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>> DAY ONE (Rapid City, SD-Wind Cave National Park)
MILEAGE: 71.
DRIVE TIME: 2.5 hours.
DIRECTIONS: U.S. 16 south to Keystone; South Dakota 244 to Mount Rushmore National Memorial; South Dakota 87 (Needles Highway) south to Wind Cave National Park.
STOPS: Reptile Gardens (800-335-0275; www.reptile-gardens.com), $10 per adult, $6 per child age 6-12; Mount Rushmore National Monument (605-574-2523; www.nps.gov/moru); Custer State Park (605-255-4515; www.state.sd.us/sdparks). Buy a National Parks Annual Pass for $65 to cover all federal entrance fees.
STAY AT: Elk Mountain Campground at Wind Cave National Park (605-745-4600; www.nps.gov/wica), 96 sites, $10 per site (daily cave tours, $8-$20).

>> DAY TWO (Wind Cave National Park-Devils Tower National Monument, WY)
MILEAGE: 160.
DRIVE TIME: 3.5 hours.
DIRECTIONS: U.S. 385 south to Hot Springs, backtrack north on 385/89 to Custer; west on U.S. 16 into Wyoming; U.S. 85/585 to I-90 at Sundance. Go west one exit for Devils Tower.
STOPS: Elkhorn Cafe on Chicago Street in Hot Springs; Mammoth Site (605-745-6017, www.mammothsite.com), $6 per adult, $4.25 per child; Crazy Horse Memorial (605-673-4681), $9 per person or $19 per car.
STAY AT: Belle Fourche Campground at Devils Tower National Monument (307-467-5283; www.nps.gov/deto), 30 sites with tables and fire grates, $12 per site.

>> DAY THREE (Devils Tower National Monument-Cody)
MILEAGE: 300.
DRIVE TIME: 6 hours.
DIRECTIONS: I-90 west to Buffalo; U.S. 16 west (detouring on Wyoming 436 south to the nature preserve east of Ten Sleep) to Worland; north on U.S. 20 to Greybull; west on 16/20 to Cody.
STOPS: The Nature Conservancy's Tensleep Preserve (307-366-2671; www.tncwyoming.org/opportunities/tenslprog.shtml); Irma Hotel/Restaurant (800-745-4762, www.irmahotel.com); Cody Nite Rodeo at 8:30 p.m., $12 per adult, $6 per child age 7-12.
STAY AT: Best Western Sunset Motor Inn (307-587-4265): indoor/outdoor pools, play area, room with two queen beds, $130.

>> DAY FOUR (Cody-Yellowstone National Park)
MILEAGE: 105.
DRIVE TIME: 3 hours.
DIRECTIONS: Wyoming 120 north to Wyoming 296 (Chief Joseph Scenic Highway) to U.S. 212; go west to Yellowstone's northeast entrance. The dirt-road turnoff to Slough Creek campground is four miles east of Tower Junction.
STOPS: Tecumseh's Miniature Village (307-587-5362), $3; Cary Inn in Crandall for lunch; Yellowstone National Park (307-344-7381; www.nps.gov/yell); Trout Lake trailhead, two miles west of Pebble Creek.
STAY AT: Slough Creek Campground, 29 sites, $10 per site.

>> DAY FIVE (Yellowstone National Park)
MILEAGE: 95.
DRIVE TIME: 3 hours.
DIRECTIONS: Follow park roads to Tower Junction, Mammoth, Norris, Madison Junction, Old Faithful, and finally West Thumb/Grant Village.
STOPS: Petrified-tree exhibit near Tower Junction; Mammoth Terraces and boardwalk; Firehole Canyon loop road; Old Faithful Inn and geyser; Grant Village/West Thumb (Yellowstone Lake Overlook Trail), east of Old Faithful.
STAY AT: Grant Village Campground (reservations: 307-344-7311), 425 sites with flush toilets, showers, and potable water, $15 per site.

>> DAY SIX (Yellowstone National Park-Grand Teton National Park)
MILEAGE: 45.
DRIVE TIME: 1.5 hours.
DIRECTIONS: Take the park road south to Grand Teton National Park and the Jackson Lake Lodge turnoff.
STOPS: Riddle Lake trailhead (open after July 15) south of Grant Village; Grand Teton National Park (307-739-3600; www.nps.gov/grte).
STAY AT: Jackson Lake Lodge (307-543-3100; www.gtlc.com), doubles $125-$225 per night.

>> DAY SEVEN (Grand Teton National Park-Jackson)
MILEAGE: 35.
DRIVE TIME: 1 hour.
DIRECTIONS: Follow park road south to Jackson Lake Junction, turn right to Jenny Lake and Moose Visitor Center; south on Wyoming 191 to Jackson.
STOPS: Jenny Lake Visitor Center and the shuttle boat to reach Cascade Canyon (every 20 minutes from 8 a.m.-6 p.m.), $6 per adult, $4 per child 7-12; Dornan's Pizza Pasta Company, before Moose; half-day rafting on the Snake River, Barker-Ewing River Trips (800-448-4202; www.barker-ewing.com), $38 per adult, $30 per child 6-12; dinner at Jedediah's Original House of Sourdough (307-733-5671), off the Jackson square on Broadway.

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