Glacier National Park from MN, possibly Pacific coast
Just got our new trailer (35') and heading out west mid August. We are traveling from west central MN and plan to go through ND via I94. Glacier National Park is the main priority to see this year. I would love to see the Pacific Ocean by visiting Washington and Oregon but we only have 12 days for this trip. We are traveling from west central MN and plan to go out through ND via I94. That's about as far as I have planned things out so far.
We will be traveling with our granddaughter who will be 11 months old at the time of trip so even though she has traveled well so far I do not want to have super long driving days, probably no more than 400 miles. I do not mind interstate for making time but I do appreciate secondary roads if decent and more direct or particularly scenic.
As stated before, Glacier National Park is my priority as I want to ride my bicycle on the Going to the Sun road. I am not opposed to visiting more of Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, or eastern Washington with our time also. We have seen Yellowstone so no more of that until she is older. We enjoy quieter campgrounds with electrical hookups and preferably the ability to dump tanks. I would also prefer longer sites or pull throughs for convenience.
So as I sit here writing this and add up number of days to spend in areas I see a Pacific coast trip would be lacking quality. That being said, maybe we should focus on Montana, eastern Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, and South Dakota on return? Leave Pacific coast for next year when she's older and make more of a beeline out there?
Any recommendations on routes, things to see, campgrounds, favorite or preferred sites in campgrounds or anything else would be greatly appreciated.
We will be traveling with our granddaughter who will be 11 months old at the time of trip so even though she has traveled well so far I do not want to have super long driving days, probably no more than 400 miles. I do not mind interstate for making time but I do appreciate secondary roads if decent and more direct or particularly scenic.
As stated before, Glacier National Park is my priority as I want to ride my bicycle on the Going to the Sun road. I am not opposed to visiting more of Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, or eastern Washington with our time also. We have seen Yellowstone so no more of that until she is older. We enjoy quieter campgrounds with electrical hookups and preferably the ability to dump tanks. I would also prefer longer sites or pull throughs for convenience.
So as I sit here writing this and add up number of days to spend in areas I see a Pacific coast trip would be lacking quality. That being said, maybe we should focus on Montana, eastern Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, and South Dakota on return? Leave Pacific coast for next year when she's older and make more of a beeline out there?
Any recommendations on routes, things to see, campgrounds, favorite or preferred sites in campgrounds or anything else would be greatly appreciated.
