jpjax

Hi All,

Little late on my planning for upcoming Yellowstone trip this 4th of July. We will be flying in Salt Lake late afternoon. We have made following bookings.

1. First Night (evening drive from SLC to Logan) we are staying at Logan.
2. Next 2 nights we have booked at Colter Bay cabins @ Grand Teton National Park.
3. 3 nights in Grand Village Lodge/Yellowstone
4. 2 nights in Canyon lodge/Yellowstone
5. Return to Salt lake and fly out late night

With my physical disability I am restricted for long walks/climbs/hikes. Can walk around mile or so at a time. However kids (8 and 14) are exited about the whole trip.

This forum has always helped me with excellent advise. Looking forward for similar advice on planning around,

1. Where to spend time based on itinerary and make it memorable trip
2. Food options, what to try and avoid. Spouse and daughter are vegetarian
3. Any side trips considering length of stay
4. River trips (?)

Thank you for your recommendations.

Gretchen

Since you are going to Logan I hope you are continuing to Jackson through Logan Canyon. It was one of the most beautiful drives of our western trip.

jpjax

I will be driving on 89 to via Bear Lake. Is that Logan Canyon area?

StantonHyde

As for food--there is a Whole Foods in SLC (Trolley Square, 7th EAst and 5th South) so you could stock up before you go. Also, all of the places we ate in Yellowstone had vegetarian options for dinner--usually pasta. It's not going to be super, but the food was mostly passable anyway. And I could always find a salad.

You will be going through Logan Canyon--truly gorgeous. Can you horseback ride? You could do a trail ride at Canyon. Not sure about River Trips-in Jackson, Barker Ewing is a great outfit. You might be better off with a float trip vs a white water trip--depends on what you want to do.

Since you couldn't get Old Faithful Lodging, you will be driving from Grant Village to the Old Faithful area and south of it. There are cancellations all the time. I would call OF every day to see if you could get a night or 2 there. Grant Village was not my favorite place to stay--they do have a great visitor center there.

You can search my user name for my trip report on Yellowstone with kids. And look at other Yellowstone questions--Meyer just had a post going around with lots of info about taking his grand daughter to Yellowstone.

jpjax

Based on research, below is my tentative trip plan. I would appreciate your thoughts suggestions and improvements. I am trying fit Chuck wagon dinner but not able to decide when. It appears that chuck wagon dinner near Jackson is cheaper than one at Roosevelt. Not sure what is best value for money?

Thursday (Logan Hotel)
Fly SLC.Drive to Logan Hotel

Friday (Colter bay Lodge)
5 Hours Drive to Colter Bay in Morning
42-mile Scenic Loop Drive
Signal Mountain Road
Mormon Row Historic District
Schwabacher Landing

Saturday (Colter Bay Lodge)
River Float
Jackson Lake Dam

Sunday (Grant Village Lodge)
1 hour Drive to Grand Village
Old Faithful
Upper Geysers Basin/
Bee Hive/Riverside/Castle/Morning Glory

Monday (Grant Village Lodge)
Midway Geysers Basin / Grand Prismatic Spring
Lower Geyser Basin / Fountain Paint Pot
Firehole Drive/Great Fountain Geyser

Tuesday (Grant Village Lodge)
Lake Yellowstone
Norris Geyser Basin

Wednesday (Canyon Lodge)
Drive thru Hayden Valley in the morning
to Canyon Lodge
Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Thursday (Canyon Lodge)
Early morning Lamer Valley
Tower Fall
Mammoth Hot Spring Area
Lower terrace walk, upper terrace drive

Friday (checkout from Canyon Lodge)
6 hours Drive to SLC and Fly out