Yellowstone-Devil's Tower-Mt. Rushmore loop

This trip is still one of my favorites. You can do it in any order depending on from where you start. We started in the west.

Day 1: drive to Bozeman, MT. Spent the night in the Fairfield Inn because it had free breakfast. Fairly good one, at that.
Accessibility: Fine, first floor room.

Day 2: drive to Yellowstone through the north entrance. We stopped at Mammoth. Take the side road loop there, it is awesome! There were also people with passports to the National Parks. We didn’t understand at the time, but they take those to all national parks and stamp it (free I think). My kids would have liked that. We drove on to Canyon Village. We rented a cabin. Be warned, a cabin is a mobile home in the woods. Very pricey for the quality, but the location was great. You don’t have a lot of choice, no competition in the park. We chose that site because of its central location. Short drive to the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and amazing falls. Most photographed site in Yellowstone.
Accessibility: Yellowstone is very compliant with ADA. I wish I had a scooter then, because the distances to trek tired me out. Some paths not very accessible, but most are.

Day 3: drive W on the Grand Loop road. Stop at all the sites along the way. Don’t miss the Firepot Loop, near the mud pots. And, where ever you see a cluster of stopped cars, stop and see why. Wildlife everywhere. We continue to Old Faithful. Then continue around the loop, heading back to Canyon Village. You will pass through a big valley with the Yellowstone river. Many buffalo here. Don’t be stupid, they are wild animals!

Day 4: drive south on the loop, heading to Grand Teton Park. We spent the day exploring that direction. Jenny Lake was gorgeous.
Accessibility: Good, as with Yellowstone.

Day 5: we pack up and head for the east entrance to leave the park. This highway is unbelievably photogenic and sort of scary. There is a mustang wild horse refuge near Gillette. We sidetracked there on our way. We spend the night in Gillette, Wyoming. Any hotel will do, it’s just a place to spend the night.

Day 6: we head to Devil’s Tower. Don’t miss the prairie dog town on the road at the base. They are marked with signage. Then on to the Black Hills of S.D. We stayed at a motel (with breakfast, again) only 5 miles from Mt. Rushmore in Keystone.
Accessibility: I didn’t attempt to walk around the base of the tower, so I don’t know.

Day 7 and 8: All close to the motel: Mt. Rushmore, Bear Country, Needles Highway (don’t miss it. You’ll never see another road like it), train ride to Hill City, caves (one was a national monument, I think). Hill City dinosaur museum, (in a store front. Amazing specimens. Packed wall-to-wall. A must see. They are planning a museum, but when we went it was downtown in an old store.) There was more to do than we could fit in.
Accessibility: Also very ADA compliant at the monument. A few stairs at the dino museum. Train was old steam, a few steps, but may have had a lift. I didn’t personally do the cave (fear of the tight places!)

Day 9: We head back through Montana, on highway I 90, and stop at Little Big Horn. It is close to I 90. The site has changed much since I first saw it as a child. Now it presents the Native American point of view in addition to the whites. A very moving experience. We continue on to Bozeman, MT. Back to the Fairfield Inn.
Accessibility: ADA compliant. Some of the grave markers are a bit to access.

Day 10: We go to the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman. Great dinosaur displays and more. We rest and do laundry.
Accessibility: Fine.

Day 11: drive home! BTW, Missoula has the only Cracker Barrel for hundreds of miles. I am a sucker for the gift shop. It is right on I 90.