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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wadecool wrote:
An update to our trip, now just 37 days away. We have decided to travel from KY to SD via Indianapolis, Peoria, and Des Moines. It will be a 2 days drive with one night stay over in between.
7/17 - leave home at 3am arrive Des Moines West KOA 3pm
7/18 - Des Moines West KOA to Keystone, SD 6am to 5pm
7/19 - Tour Badlands, Mt Rushmore
7/20 - rapid city to Cody, WY via Gillette, WY 9am to 5pm. 2 nights in Cody, seeing Museum and driving Beartooth Highway.
7/22 - Cody, WY to West Yellowstone KOA 9am to 3pm
7/27 - West Yellowstone to Jackson WY 7am to 1pm. Tour Tetons and Jackson.
7/29 - Jackson to Cheyenne KOA 8am to 4pm
7/30 - Cheyenne KOA to KC East KOA 3am-3pm
7/31 - KC KOA to home 8am to 6pm
I'll be doing a similar trip leaving 7/27 from NW IN. Some long days of driving will be the price to see as much as possible in 2 weeks...hitting 8-9 National Parks.
7/27 - leave home 3am to Badlands (13hr drive - longest drive day)
7/28 - Badlands to Cody
7/29 - Cody to West Yellowstone
7/30 - Explore Yellowstone
7/31 - W Yellowstone to Grand Teton
8/1 - Grand Teton to Willard, UT
8/2 - Willard to Bryce Canyon
8/3 - Explore Zion
8/4 - Bryce Canyon to Grand Canyon N Rim
8/5 - Grand Canyon to Arches/Canyonlands
8/6 - Explore Arches/Canyonlands
8/7 - A/C to Red Rocks
8/8 - Explore Red Rocks/Denver
8/9 - 8/10 drive home
