Best and worst routes across the Mountains ?

hertfordnc wrote:

Busskipper wrote:

So there you go pretty much your trip, just there were only TWO of us and we visited No One but 7,500 is really not going to cut it - more like 350 - 400 miles a day every day and no - 0 - Nada - time to stop and enjoy - so I will try to get it across to you that your kids will remember Experiences not sites/places - that's a fact!

300-400 miles ? That's an afternoon craigslist run. :-)

More like 600-800 miles a day on travel days. Leaving two and three day chunks to enjoy the experience.

I am hoping the MH makes that easier.

We do 600 miles in a small car and the occasional 24 hour flight to Ethiopia.

But i fully expect to be wrong about many things.

Sounds like we are similar in how we approach things - :) - difference is I learned that the Passengers might not enjoy the Driving as much as I do.

When I did my 8,900 mile Run - I had a couple 900+ mile days - Crazy - but necessary to do what I did in the time I did it. My Mission was for my New Bride to see the country I loved - SEE IT - not experience it - she did, it took 50 more years to experience it, which became the new Mission as life moved on.

The point I'm trying to make is that it will be a grind for the Kids - short story on one of the later trips when my boys were younger - 7 and 9 - in a GMC, similar to your Revco - GMC Images - and yes I also drove this 900+ miles on a few days, soooooo, it took me years to learn, :)

Story - on a trip to Yellowstone, and Glacier one year, we started to depart Yellowstone at 8:00 in the AM - just stopping at a few more spots, so at 8:00 PM when we finally headed out I started the drive East - this was when we just looked at paper maps and went Straight - thinking it was the fastest route - no,no - I took RT 14 across the Mountains (look up the route :)) - Cresting the top and heading down well after midnight - looking up in the clear sky I said to my wife "Look over there, The Northern Lights" OMG lasted for maybe 30 minutes as we stopped to watch them Dance - No pictures - just Mind images - my Boys have Never Forgiven Me for not waking them up. They vanished into the black sky and we continued on fo maybe 4-5 more hours.

Couple notes on the old Revcon - Brakes - and Brake Lines - have them checked to be sure all is really in good shape - as you will make it up fine the going Down is the Issue. Couple years later my GMC developed pin hole - rust - leaks on the brake lines - loosing the brakes at 60 mph when traffic stops in front of you is a challenge - another story - but it required me to replace ALL the Metal brake lines on the GMC and the DW never felt comfortable again in that Coach.

Enough - of my stories - you need to be sure you have many cameras - take Hundreds of Images (Every Day) then store them so you can find them later - they will be Priceless.

Will give you a couple links that may help as you Plan the trip;

This family did it often:)

http://www.cross-country-trips.com/

These Images will help determine the locations to visit;

https://www.pbase.com/sparker1/root%26view=tree

Once again will enjoy following this adventure,

edit - sent you a PM with a fe more ideas