Our families 8 week RV Trip

TurboJeep wrote:
Thanks for your responses. I understand what everyone is saying. I know my family though and we aren't the type to sit at a campground for a week. This isn't about sitting at a CG for a week. One can spend a week at places like Yosemite and Glacier and only be at the campsite long enough to sleep. These are BIG parks with LOTS to see. When we say sightseeing.... we are talking about going to Kennedy Space Center, kids want to see the Space Needle in Seattle, going to the Carlsbad Caverns, San Diego Zoo, and other places. The kids were very much a part of the planning and that is why some of these things such as Seattle have made it to our list. I don't know how the kids can make an informed decision if they've never been to places like the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Glacier, Mt. St. Helens. I've given you recommendations based on years (oops, decades) of travelling in the west. I've been to all the places you've listed multiple times. When we have company come visit with kids, the kids go home saying it's the most fun they've ever had. The Space Needle is just a tall building. It pales in comparison to the sights that nature provides.

We were trying to find a balance between the national parks and seeing some new to us cities. Cities are cities. Glacier, Canyonlands, Arches, the Oregon Coast -- these are wonders far greater than any city.We are planning stays in some state parks in some of the stop overs such as Catalina SP in Tucson, Dead Horse SP in Moab and Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores. We will also take a break from the RV in Vegas and stay at Circus Circus. Again, there are so many much, much, much better places than Las Vegas for kids.

We had hoped for more time in Yosemite but when the reservation window opened we were only able to get one night. We are still debating if we should make the stop on our way to San Francisco or just bypass and move onto to SF so that we can add another day in possibly Glacier or Moab as many have mentioned.

If any have suggestions of ways to make slight changes to itinerary(alternate routes) so that we could add a day or two more to Moab, a day for Glacier we would love your suggestions. I'm afraid I can't give slight changes as it will take some significant rearranging to make this trip something I'd want to do.

We do realize that some of the stretches a driving are long. We are young and frequent road travels. I am used to driving 9-15 hours pulling a 48 ft trailer with a Topkick 6 times a year over the course of usually 3-4 days turnaround for racing. It's not fun and we wouldn't want to do it everyday but we figured we could handle a few longer stretches here and there to see more of the country. What I'm saying is see more of the country and less of the cities!

Thanks again for all your input!