On day eight of our Yellowstone trip, we started the two-day journey home from the park.

Here’s the west gate of Yellowstone National Park, on the way out:

As usual for a morning, the traffic was backed up almost all the way through the town of West Yellowstone; glad we weren’t going that way (a tip for anyone going into Yellowstone: go in the afternoon):

Our next stop was at Jim & Mary’s RV Park in Missoula, MT; here the map:

The rental trailer and our truck in the campsite:

This park has delightful landscaping; each site has a large grassy area and a little garden with unique decorations; here was our one:

Our site was on the end of a row, so had extra landscaping on the other side:

Across the driveway, more landscaping:

But as nice as the landscaping was, after a week in Yellowstone without a functioning shower, one of the main attractions of this campground was a shower facility:

We’ll definitely stay at this campground again in the future.

Continuing the journey to Yellowstone, on day two we went from La Grande, OR to Jerome, ID. Each leg was about six hours driving.

We spent the night in the Twin Falls / Jerome KOA:

Here’s our campsite:

The trailer:

The messy side of RVing: power, water, and sewer hookups:

The KOA office:

The pool and playground; we enjoyed a swim in the pool to help cool off:

This campground also had a nearby pond:

Including some ducks:

Mini golf (we didn’t play):

Next time, arriving in Yellowstone.

Continuing from yesterday, here’s day 1 of our Yellowstone trip.

To make the drive there and back less painful, we had decided to take two days each way. The first leg was from home (in the Portland, OR area) to La Grande, OR.

Here’s the trailer and truck at a view point stop:

La Grande viewpoint:

We checked in to Grande Hot Springs RV resort for the night:

The trailer and truck in the campsite:

A super-fancy Mac and Cheese and hot dogs for our first dinner of the trip:

Some art in the driveway:

Pond and fountain:

An adjacent pond:

The RV park:

A hot water stream:

Hot pools (of which we didn’t partake, though probably should have):

Stay tuned for day 2!