16 11:38 AM I'm planning on 7 days. Here is the "direction" I'm planning:
Sept. 10th-17th
Arrive on the 10th - Salt Lake City to Yellowstone
Yellowstone to Billings/Little Bighorn
Billings/Little Big Horn to Deadwood/Mt. Rushmore
Deadwood to Rapid City – Departure on the 17th
Yellowstone is 4.5 hours from Salt Lake, most of it not being very scenic. I'd try flying into Cody or Jackson if possible. No way!! My hometown is Bondurant, just a few minutes from Jackson. There's a gorgeous drive from Salt Lake, you just catch Hwy 89 from I15 and follow it all the way to Hwy 26 to Hoback Junction, then head into Jackson. Gorgeous drive. You're going at the right time of year, too. The heavy crowds are gone, and it usually hasn't snowed yet. My favorite parts of Yellowstone are the mud pots and hot springs. Have fun!
Different strokes I guess. The best thing will be that september will be peak elk rutting season. Should see some giant bulls out pushing the cows around. Be sure to take a good camera. |
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Party Girl
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | Murphy - 2016-05-16 12:21 PM Whiteboy - 2016-05-16 2:16 PM Murphy - 2016-05-16 11:38 AM I'm planning on 7 days. Here is the "direction" I'm planning:
Sept. 10th-17th
Arrive on the 10th - Salt Lake City to Yellowstone
Yellowstone to Billings/Little Bighorn
Billings/Little Big Horn to Deadwood/Mt. Rushmore
Deadwood to Rapid City – Departure on the 17th
Yellowstone is 4.5 hours from Salt Lake, most of it not being very scenic. I'd try flying into Cody or Jackson if possible.
Did you look into Casper, Gillette, or Idaho Falls?? |
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Party Girl
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | I would suggest going up I-15 to McCammon, Idaho and go up through Lava Hot Springs and through what is called Tin Cup. This route will kick you out in Freedom and Thayne, WY. That is my favorite way to get to Jackson. You will go through what I think it the pretties places in the world. |
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Life Saver
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Location: MT | Whiteboy - 2016-05-16 12:16 PM Murphy - 2016-05-16 11:38 AM I'm planning on 7 days. Here is the "direction" I'm planning:
Sept. 10th-17th
Arrive on the 10th - Salt Lake City to Yellowstone
Yellowstone to Billings/Little Bighorn
Billings/Little Big Horn to Deadwood/Mt. Rushmore
Deadwood to Rapid City – Departure on the 17th
Yellowstone is 4.5 hours from Salt Lake, most of it not being very scenic. I'd try flying into Cody or Jackson if possible.
Or Bozeman |
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Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | ruggedchica - 2016-05-16 5:29 PM Whiteboy - 2016-05-16 12:16 PM Murphy - 2016-05-16 11:38 AM I'm planning on 7 days. Here is the "direction" I'm planning:
Sept. 10th-17th
Arrive on the 10th - Salt Lake City to Yellowstone
Yellowstone to Billings/Little Bighorn
Billings/Little Big Horn to Deadwood/Mt. Rushmore
Deadwood to Rapid City – Departure on the 17th
Yellowstone is 4.5 hours from Salt Lake, most of it not being very scenic. I'd try flying into Cody or Jackson if possible.
Billings isn't too bad of a price either from SDF. |
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Owner of a ratting catting machine
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| UTAHCANCHASER - 2016-05-16 4:29 PM
I would suggest going up I-15 to McCammon, Idaho and go up through Lava Hot Springs and through what is called Tin Cup. This route will kick you out in Freedom and Thayne, WY. That is my favorite way to get to Jackson. You will go through what I think it the pretties places in the world.
This is amazing too! Lava Hot Springs is so cool! Love this drive. Anybody who says anywhere in this area is ugly probably hasn't ever been anywhere else...  |
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Party Girl
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | classicpotatochip - 2016-05-16 8:14 PM UTAHCANCHASER - 2016-05-16 4:29 PM I would suggest going up I-15 to McCammon, Idaho and go up through Lava Hot Springs and through what is called Tin Cup. This route will kick you out in Freedom and Thayne, WY. That is my favorite way to get to Jackson. You will go through what I think it the pretties places in the world. This is amazing too! Lava Hot Springs is so cool! Love this drive. Anybody who says anywhere in this area is ugly probably hasn't ever been anywhere else...
Ditto! I am homesick now... |
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Location: Arizona | I live about 30 miles from Bozeman and went to Yellowstone for the first time last summer. It is beautiful, but the tourists are a bit of a trial to deal with. It is entertaining watching & guessing who will get attacked by an animal... Lol many just have no common sense and think nothing of trying to walk right up to buffalo and elk and bears like they are in a petting zoo. We just made a day trip so didn't get to see everything. Came in through West Yellowstone and left through Gardiner. The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is beautiful, as are Mammoth Hot Springs. The Hayden Valley provides excellent buffalo and elk spotting, as well as some geothermal features. Didn't make it to the geysers on that trip but would like to go back to see those. The constant stop and go traffic and road construction get old, but there is a lot to see and do. |
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Brains Behind the Operation...
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Location: Arizona | Definitely look into flights in Bozeman and Idaho Falls, Allegiant flies into both airports and are usually very cheap. |
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Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | Whinny19 - 2016-05-17 10:57 AM Definitely look into flights in Bozeman and Idaho Falls, Allegiant flies into both airports and are usually very cheap.
