from La ,anahaim go grand canyon doubts

About 30 minutes past Victorville is;
Barstow/Calico KOA
N/B exit 191, Ghost Town Road, left under highway, left at gas station, 1/4 mile to KOA. There are signs.
Lots of stuff to do and the Calico Ghost Town is an okay attraction.
Reservations; 800-562-0059, KOA office is 760-254-2311

This is the campground and offramp I referenced.The Ghost town road is also shown as the Yermo-Daggett road.

We just did the trip from the Central Coast to the Grand Canyon. Our first stop is the KOA on I15 in Yermo. Easy on and off with good signage to the park. If you spend the night there you can take the Yermo-Daggett road (the offramp you used to exit I15) south to I 40 (about 3 to 4 miles) and turn left onto I40 east.

Was about a 5 hour drive to Williams pulling a 5th wheeler. Good half way point and fuel stop is the I40/95 junction for Lake Havasu City. Love's, Pilot and Standard station all with gas and diesel.

Are you picking up the RV at Santa Fe, New Mexico or Los Angeles, California? Your post mentions both and I think the replies think you're beginning your trip from Los Angeles, California.

Your last post says you're leaving Santa Fe, New Mexico to the Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Guys,
Manny thanks.
Now i have a study to do for make decision.

about grand canyon, indeed , i have already reserved a 2 nights at mother campground ,which is a dry RV camp. Which mean that i can take my time to plan nice journey from santa fe and reach grand canyon camp by evening next day in easy drive and combine some attraction to the children on the way.
I am so happy i found nice assitance hete.
Greetying from the Holyland . ??
Danny.

Grand Canyon caverns on old Rt. 66.

Caverns

I had the DW(Forum meaning is Darling Wife) look up campgrounds on the obvious route, I-15 to I-40. Here are three;
Victorville Shady Oasis Kampground
16530 Stoddard Wells Road
Victorville, CA 92395
tele, 760-245-6867.
Located between River Ranch & Outer Hwy I-5. Some reviews OK, others awful, homeless living in river bed by campground.

Hesperia Lake Park
7500 Arrowhead Lake Rd
Hesperia, CA
Not bad.

Hesperia and Victorville abut one another but the campgrounds are maybe five miles apart.

About 30 minutes past Victorville is;
Barstow/Calico KOA
N/B exit 191, Ghost Town Road, left under highway, left at gas station, 1/4 mile to KOA. There are signs.
Lots of stuff to do and the Calico Ghost Town is an okay attraction.
Reservations; 800-562-0059, KOA office is 760-254-2311

There is a Walmart on the west side of the freeway in Victorville at Bear Valley Road exit. This would be my choice for shopping. Nice and not crowded.

The KOA would be my choice because it is going to be hot and lately the KOA chain has been trying hard to make sure the owners make camping good.

Barstow is about 1.5 to 2 hours from our home by the Rose Bowl so just add an hour for travel from Santa Fe Springs to the Rose Bowl. The RV place will give you help on best route if needed.

By the way, I'm not saying go to the Rose Bowl, I'm saying take fastest way to I-15 from I-5 in SFS.

There is a nice KOA in Kingman that was mentioned earlier and the Campground next to the Grand Canyon Railroad in Williams is also nice.

I assume you know reservations are necessary for Trailer Village and Mather Campgrounds in the Park. We are members of the Grand Canyon Association and love it there, it's hard to recommend things to do but go to the Park Service Visitors Center for info on hikes and tours. Be sure to see the Kolb Studio, it is newly refurbish and lovely. It was the first business on the rim and the first non-Indian home on the rim.

You'll have a great time and you will see some great stuff.

David hi,
Many thanks for your tip.
I am now preparing some alternatives in advance for this route and i certainly consider yours advice.
Its very important to me that the first days will be smooth.
Its 1st time that we are doing this and i needed to bridge some vetto and proof the worth of this type of traveling .
Any tips is helpful.
Danny.

Danny, There isn't a lot to do driving the I-15 to I-40 to Williams route. There are some local attractions but to be honest, I don't know about them. There is a campground on East(right hand) side of I-15 in Victorville near Dale Evans off ramp. You can see it from the highway and take the first off ramp and double back. Other than that I don't know of anything along the way. If you can make it to Needles it would be better. We second the KOA in Kingman, good facilities. If I had read this a day or two ago I could have given you some help, we just live up by the Rose Bowl. I'll ask my wife as she has a better memory and reply as early as possible tomorrow. I'm pretty sure El Monte RV Rents has wifi so be sure and check on line before you hit the road. David

Hi,
thanks for the prompt reply.
We are inttending to visit Las Vegas in the continuance of the trip.
Williams looks very attractive but to get there in the first day after receiving the RV look very ambitions for us.
Needels look as a good choice and its on the most limit for 1st day driving.
In case that the familiy would like to park afternoon , i wonder if there is a nice place to stay overnight much closer to santa fe (around 2v hours driving) on the way to grand Canyon with some entertaiment or other attractions for the family before arriving grand canyon.?
Thanks.
Danny.