Next summer SC to Yellowstone?
We hope to do this next summer with our 2 teenagers. We will be able to take 21 days. Is this reasonably doable? Would love your suggestions on routes and itineraries and even cg recommendations. We...
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terry,
Not everybody travels the same way. Only you know how many hours a day your family can handle. And how many of those days in row you can do before you'll have a rebellion on your hands if you don't stop and see the sights for a day or two.
When we first started RVing 8 years ago, my husband and I would drive 2 1/2 to 3 days, for 10 to 12 hours to get to the "good stuff." Now we're both retired so don't go more than 2 days, before stopping for at least 2. But we still make those 2 days long ones - 8, 10, 12 hours - depending on time of year. We leave early but prefer to be somewhere before full dark. We also both drive, breaking the day into 4 alternating shifts of 2 to 3 hours. In my opinion, that makes a big difference with long days.
kknowlton is absolutely correct about the reservations for 2019 opening on May 1. I was on the phone that morning making our reservations for the beginning of June. We're only 31', pulling a 4 door Wrangler but finding a space inside the Park was not easy. I recommend calling - and enduring the inevitable hold - rather than trying to reserve online. The human you'll talk to has the most up-to-date info, whereas the online info isn't always.
Yellowstone is our favorite Park. This will be our 4th trip and we'll have covered every season. This time we'll be flying out our oldest grandson to join us for 7-10 days. We'll start in West Yellowstone for a few days, then move to Bay Bridge CG for a few more. Right now not sure what we'll do after that.
If you haven't already, talk this over with your family and see how they feel about it. If the consensus is let's go, then go. If you wait for all the conditions to be perfect before taking a trip you may well never go much of anywhere.
Safe travels.
Not everybody travels the same way. Only you know how many hours a day your family can handle. And how many of those days in row you can do before you'll have a rebellion on your hands if you don't stop and see the sights for a day or two.
When we first started RVing 8 years ago, my husband and I would drive 2 1/2 to 3 days, for 10 to 12 hours to get to the "good stuff." Now we're both retired so don't go more than 2 days, before stopping for at least 2. But we still make those 2 days long ones - 8, 10, 12 hours - depending on time of year. We leave early but prefer to be somewhere before full dark. We also both drive, breaking the day into 4 alternating shifts of 2 to 3 hours. In my opinion, that makes a big difference with long days.
kknowlton is absolutely correct about the reservations for 2019 opening on May 1. I was on the phone that morning making our reservations for the beginning of June. We're only 31', pulling a 4 door Wrangler but finding a space inside the Park was not easy. I recommend calling - and enduring the inevitable hold - rather than trying to reserve online. The human you'll talk to has the most up-to-date info, whereas the online info isn't always.
Yellowstone is our favorite Park. This will be our 4th trip and we'll have covered every season. This time we'll be flying out our oldest grandson to join us for 7-10 days. We'll start in West Yellowstone for a few days, then move to Bay Bridge CG for a few more. Right now not sure what we'll do after that.
If you haven't already, talk this over with your family and see how they feel about it. If the consensus is let's go, then go. If you wait for all the conditions to be perfect before taking a trip you may well never go much of anywhere.
Safe travels.
