Wapiti National Forest Service Campground,

Driving out of Yellowstone East Entrance we were looking for a campground to stay cool at for a while. The first one we stopped at had a couple of loops closed due to bear activity, those loops included the water faucet, so we continued on down the road. We then stopped at the Wapiti campground. It's out of pines but has a good set of cottonwoods for shade. It's at 6,000 feet elevation and the temperature was about perfect, though a bit cool for the morning walk with Precious, our pooch.We got a pull thru site next to the Shoshone river for $10/night, electricity provided.

We spent a lot of time sitting by the river watching mountain goats (they call them wild sheep, but they look and act like goats to me) graze on the hillside, the first night 7 of them came down to the river to drink. They had a set of twin kids and a single kid, kinda fun to watch. We also enjoyed watching the many different birds, Robins, yellow ones, yellow breasted with a black mask ones, hawks or eagles and many more varieties.

The river setting provided about a five to  10 degree F lower temperature than back at the RV, just 40 feet away. We initially signed up for 3 nights but enjoyed them so much we signed up for 4 more. Each day we waxed a portion of the motor home, completing it the last day before driving to Cody.