[Richard]

FWIW,

Rhonda and I are National Park Junkies, and we have been touring the country for the last 8 years in a 45 footer. Yes, Yellowstone was reworking Fishing Bridge last year.

But our experience is that almost all the campgrounds in the NPs with hookups are really really really tight. Colter Bay in Tetons, Zion, and Glacier come to mind. Trailer Village in the Grand Canyon is the exception.

You will find almost all the parks have much nicer facilities on the edge of the parks or within reasonable driving distances. There are a number of campgrounds in West Yellowstone, and a really nice one Yellowstone Edge on the North side towards Livingston Montana. There is no way I want to try to navigate The traffic and the roads in YNP with an RV.

We quickly realized that if we tethered ourselves to the coach we would miss tons of things we wanted to do. In each of our tours of the country, we put almost as many miles on the toad as we do the coach. Your needs and desires may be very different than ours.

I don’t envy your dilemma. Trying to balance the space you desire for kids and working from the road with the ability to get into tight spaces and boondock is a tough calculation.