A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 334 miles from Missoula, Montana to Ephrata, Washington.
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:
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):
An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
Fuel stop:
I-90 West:
Clark Fork River:
Curves ahead:
Truck stop:
Roadworks:
Rest area closed due to roadworks:
Trucker info:
Welcome to Idaho and Pacific Time Zone:
Roadworks:
Elevation 3,069 feet:
Rest area:
Welcome to Washington:
Spokane:
Train:
Rest area:
Sprague Lake:
Train:
Another closed rest area:
Exit to Quincy:
Field planting sign:
Arriving at our campground:
And 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:
An interactive map:
Our site:
Utilities:
View of the office and entrance from our site:
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.
Video: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming to Missoula, Montana motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 329 miles from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming to Missoula, Montana.
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:
An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
An interesting trailer:
Check-out box:
Crowd watching something on the hill; I couldn’t see anything:
A lone bison:
Thermal feature:
Madison River:
Leaving the park:
Welcome to West Yellowstone, Montana:
Hebgen Lake:
Madison River:
Ennis:
We had originally planned to stay at Ennis RV Park, but decided to just push on through:
Route 359 North:
Truck parking closed on I-90 West:
… because they diverted traffic through the parking area due to road works:
Continental Divide:
I-90 West:
Rest area:
Wildlife escape ramp:
Interesting rocks:
Arriving at Jim & Mary’s RV Park:
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):
The left one is attached via Command Strips to ensure it remains straight:
Not the fanciest dashcams, but they get the job done.
Yellowstone Artists Paintpots area
On our last day in Yellowstone National Park we visited the Artists Paintpots area, then completed the lower loop, with a picnic dinner at a secret picnic area:
A bison swimming across Yellowstone River:
Bison:
Artusts’ Paintpots:
On the way home we had a picnic in a “secret” area that seems to have mostly fallen into Yellowstone Lake:
Grand Teton National Park
On our sixth day in Yellowstone National Park we headed south out of the park, to do a quick scenic drive of the neighboring Grand Teton National Park:
A picnic lunch at Lewis Lake:
Lewis Falls:
Grand Teton National Park entrance sign:
Jackson Lake:
Signal Mountain Overlook:
Grand Teton peaks:
Horses:
Bison:
Horses chasing after a bison:
Dinner at Leeks Pizzeria (a very long wait):
A bear across the lake:
Sunset over Yellowstone Lake on the way home:
Yellowstone Old Faithful area
On our fifth day in Yellowstone National Park we visited the Black Sand Basin, the Old Faithful area, and West Thumb Geyser Basin on the way back:
Black Sand Basin:
Upper Geyser Basin:
Old Faithful Lodge:
Old Faithful erupting:
Kepler Cascades:
Continental Divide, elevation 8262, and Isa Lake:
Ducks in Isa Lake:
West Thumb Geyser Basin:
Yellowstone Lamar Valley area
On our fourth day in Yellowstone National Park we visited the Lamar Valley area, all the way to just before the northeast entrance, then over to Mammoth Hot Springs, and around the upper loop:
Bison:
Tower Falls:
Interesting rocks:
Bison in Lamar Valley:
NE Entrance Road:
Bison in Lamar Valley:
Elk in Mammoth:
Mammoth terraces:
Waterfall:
Sheepeater Cliff:
Bison strolling on the road:
Elk:
Bison:
