Tigre10 wrote:
Great Bill Thanks & for the link to the pictures.
I will look over what you have given me and yes more is good.
Have to admit the mountains make me a bit nervous. One trip, one week under the belt, Vancouver BC to Florence Oregon. More experience will lessen that nervousness I'm sure. Mountains in the car no problem!
Our intention is to set up camp within a 50 miles radius of car sightseeing then move on. Example, camp just outside Yellowstone & spend sometime driving into the park exploring.
Hiking is out now. Things like the West Coast Trail in younger years have blown hubby's knees. Have to stick to fairly smooth surfaces till the knee replacement.
Looks like you have lots of miles under your belt. What do you use to plan your routes?
Thanks for the help..
Take a look at
this link on Yellowstone for RV's it might be helpful.
The biggest piece of info I can give on Yellowstone is it is BIG - No REALLY BIG, if you what to see something there is a good chance you can see it there. So take your time - do your research - and then enjoy it.
Another Great resource is this forum and there are a few posters who seem to have been to most of these places and understand what is there to see, my two favorite are " 2gypsies " and " 4runnerguy " put these two into the search box along with your destination and you will be connected to a Wealth of info - Good Info - they are for the most part spot on - might hike a bit more than most but they are a GREAT resource and when you have access to them it makes it so much easier to plan your adventure.
Another great resource will be your fellow campers, and the office of the camp ground - we have found that if we ask a detailed -specific question - we can get some pretty good local info.
As you get into the trip break it into smaller pieces and post it here, you will get info that is pretty good (Most of it) the more specific the question the better the answers.
Will wait for more,
Bill
EDIT - Posted this then thought about it - IMHO, Yellowstone is the Hope Diamond of the US Parks - You might want to do a couple of other parks first - making Yellowstone the END of your trip, sort of the culmination of a great Summer - Because I've been fortunate to have been introduced to the National Parks as a kid, the eye candy is more of a variety that I recognize as being just different and is also associated with Family and Weather/Season - It might just be me but if you see Yellowstone first then the rest of the Parks are a sort of ...... so just think about your itinerary and if it might be possible to put Yellowstone at/near the end. Just a thought.
