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FLGup
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Mar 28, 2016

First trip out west from FL.... need help

Well, we retired. :) DW and I haven't been out west and we have a 26' tt and a F150 We've been in the Smokies and WV but not out west.

As this is our first trip out west and we want to take 2 months to do it (May + June) we have questions.....

1. We are thinking about going I-40 to Flagstaff and down to Sedona AZ for a week. Then drive 89 & 89a to Page and then to the North Rim of the GC. I was able to book one night in the lodge at the north rim on May 22 (so far that is all I have booked). I couldn't get in the campground at the NP on the north rim sooooo.....Does anyone know if you can leave your truck and tt hooked up and just parked at the lodge parking lot while staying at the lodge (like cars do)? We could leave the fridge on propane and the battery should last one night (I think). But do they allow that? IF not where to go?

2. Once we pull out of the North Rim.....where to? Something near Zion and Bryce? She isn't for dry camping and we are using the tt as a mobile hotel...so staying in full hookups is what we look for.

3. After Bryce....best route home?

any help is appreciated. (sorry for the length of this post)

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  • We left from Florida and headed west, stopping first at a WalMart parking area overnight, then to the New Orleans French Quarter RV Resort for a few days of jazz and peoplewatching. It's within walking distance of the French Quarter, so perfect for us.

    We also stayed in the Kanab RV Corral campground - great spot. Another spot we really liked was the City of Bernalillo campground, NM (just north of Albuquerque) - full hookups right on the Rio Grande.

    In Zion, we had a spot in the Watchman NPS Campground, but no full hookups. From there we moved to Kodachrome Basin State Park which is perfectly located between Bryce and other areas we wanted to visit. Then on to Capitol Reef, Fruita Campground. There's a map from RV Parky on my blog post here that shows our route. This was last March - May 2015... http://trailertraveler.net/wandering-west-tour-de-lance-1685-1st-30-days/

    Enjoy your trip, take your time!
  • We stayed in Kanab and traveled to GC, Bryce and Zion on different days. Do NOT try to do Zion on a weekend!!!! HOLY COW it's a busy place! We stayed at Kanab RV Corral. Nice small park. Kanab is an hour or two from each of the parks. We don't do a lot of hiking, so seeing each one for a day was sufficient. :) The drives to the parks were awesome.....we were there in the fall and the colors were nice!