2019 trip from KY to Yellowstone/Tetons
2019 trip to Yellowstone I am planning a trip from Kentucky to Yellowstone and would like to run my itinerary by the experts to see how it looks. Some background and parameters: It will be me, wife...
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I live just outside of Louisville, KY and did a trip like this in 2017. The main difference is I didn't do any night driving. We went through rapid city-yellowstone-tetons but then we went down to rocky mtn/pikes peak too over 18 days.
My girls (9 & 12 at the time) never complained about the drives. We found a cool hike in the badlands to do, drove the loop in Custer State park, and spent time in Rushmore. Yellowstone is huge and there is no way you will see it all, so pick sites to see and come back again for a longer trip when you don't have the kids and time constraints. I loved the Tetons. If I'd advise anything it would be maybe to cut a day in yellowstone and add a day in the tetons. Find a doable hike for your family to do and get up close and personal with those mountains.
I would advise you to check with the campgrounds to see if they have places you can park until your site opens. The rapid city koa let us do that along with 10-15 other campers that arrived early.
I wouldn't let others on here poo poo your long drive days. It can be tough, but when you have kids and time frames this becomes necessary to get that far out west. We drove 722 miles back from New Orleans over fall break in 12 hours. I drive an expedition pulling a 26' TT. Made 4 stops for gas along the way that was it. All of us were plugged into some good books and thoroughly entertained. When we made that trip 2 summers ago I think we made nearly 500 mile drives on 3 separate days with me doing all the driving. Call me Clark Griswald if you want, but it works for my clan. Do what works for your family. They will love that trip. Take lots of pictures!!!
My girls (9 & 12 at the time) never complained about the drives. We found a cool hike in the badlands to do, drove the loop in Custer State park, and spent time in Rushmore. Yellowstone is huge and there is no way you will see it all, so pick sites to see and come back again for a longer trip when you don't have the kids and time constraints. I loved the Tetons. If I'd advise anything it would be maybe to cut a day in yellowstone and add a day in the tetons. Find a doable hike for your family to do and get up close and personal with those mountains.
I would advise you to check with the campgrounds to see if they have places you can park until your site opens. The rapid city koa let us do that along with 10-15 other campers that arrived early.
I wouldn't let others on here poo poo your long drive days. It can be tough, but when you have kids and time frames this becomes necessary to get that far out west. We drove 722 miles back from New Orleans over fall break in 12 hours. I drive an expedition pulling a 26' TT. Made 4 stops for gas along the way that was it. All of us were plugged into some good books and thoroughly entertained. When we made that trip 2 summers ago I think we made nearly 500 mile drives on 3 separate days with me doing all the driving. Call me Clark Griswald if you want, but it works for my clan. Do what works for your family. They will love that trip. Take lots of pictures!!!
