Yellowstone Grand Tetons

2gypsies wrote:
We traveled the country in an '04. Have your normal servicing done and you're good to go except for checking the tires. 65k is low mileage. Stop worrying. You'll have a great time!

Thanks . I had the 2 front tires replaced last June, will do the rears before we head out.

We did a similar trip 2 years ago. Left from Cleveland, Ohio to Yellowstone.
We did it in our 5th wheel. The plan was to be gone for about 3 months. Our trip was cut short do to a death in the family.
I would do it all over again. To many places to see and stay to fly.
Take the Motorhome.

Well Bassman,

If you are going to try to tour the country with your emphasis on the bottom right corner of a spreadsheet, you are going to be disappointed when you get home. While I have to be conscious of costs, I have fortunately decided that there are things that can effect my enjoyment without great additional cost.

There is way too much to see to be happy with just flying over it. Start planning now, get the guide books every where you can. There is a whole lot out there and if in the course of your 6K miles, you don't have a stop every day, then you must have missed something. In season, you will want reservations at places like Fishing Bridge, but other than weekend stops in attraction areas, just wing it.

We did just about this trip two years back, but from Michigan, it was only a 5K run. We did have to include some interstate but we did try to keep it to an minimum. We did have at least one stop every day. And only three days in Yellowstone. We had planned more, but I came up lame and if you can't walk it is hard to do much of that place. I want to go back when I can walk again.

This fall, we are planning to take Rt-20 from Toledo to Albany for my wife's 50th high school reunion. We are planning 3 days to do the 600+/- miles in three days. We have often done this run in a single day. We want to enjoy this one.

There are three quotes that if you don't have on a plaque somewhere, you (we all) should:

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away” - Disputed

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything. Charles Kuralt

I'm going to back out right here.

Matt

Busskipper wrote:

wtmtnhiker wrote:
Thanks to all who replied. The opinions and trip ideas offered thus far have been extremely helpful. Leaning toward taking the motorhome but it is an older 2005 so I have to decide if I think it'll be reliable on a trip like this. It's a Cummins diesel with 65k miles so my thought is that it would be fine. We'll start making reservations soon so I'll post our final decision on flying or driving then.

The 05' will be fine - Cummins is good to go :-)

As you might see in my signature 05' is Good.

JMHO,

How old are the tires?

Are there any check cracks in the sidewalls?

We traveled the country in an '04. Have your normal servicing done and you're good to go except for checking the tires. 65k is low mileage. Stop worrying. You'll have a great time!

wtmtnhiker wrote:
Thanks to all who replied. The opinions and trip ideas offered thus far have been extremely helpful. Leaning toward taking the motorhome but it is an older 2005 so I have to decide if I think it'll be reliable on a trip like this. It's a Cummins diesel with 65k miles so my thought is that it would be fine. We'll start making reservations soon so I'll post our final decision on flying or driving then.

The 05' will be fine - Cummins is good to go :-)

As you might see in my signature 05' is Good.

JMHO,

Thanks to all who replied. The opinions and trip ideas offered thus far have been extremely helpful. Leaning toward taking the motorhome but it is an older 2005 so I have to decide if I think it'll be reliable on a trip like this. It's a Cummins diesel with 65k miles so my thought is that it would be fine. We'll start making reservations soon so I'll post our final decision on flying or driving then.

If you decide to take the motorhome, let us know. We can suggest a number of attractions along the way out and back.

2gypsies wrote:
Plan to leave with your MOTORHOME in April and return home by October. You can easily fill the days. Don't concentrate on just the big national parks and popular attractions. There is so much more to see along the way. Don't drive the interstates and you'll 'really' see the country. Even Kansas has some neat things to see! :):)

I completely agree.
STAY OFF THE INTERSTATE and really see this great country. US 12 is a nice highway. Easy to follow too as it goes across the USA.

Take your motorhome and sleep in your own bed. KEN

Plan to leave with your MOTORHOME in April and return home by October. You can easily fill the days. Don't concentrate on just the big national parks and popular attractions. There is so much more to see along the way. Don't drive the interstates and you'll 'really' see the country. Even Kansas has some neat things to see! :):)