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Travel from Missoula, Montana to Ephrata, Washington

We drove our coach 334 miles, about six hours of driving, from Missoula, Montana to Ephrata, Washington.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:

Map

This map showing timezones, as we crossed from Mountain to Pacific time (west coast best coast), and the state borders between Montana (right), Idaho (middle), and Washington (left):

Timezones

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

I-90 West:

I-90 West

Clark Fork River:

Clark Fork River

Curves ahead:

Curves ahead

Truck stop:

Truck stop

Roadworks:

Roadworks

Rest area closed due to roadworks:

Rest area closed due to roadworks

Trucker info:

Trucker info

Welcome to Idaho and Pacific Time Zone:

Welcome to Idaho and Pacific Time Zone

Roadworks:

Roadworks

Elevation 3,069 feet:

Elevation 3,069 feet

Rest area:

Rest area

Welcome to Washington:

Welcome to Washington

Spokane:

Spokane

Spokane

Train:

Train

Rest area:

Rest area

Sprague Lake:

Sprague Lake

Train:

Train

Another closed rest area:

Another closed rest area

Exit to Quincy:

Exit to Quincy

Field planting sign:

Field planting sign

Field planting sign

Field planting sign

Arriving at our campground:

Arriving

And our site:

Our site

Jim & Mary’s RV Park

We stayed at Jim & Mary’s RV Park in Missoula, Montana. (Campground Reviews listing.)

This is our fourth stay here; our first time with a trailer on our Yellowstone trip, and in our coach the following year and the year after. It’s a convenient stop on our way home, and a very pretty park.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2025-09-01
  • Check out: 2025-09-02
  • 2 nights

Weather:

  • Sunny
  • High temp 92°F, low 60-62°F
  • Little wind, gusts to 10 MPH

Noise:

  • Some road noise
  • Nearby train horn noise
  • No significant neighbor noise

Site:

  • #A2, pull-through, gravel
  • Didn’t need to disconnect toad, and didn’t, since only two nights
  • Somewhat unlevel site; high in the rear, though might have been more level if parked towards the back; used air leveling, since only two nights
  • Gravel driveway about 72 feet long by 15 feet wide
  • 20 feet to neighbors on both sides
  • Picnic table
  • One big tree
  • Clean site

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, a little inconveniently located
  • 60 PSI water, a little inconveniently located
  • Good sewer connection, a conveniently located (1.5 10-foot pipes needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • Starlink: 56-118 Mbps down, , 50 ms ping
  • RoamLink: 6-7 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 200 ms ping (RoamLink uses whichever is best of AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile)
  • AT&T: 55-100 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 110 ms ping
  • Campground Wi-Fi: 10-14 Mbps down, 2-10 Mbps up, 13 ms ping

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpsters
  • Gardens

See our previous review on Campground Reviews.

Campground map:

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

Utilities:

Utilities

View of the office and entrance from our site:

View of office and entry from our site

Other sites:

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

See our previous visits for more photos. We still like this RV park, and will likely stay here yet again in the future.

Travel from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming to Missoula, Montana

We drove our coach 329 miles, about five hours of driving, from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming to Missoula, Montana.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading northwest:

Map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

An interesting trailer:

An interesting trailer

Check-out box:

Check-out box

Crowd watching something on the hill; I couldn’t see anything:

Crowd watching something

A lone bison:

Lone bison

Thermal feature:

Thermal feature

Madison River:

Madison River

Leaving the park:

Leaving the park

Welcome to West Yellowstone, Montana:

Welcome to West Yellowstone, Montana

West Yellowstone

Hebgen Lake:

Hebgen Lake

Madison River:

Madison River

Ennis:

Ennis

We had originally planned to stay at Ennis RV Park, but decided to just push on through:

Ennis RV Park

Route 359 North:

Route 359 North

Truck parking closed on I-90 West:

Truck parking closed on I-90 West

… because they diverted traffic through the parking area due to road works:

Truck parking closed on I-90 West

Continental Divide:

Continental Divide

I-90 West:

I-90 West

Rest area:

Rest area

Wildlife escape ramp:

Wildlife escape ramp

Interesting rocks:

Interesting rocks

Arriving at Jim & Mary’s RV Park:

Arriving at Jim & Mary's RV Park

Our site:

Our site

Dashcams

If you’ve enjoyed my RV travel videos on YouTube, you may have wondered what I use to record them.

I use a dashcam, listed on Amazon as the “ROVE R2-4K Dash Cam Built-in WiFi 6 GPS Car Dashboard Camera Recorder with UHD 2160P, 2.4″ IPS Screen, 150° Wide Angle, WDR, Night Vision”.

I actually have four of these cameras: one in the coach windshield to record a timelapse of our travels, and a second one next to it to record real-time, in case of accident; one in a side window to record a timelapse of campground activities (which I occasionally post, but is usually not that excitng), plus a fourth in our truck, again recording real-time for accidents.

