Back in the late 80s/early 90's I fought fires in both in the Park and on
either side of the Tetons.  My first suggestion to anyone who doesn't
particularly like the traffic in the summer in the park is to take a look at
the National Forest Service land, mostly Targhee NF, just west of
Yellowstone and GTNP.  There some really great places to see if you're
willing to drive down dirty forest roads.

My wife and I took our honeymoon in YSNP in the middle of the winter.  Two
weeks of back country skiing and the population of the whole basin never
exceeded our yurt camp, plus a couple of bombardier coaches in the daytime.
Frankly, that's the only time in my opinion to visit the Park.

Matt Thyer
http://zenoswagen.wordpress.com/

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
george jannini
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 8:01 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: roadtrip

  Yep, I agree- Yellowstone campsites suck for the most part, but we
traveled during the height of the season four years ago and had the best
time.

  It was our second trip, and this time we were able to stay put for as long
as we liked- I believe we did a week there.  What was fascinating to us was
how much the place had changed in 10 years.

  For us, the Norris Geyser Basin is a major draw...

George/ATL