drive from Seattle to Calgary to Jackson Hole to Seattle

Thank you all for your helpful suggestions following my post of May 7. Here is our 2-month itinerary, after flying in to the USA from Australia in July. Suggestions please as to good thing to do for a family with 3 small children (4,7,8)? esp for our time in Montana. We%26#39;re hiring a SUV in Seattle and have booked accommodation in the national parks.

Day 1-2 Los Angeles

Day 3-6 Alaska (Anchorage %26amp; Seward)

Day 7-8 drive Seattle to Jasper

Day 9-12 Jasper NP

Day 13-15 Banff NP

Day 16-18 Calgary

Day 19-22 Glacier NP

Day 23-29 Montana

Day 30-35 dude ranch, Jackson Hole, WY

Day 36-40 Grand Tetons NP

Day 41-44 Yellowstone NP

Day 45-49 drive Yellowstone to Seattle

Day 50 Vancouver

Day 51-55 kayaking with Orcas, Johnston Strait BC

Thanks!

Kokera

drive from Seattle to Calgary to Jackson Hole to Seattle

You have got one fantastic trip outlined! It is rare that people can devote so much time to each area. The only place where you might be shortchanging things is in the Seattle/western Washington area. Not only is Seattle a wonderful city with much to see, there are some incredible national parks closeby, including Mt. Rainier, Olympic and the North Cascades, as well as Mt. St. Helens. You might want to consider some of that on your trip back from Yellowstone to Seattle. But to answer your question of activities specific to young children, I suggest the following:

Day 45 - Yellowstone to Stanley, Idaho. Take Highway 20 south to Rexburg for kids to see bears up close and personal at Bear World. At Idaho Falls drive west on Hwy 20 to Craters of the Moon, where they can explore lava tubes and cinder cones. Overnight at Redfish Lake or in nearby Stanley, Idaho

http://www.yellowstonebearworld.com/

http://www.nps.gov/crmo/

http://www.redfishlake.com/

Day 46 - spend the day at Redfish Lake. The kids can swim and play on the beach, horseback or paddle boat rides, or hike on the many alpine trails

Day 47 - Stanley to Pendleton, WA, via Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway and Boise, Idaho

Day 48 - Pendleton via the Dalles on I-84 to WA-14. See Mt. St. Helen%26#39;s volcano and overnight near Mt. Rainier National Park perhaps at Longmire or in the park

Day 49 - 2 hour drive to Seattle.

drive from Seattle to Calgary to Jackson Hole to Seattle

To go from YNP to Seattle I%26#39;d recommend travel from West Yellowstone and hook up with I-90 (or go out the north enterance depending on where you stay). We just got home and stopped in Kellogg, ID on the way. They have a new indoor water park that just opened that your kids might enjoy. They have very nice suotes and the water park is included.

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