Here are the two in the coach windshield; the one on the left is the one used for timelapses, and the one on the right is for real-time (the box between them is the Mobileye sensor):

Dashcams

The left one is attached via Command Strips to ensure it remains straight:

Dashcam

Not the fanciest dashcams, but they get the job done.

Fishing Bridge RV Park, Yellowstone National Park

We stayed at Fishing Bridge RV Park in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Our fourth stay in Yellowstone, our second in our coach and at this campground. The only place we can stay inside the park in our coach. It’s definitely worthwhile to stay inside the park; it’s a huge place, and the entry lines can be long.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2025-08-24
  • Check out: 2025-09-02
  • 9 nights

Weather:

  • Partly cloudy, some rain
  • High temps 59-73°F, lows 45-50°F
  • Some wind, gusts to 20 MPH, sheltered by trees

Noise:

  • No road noise
  • No train horn noise
  • Lots of neighbor noise

Site:

  • #321, pull-through, concrete
  • Didn’t need to disconnect toad, parked behind coach
  • Somewhat level site; high in front and passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
  • Concrete driveway about 70 feet long by 32 feet wide
  • 54 feet to neighbors on both sides
  • Just grass between sites
  • Picnic table
  • Tall trees behind site
  • Unclean site; lots of small trash (which I picked up)
  • Elevation 7,790 feet, front facing south

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, very conveniently located
  • 80 PSI water, conveniently located
  • Good sewer connection, but too low, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • Starlink: 200-219 Mbps down, 27 Mbps up, 45 ms ping
  • RoamLink: 8 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 130 ms ping (RoamLink uses whichever is best of AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile)
  • AT&T: 12-30 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 150 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
  • Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpsters
  • Inside Yellowstone National Park

See our previous review on Campground Reviews.

Campground map:

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

Patio

Disappointingly, there was lots of small garbage around the site. People are the worst:

Garbage

Other sites:

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Pretty basic, but the best (and only) place for us inside Yellowstone. We’ll definitely stay here again.

Travel from Buffalo to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

We drove our coach 260 miles, about five hours of driving, from Buffalo to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:

Route map

Route with elevations:

Route with elevations

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Highway 16, west of Buffalo, Wyoming:

Highway 16 west of Buffalo, Wyoming

Signs indicated various rock strata, e.g. Granite Gneiss rocks:

Granite Gneiss rocks

Pull-off for a break:

Pull-off for a break

Runaway truck ramp and interesting rocks:

Runaway truck ramp and interesting rocks

Interesting rocks

interesting rocks

Interesting rocks

Ten Sleep is a cute little town:

Ten Sleep

Ten Sleep

Ten Sleep

Rest area:

Rest area

Wildlife:

Wildlife

Cody:

Cody

Shoshone River:

Shoshone River

Shoshone River

Buffalo Bill tunnels:

Buffalo Bill tunnels

Buffalo Bill reservoir:

Buffalo Bill reservoir

Shoshone River:

Shoshone River

Rest area:

Rest area

More interesting rocks:

Interesting rocks

Yellowstone National Park east entrance sign:

Yellowstone National Park east entrance sign

And entrance station:

Yellowstone National Park east entrance

Yellowstone Lake:

Yellowstone Lake

Fishing Bridge RV Park check-in area:

Fishing Bridge RV Park check-in area

Fishing Bridge RV Park registration

Our site:

Our site

Buffalo KOA Journey

We stayed at Buffalo KOA Journey in Buffalo, Wyoming. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Our third stay here, as it’s a convenient stop on the way home. See our first and second visits for more photos.

This time, we only stayed one night, so opted for one of the convenient (and cheaper) pull-through sites nearer the front of the campground.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2025-08-23
  • Check out: 2025-08-24
  • 1 night

Weather:

  • Sunny
  • High temp 79°F, low 51°F
  • Some wind, gusts to 18 MPH

Noise:

  • Some road noise
  • No train horn noise
  • Little neighbor noise

Site:

  • #60, back-in/pull-through, gravel
  • Didn’t need to disconnect toad, and didn’t, since only one night
  • Somewhat level site; used air leveling, since only one night
  • Gravel driveway about 70 feet long by 9 feet wide
  • 14 feet to neighbors on both sides
  • Picnic table
  • Fire pit
  • A few tall trees
  • Clean site
  • Elevation 4,280 feet, front facing south

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, conveniently located
  • Didn’t connect to water, but conveniently located
  • Didn’t connect to sewer, but conveniently located

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • RoamLink: 8 Mbps down, 8 Mbps up, 145 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network)
  • AT&T: 8-28 Mbps down, 0.5 Mbps up, 145-275 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
  • Starlink: not used
  • Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpsters
  • Pool

See our previous review on Campground Reviews.

Campground map:

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

Paw pen patio site (being worked on):

Paw pen patio site

Other sites:

Other sites

Other sites

Cabins:

Cabins

We’d be happy to stay here again.