Nothing near me flies into either of those cheaply. Billings or Salt Lake is my cheapest bet. |
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Location: Kansas | Three 4 Luck - 2016-05-16 9:47 AM Just don't put any bison calves in the back of your SUV and haul it to the ranger station to save it from the cold.
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Location: Oklahoma | There is a train that goes through the Black Hills... I remember how much fun it was. It's called the 1880 train and it's an 1880's steam train. Wonderful way to see the scenery |
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 The Comeback Kid
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Location: lost in missouri | West Yellowstone Mt is the Western Entrance to the park and is a very pretty and neat area. The wolf and bear refuge there is really neat to go thru and at night if u stay in west yellowstone u can hear the wolves howling. Crazy Horse is a must see and Needles highway is a must drive while in the Black Hills. |
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Life Saver
Posts: 10477
Location: MT | Just a thought I had since I've ran into this problem before in my previous life when I used to travel a lot for work. Make sure your rental car company will let you drop the car off at a different location if you are planning on flying into one place and out of another. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. Might not hurt to check before you get the whole trip planned. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | classicpotatochip - 2016-05-16 3:56 PM
Whiteboy - 2016-05-16 1:16 PM
Murphy - 2016-05-16 11:38 AM I'm planning on 7 days. Here is the "direction" I'm planning:
Sept. 10th-17th
Arrive on the 10th - Salt Lake City to Yellowstone
Yellowstone to Billings/Little Bighorn
Billings/Little Big Horn to Deadwood/Mt. Rushmore
Deadwood to Rapid City – Departure on the 17th
Yellowstone is 4.5 hours from Salt Lake, most of it not being very scenic. I'd try flying into Cody or Jackson if possible.
No way!! My hometown is Bondurant, just a few minutes from Jackson. There's a gorgeous drive from Salt Lake, you just catch Hwy 89 from I15 and follow it all the way to Hwy 26 to Hoback Junction, then head into Jackson. Gorgeous drive.
You're going at the right time of year, too. The heavy crowds are gone, and it usually hasn't snowed yet. My favorite parts of Yellowstone are the mud pots and hot springs. Have fun!
I don't remember the road numbers, but I came out of Yellowstone to Jackson and went west along the Snake River into Idaho. From there you can go south to SLC and it's a nice drive. |
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Location: MT | komet. - 2016-05-18 9:13 PM classicpotatochip - 2016-05-16 3:56 PM Whiteboy - 2016-05-16 1:16 PM Murphy - 2016-05-16 11:38 AM I'm planning on 7 days. Here is the "direction" I'm planning:
Sept. 10th-17th
Arrive on the 10th - Salt Lake City to Yellowstone
Yellowstone to Billings/Little Bighorn
Billings/Little Big Horn to Deadwood/Mt. Rushmore
Deadwood to Rapid City – Departure on the 17th
Yellowstone is 4.5 hours from Salt Lake, most of it not being very scenic. I'd try flying into Cody or Jackson if possible. No way!! My hometown is Bondurant, just a few minutes from Jackson. There's a gorgeous drive from Salt Lake, you just catch Hwy 89 from I15 and follow it all the way to Hwy 26 to Hoback Junction, then head into Jackson. Gorgeous drive. You're going at the right time of year, too. The heavy crowds are gone, and it usually hasn't snowed yet. My favorite parts of Yellowstone are the mud pots and hot springs. Have fun! I don't remember the road numbers, but I came out of Yellowstone to Jackson and went west along the Snake River into Idaho. From there you can go south to SLC and it's a nice drive.
I think it is a nice drive as well! |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: BOSSIER CITY, LA | Keep the ideas coming we are going September 9 through the 23. We are driving from Louisiana to Yellowstone so let me know what I need to see. |
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Location: TN | We went two years ago and loved it. There is lots to see in the park, take 2 days to drive around the whole park. Alot of beautiful country and alot of wildlife so have your camera ready. We also went to Grand Teton park. Would go back in a heartbeat. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | WANNACOWBOY - 2016-05-19 10:23 AM
Keep the ideas coming we are going September 9 through the 23. We are driving from Louisiana to Yellowstone so let me know what I need to see.
My advice... No matter how you go, once you get north of I70, be very careful driving in the dark unless you enjoy eating safety glass with your venison. I'd shoot up to I90 as soon as possible so you can decide if you want to trip through the Badlands in SD or go see Mount Rushmore and/or the Crazy-Horse monument. Take I90 west to 14 and that takes you in the East Gate of Yellowstone. Do your thing there and go out the south gate to 26... use that to double-back to I25 and take that south along the Eastern slope of the Rockies.. Enjoy your trip and please be careful of the deer on the roads. They grow them big out there. |
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Location: Somewhere between S@%&# stirrer and Saint | Never go to Wyoming without a coat! |
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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | All of this Yellowstone talk makes me want to take a road trip.
Have a great trip!
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Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | We are booked from Sept 9th-14th! I spent about an hour on Saturday pricing different days and airports for cheapest flights. I saved almost $400 by flying out of Cinci into Billings on Friday and out on Wed. That's crazy! Now on to hotels... yikes, they are high in Yellowstone! |
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