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    Posted: 15 May 2014 at 12:54am
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If you are in Ft Collins area, absolutely don't miss Rocky Mtn National Park!! If you haven't driven Trail Ridge Road thru the park, it is a must see - highest continuous paved road in all of North America. Highest pt is 12,073 ft and approx. 11 miles of road are above treeline - 11,000 - 12,000 ft! Pretty impressive! And be sure to travel all the way over to Grand Lake on the quieter and more friendly west side of the park. (just a little prejudice since I live 2 miles outside the west side of the park!!!)
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I have been to RMNP various times over the years, as I have family in CO. We took the kids there a few years ago. The drive above the to timber line was cool! We did drive to Grand Lake for a snack. The west side provided several moose for the kids to observe, more interesting creatures than he elk that have invaded Estes. Beautiful country! Still waiting to see the elusive big horn sheep:)
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Ok. Back to Lucerne, WY. Just a few short miles from that campground (just past Manila, UT), is a place called Sheep Creek Canyon Geological Area. It's named that because of the big horn sheep! We've seen them in that area many times; but, of course, we've lived here for 33 years. It's near the Deep Creek area we mentioned before. Also, if you go on down to Vernal, UT, you will have the Dinosaur Museum and Dig.

By the way, you asked about Buckboard. We've never cared for it! It has a real "marina" atmosphere, and we would personally never camp there. But that being said, there are so many places to swim along the Gorge in that whole area. Just pick a dirt road that heads to the lake. There is also a KOA in Manila, UT.
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For those that live around Butte- we are making our way to Pinedale, WY in a couple weeks and are planning on staying *somewhere* around Butte for a night. Hookups are not a priority. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Also looking for some suggestions of where to camp around Pinedale.

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If you're going to Pinedale, don't miss the Mountain Man Museum there.  It's excellent and is a good interpretation of the area surrounding Pinedale that was the site for half of the 16 annual Mountain Man Rendezvous held from 1824-1840.
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Originally posted by blackcat

For those that live around Butte- we are making our way to Pinedale, WY in a couple weeks and are planning on staying *somewhere* around Butte for a night. Hookups are not a priority. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Also looking for some suggestions of where to camp around Pinedale.

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What route are you taking from Butte to Pinedale?  If you're taking I-15 south from there, and can make it another 60 miles or so, we stayed at this campground in Dillon, MT, a couple of years ago on our way to Glacier Park:  http://csrvmt.com/.  It was a good overnight campground--clean, quiet, and pretty area.

If you do go that route, are you planning to go over Teton Pass from Victor, ID, to Jackson, WY?  If so, have you driven that before?  We did that this year (pulling our popup, just before we got our new R-Pod).  Be prepared for 10% grades!  Very, very steep pass.  It will test the limits of your tow vehicle.
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We camped for a night at Scab Creek (BLM) near Pinedale a few weeks ago.
Nice small campground-

The campground is 12 miles south of Pinedale on US 191, then 7 miles east on WY Road 353 and 7 miles north on gravel BLM road 5423.

http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/field_offices/Pinedale/recreation/rec_map.html


As for Butte- we stayed for a night at a Bureau Of Reclamation campground-  White Earth Campground on Canyon Ferry Lake about 50 miles NE of Butte.  Open, no shade but on a lake. 


Originally posted by blackcat

For those that live around Butte- we are making our way to Pinedale, WY in a couple weeks and are planning on staying *somewhere* around Butte for a night. Hookups are not a priority. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Also looking for some suggestions of where to camp around Pinedale.

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We are taking 15 south to Pinedale- the campground in Dillon looks like a good stop. I remember Dillon being a beautiful place, but haven't been there in a while. Fortunately we have a big truck that hauls horse trailers over passes, so we should be ok with the steep grades. Thanks for the warning Mountainrev!

Budward, the campground at Scab Creek looks great. We're going to stay there this weekend. Thank you!
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If you find a small 2 way radio let me know....we somehow lost one thereCool
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