Our families 8 week RV Trip
So here is our first BIG family trip. We bought a 2011 38' Fleetwood Expedition 38B last Oct. We are pulling a Jeep Wrangler as a toad. Going will be me(the driver), my wife, and 3 boys (ages 12,11, a...
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TurboJeep wrote:
Are there any good places to stay around Yosemite that's not in the park in case we can't get more reservations? Again, we have only 1 night in the park but if we change the sched. and get more time, we obviously need somewhere to stay. Anyone?
The drive from the entrance of Yosemite to the valley (the place everyone comes to see) and the campgrounds takes an hour if there is no traffic. In summer there is a lot of traffic, so allow 2-3 hours. There ARE numerous forest service campgrounds, boondocking places, and RV parks outside of Yosemite, but they are hours away.
My recommendation: Keep your one night in Yosemite (I assume it is in the valley) and add two nights in a park outside Y, and 3-5 nights in a Y campground in the 'high country'. It's a drive to get there, too, but in summer it is far, far less crowded than the valley, and is an amazing experience. You see everything from above :). Plus there are meadows and streams for the kids to run around and play in. At 13, it was heaven to me.
