Advice on upcoming road trip

"There are a few people here who apparently don't know or recall what it was like to have limited vacation time available, and wouldn't dream of spending less than an entire summer to see the parks you list. That's frankly absurd for most families or full-time employees; and while having a lot of time is undoubtedly grand, it doesn't hold that those with less time should never go anywhere because it's too rushed. Still, there does come a point where it's hardly worth the effort to travel a very long distance to see a destination for only a couple hours.”

I appreciate you saying this because I honestly was beginning to feel that other people don’t think you should travel unless you have all the time in the world (most especially those TripAdvisor people). When I only had two weeks of vacation, I would cram every possible minute full of things to do since that was all the time I had. Unfortunately, we aren’t retired or independently wealthy and have unfortunate time constraints. I do want it to be worth the effort we are making to get across the country to show our kids at least some -- and as many as possible! -- of those wonderful national parks in the West.

We will have to make the best of driving around YNP in the RV. I don’t suppose it would be wise to tow a Suburban?? ;-)