Carbella Fishing Access near Gardiner, MT

We are camping a few miles from the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park in a gorgeous location, on the Y River, watching kayakers and rafters float by all day. This area is very popular with fishermen, lots of trout fishing. Across the river from our site is a waterfall that we are enjoying the heck out of.

I thought I left my heart in Wyoming but this is my new favorite place. It’s so relaxing and peaceful and then there’s the waterfall. 😊. It seems like all the properties are ranches, huge wide open spaces and beautiful scenery.

There are only about 15 campsites, spaced apart enough we can’t hear other people’s generators. Most people are roughing it. Not us. Since we got Starlink we have every convenience all the time just like we were in a house. Internet, wi-fi calling, the works. It’s $600 for the unit and also a monthly subscription fee (service can be paused) but totally worth it.

We’ve been into YNP a couple of times and seen mostly buffalo. We did see a couple of eagles and a partridge but in places on the approach to the wildlife viewing areas where there was no pull outs to stop and take a picture. We went to Lamar Valley know for wolves and bears, didn’t see any. The herds of buffalo were spectacular though.

There are a couple of construction zones in that area which put a damper on things. Next time into the park we have a different route planned.

Our campsite (seen from across the Yellowstone River, elevated)

This little Corgi named Mitch (but it’s a girl) is here for the weekend. Zoe and Mitch hit it off.

This homemade camper is the only one we’ve seen with solar and a minisplit ( the white square thing you see on the bumper). We haven’t seen the people at all.

Red tailed Hawk I shot while leaning out the truck window

One day we drove up to Cooke City to scout the area for possibly camping. Loved the area and found a great place we could camp but the road up and back was way too “snaky” and steep to pull our camper up there. We stopped at a turn out and saw these guys.