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Originally Posted by rving2015
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My wife and I stayed at the Yellowstone Grizzly RV Park a couple of years ago. SUPER nice RV park, easy in/out and the staff was really friendly. Unless you are staying inside of Yellowstone Park, you will have a drive to get in to any of the main sites - Old Faithful, Yellowstone Falls, Mammoth Hot Springs, etc. My understanding is that there are only 2 campgrounds in the park that have hookups, and even at that, your rig may be a bit big to get in there. I would check it out before deciding that is what you are going to do. Just an observation from our drive through Yellowstone as we were coming from the Northeast Cooke City entrance and had to venture all the way through the park with the trailer - watch out for other RV drivers coming into your lane as I would think they haven't been driving RVs long. There is basically no shoulder along the road, just road, white line, then ditch.
I would say from IA, take I-90 across to WY. Here's the thing, when you get into WY on I-90, you will have to cross through the Bighorn Mountains on either Hwy 14 or Hwy 16. Both are beautiful and worth the drive, but they are quite the haul.
At the time, we had our 2013 RAM 2500 diesel towing a 27' TT. I didn't have any problems crossing, love the built in exhaust brake, but it is definitely a hilly, winding road. We were camped in Cody, WY and the guy pulled in next to us with a huge MH and a Jeep. He was pretty upset from his drive across 16. Turns out he is from the flat lands in TX and had never been through the mountains. I was from WA state and grew up crossing mountain passes, so I didn't think it was a big deal. The road was plenty wide, take it slow when you need to, gear down going down the hills.
The mandatory brake check point at the top is a good reminder to slowing down and I'd say if you follow it, you won't have any problems. The beauty of the drive is worth taking the mountain route.
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