Travel from Alpine to Yellowstone, Wyoming

We drove our coach 270 miles, over four hours of very scenic driving, from Alpine, Wyoming to Yellowstone, Wyoming.

Here’s the map route, heading north:

Route

An interactive map, with potential stops; we only actually stopped at Flagg Ranch:

Leaving our site:

Leaving our site

Leaving the RV park:

Leaving the RV park

Alpine:

Alpine

Snake River:

Snake River

Snake River

Snake River

Interesting rocks:

Interesting rocks

Snowmobile:

Snowmobile

Jackson:

Jackson

HQ of the rafting company we patronized:

HQ of rafting company

Snake River

Entering Grand Teton National Park:

Entering Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park

Paladin in his safe space:

Paladin in his safe space

For some reason, the entrance station for Grand Teton National Park is nowhere near the entrance:

Grand Teton National Park entrance

The built-in GPS in our coach claimed that no RVs were allowed (and the wrong speed limit); bad data:

GPS claiming no RVs allowed

Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park

We stopped at Flagg Ranch for lunch, since it had a huge mostly empty parking lot:

Flagg Ranch

Paladin on upturned dining chairs:

Paladin on upturned dining chairs

Entering Yellowstone National Park (with people taking selfies in front of the sign, thanks for that):

Entering Yellowstone National Park

The Yellowstone south entrance station:

Yellowstone National Park

Lewis River:

Lewis River

Lewis River

Roadworks:

Roadworks

Continental Divide:

Continental Divide

West Thumb of Lake Yellowstone:

West Thumb of Lake Yellowstone

Fishing Bridge over Yellowstone River:

Fishing Bridge over Yellowstone River

Yellowstone General Store:

Yellowstone General Store

Checking in to Fishing Bridge RV Park:

Fishing Bridge RV Park

Fishing Bridge RV Park

Fishing Bridge RV Park

Fishing Bridge RV Park

Fishing Bridge RV Park

Fishing Bridge RV Park

Arriving at our site for the next two weeks:

Fishing Bridge RV Park

Such a scenic drive!

Replacing bathroom faucets and soap dispensers

Jenn didn’t like the bathroom faucets and soap dispensers that came with our coach, as the faucets were rather splashy, and the dispensers let water into them, diluting the soap.

So we bought replacements from Home Depot, and I installed them.

Here’s the old faucet in the rear bathroom:

Old faucet

The new faucet:

New faucet

New faucet

Looking under the sink, one can see manifolds of hoses to various parts of the bathroom (sink, toilet, shower, and washing machine); the sink hot and cold connectors are on the top:

Hoses

This being an RV, of course the hose for the faucet was non-standard, so I needed to get a “hex nipple” to adapt the 1/2 inch MIP hose connectors:

Hex nipple

Disconnected:

Disconnected

The old and new faucets:

Old and new faucets

A new hose, with the hex nipple adapter on the left, and the adapter that came with the faucet on the right:

Hose and adapters

Holes in the counter for the faucet and dispenser:

Holes

New hoses connected:

New hoses connected

New soap dispenser:

New soap dispenser

The soap dispenser bottle installed:

With soap dispenser

The new faucet and soap dispenser installed:

New faucet and soap dispenser

New faucet and soap dispenser

Similarly, the old soap dispenser and faucet in the half bath:

Old faucet in half bath

Hoses under the half bath sink, nicely labeled:

Hoses under half bath sink

Disconnected hoses:

Disconnected hoses under half bath sink

The new faucet mounted:

New faucet mounted

Connected hoses under the half bath sink:

Hoses under half bath sink

Hoses under half bath sink

The installed new soap dispenser and faucet in the half bath:

New soap dispenser and faucet in half bath

New soap dispenser and faucet in half bath

Finally, I also replaced the soap dispenser in the kitchen. That was the most difficult to get to. I accessed it by removing the drawers:

Behind kitchen drawers

A peek of the old soap bottle:

Soap bottle

To install the new one, I reached back through the drawers space and poked the assembled soap bottle and tube up through the hole, before screwing the top on:

Soap bottle and tube

The new soap dispenser in the kitchen:

New soap dispenser in kitchen