fans of the paranormal. On May 2-5, it will host the inaugural Stanley Film Festival, with “the best in independent horror cinema.” “Haunted” guest rooms include the Stephen King Suite 217. I prefer staying above the verandah, which has given me on more than one occasion a front-row seat to a summer wedding. And that same verandah is the hands-down best spot for a cocktail before dinner or afternoon tea.
Historic lodges weren’t built for guests who sequestered them- selves in their rooms.
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© David M. Morris
The main lounge and lobby of the historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colo.
The Stanley is the start of my road trip
through four national parks, each with historic and surprising hotels. From the Stanley, drive the 48-mile-long Trail
Ridge Road (U.S. 34) from Estes Park through Rocky Mountain National Park. (Snow closes U.S. 34 from mid-October to mid-June. RVs are not allowed.) You’re on your way to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. The park-to-park trip can be made in one very
long day. Choose either a breakfast or lunch at the 1920 Grand Lake Lodge at the end of Trail Ridge Road, or a stay in Steamboat Springs on U.S. 40. Beyond Steamboat at Craig, drive CO-13 to
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Wyoming, where the road becomes WY-789. Once you reach I-80, head west toward Rock Springs, then north on U.S 191 where you can enter Grand Teton through the upscale ski town of Jackson. At Moose Junction, turn onto Teton Park Road to Jackson Lake Lodge. But don’t rush. Stop at every pullout, camera ready. Unfolding before you is one of the country’s heart-stopping vistas. Unlike other ranges, the Tetons soar from the meadows, their jagged sil- houette refl ected in pristine lakes. No one was more taken with the Teton Range
than John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and his wife, Abby. The park was fi rst established in 1929, and its expansion in 1950 included land Rockefeller secretly purchased. The Rockefeller involvement did not stop there. He also built Jackson Lake
1 Travel advisory
1 The Stanley Hotel l 2 Jackson Lake Lodge l 3 Old Faithful Inn 4 Lake Yellowstone Hotel l 5 Belton Chalet l 6 Glacier Park Lodge
34 EnCompass May/June 2013
AAA.com
Plan early for your 2014 National Park Lodge road trip—at least nine to 12 months out. If you’re just now thinking about the National Park Lodge vacation, talk to a AAA travel agent about your options.
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