Our planned trip to Europe was cancelled due to COVID virus and once restrictions were lifted a bit, we started talking about taking some day trips. Maybe heading to the central California coast or to Yosemite National Park which is about 4 hours drive from our home. Mike brought up the idea of Yellowstone one night and I was immediately on board. Neither of us had ever been although it's just a 13 hour drive from where we live (that's not overly long by California standards).
Normally I like to spend a good 6 months or so researching what to see and do in a particular place, but there was no time for that this trip. So I jumped on Tripadvisor and immediately began scrolling through the travel forum for Yellowstone, bought a Kindle guide and found a helpful Facebook page as well. We decided to visit Grand Teton National Park as well.
Hotel rooms were in short supply due to COVID, but I managed to book rooms in different areas in and around the park which worked out great. Yellowstone is so huge, you really should shift bases at least once to avoid a bunch of driving. A lot of the dining options in the park were closed or exclusively takeout so we brought along a cooler, our camp chairs and a small folding table so we could make our own breakfast and lunch and to have greater flexibility over our timetable each day. This actually worked out very well for us, because we got a pretty early start most days.
So with a basic plan and some park maps we were on our way!
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