National Parks June/ July... A/C needed?
Hi, We are taking a 1 month trip out west (from PA) starting June 17th. All of our National Park campsites are no hookups and I'm trying to decide if I should buy a generator to run the A/C at tim...
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All of the places will be hot during the day except possibly Glacier and Rocky Mtn. But at night, you will be okay only at Olympia, Glacier, and Yellowstone, the others will depend on how warm you can sleep at night. While Canyonlands cools off, it won't be in the 70s until later in the night.
Hopefully, you are seeing Canyonlands, then Grand Canyon other wise you will be double back to catch it. I would also drop Olympia as it's a long ways out of the way, though very unique location. The last place I would drop is Glacier as it to is out of the way. When you drop Olympia and Glacier, that will give you a few more days to slow down and actually get out to see some details.
Regardless what you do, good luck and have lots of fun.
We did a similar loop in 2005 from SC and had 8 weeks and had fun. We did loose 3 days on a wedding and 4 days waiting on Yosemite reservation (though Kings Canyon was so worth it), so really in seven weeks, but otherwise it was straight traveling moving most days, staying 2 days at the nicer locations except Yellowstone where we stayed 5. It was not a drive-by sights, but we just barely scratched any place we stayed. Camp setup/break was less than 15 minutes, so it doesn't take me long to get going or stop. We did do things like tour lighthouse, walk along the beach at low tide, visit a cheese factory, and take short hikes. There is so much to see in between the main attractions, we passed a lot up, but it was a whirlwind tour to show our kids a lot of the USA.
05/16/05 Mon Family-Greenvile, SC
05/17/05 Tue Family-Nashville, TN
05/21/05 Sat KOA-Sallisaw/Fort Smith AR
05/22/05 Sun Amarillo RV Ranch, TX
05/23/05 Mon KOA-Grants/Cibola Sands, NM
05/24/05 Tue Homolin Ruins, NM
05/25/05 Wed Woody Mtn CG & RV Park, AZ
05/26/05 Thu Trailer Village (Grand Canyon), AZ
05/28/05 Sat Ruby's Inn CG, (Bryce), UT
05/30/05 Mon Zion, UT
06/01/05 Wed Bakersfield Palms Resort, CA
06/02/05 Thu Azalea (Kings Canyon), CA
06/06/05 Mon Wawona (Yosemite), CA
06/08/05 Wed Redwood River Resort, CA
06/09/05 Thu Patrick Point, CA
06/10/05 Fri Cape Blanco, OR
06/12/05 Sun Carl G. Washburn, OR
06/14/05 Tue Fort Stevens, OR
06/16/05 Thu Ainsworth, OR
06/17/05 Fri Faragut, ID
06/18/05 Sat Twin Rivers Canyon Resort, ID
06/20/05 Mon Apgar (Glacier), MT
06/22/05 Wed KOA-Butte, MT
06/23/05 Thu Bridge Bay (Yellowstone), WY
06/28/05 Tue KOA-Buffalo, WY
06/29/05 Wed Beaver Lake, Custer, SD
07/03/05 Sun KOA-Sioux Falls, IA
07/04/05 Mon Clear Lake, IA
07/05/05 Tue KOA-Lena, IL
07/06/05 Wed KOA-Crawfordsville, IN
07/07/05 Thu KOA-Newport, TN
In 2000, we did a five week trip from SC where we visited Custer, Yellowstone, Canyonlands, White Sands, Carlsbad Cavern and home. That was enough driving in the five weeks.
Hopefully, you are seeing Canyonlands, then Grand Canyon other wise you will be double back to catch it. I would also drop Olympia as it's a long ways out of the way, though very unique location. The last place I would drop is Glacier as it to is out of the way. When you drop Olympia and Glacier, that will give you a few more days to slow down and actually get out to see some details.
Regardless what you do, good luck and have lots of fun.
We did a similar loop in 2005 from SC and had 8 weeks and had fun. We did loose 3 days on a wedding and 4 days waiting on Yosemite reservation (though Kings Canyon was so worth it), so really in seven weeks, but otherwise it was straight traveling moving most days, staying 2 days at the nicer locations except Yellowstone where we stayed 5. It was not a drive-by sights, but we just barely scratched any place we stayed. Camp setup/break was less than 15 minutes, so it doesn't take me long to get going or stop. We did do things like tour lighthouse, walk along the beach at low tide, visit a cheese factory, and take short hikes. There is so much to see in between the main attractions, we passed a lot up, but it was a whirlwind tour to show our kids a lot of the USA.
05/16/05 Mon Family-Greenvile, SC
05/17/05 Tue Family-Nashville, TN
05/21/05 Sat KOA-Sallisaw/Fort Smith AR
05/22/05 Sun Amarillo RV Ranch, TX
05/23/05 Mon KOA-Grants/Cibola Sands, NM
05/24/05 Tue Homolin Ruins, NM
05/25/05 Wed Woody Mtn CG & RV Park, AZ
05/26/05 Thu Trailer Village (Grand Canyon), AZ
05/28/05 Sat Ruby's Inn CG, (Bryce), UT
05/30/05 Mon Zion, UT
06/01/05 Wed Bakersfield Palms Resort, CA
06/02/05 Thu Azalea (Kings Canyon), CA
06/06/05 Mon Wawona (Yosemite), CA
06/08/05 Wed Redwood River Resort, CA
06/09/05 Thu Patrick Point, CA
06/10/05 Fri Cape Blanco, OR
06/12/05 Sun Carl G. Washburn, OR
06/14/05 Tue Fort Stevens, OR
06/16/05 Thu Ainsworth, OR
06/17/05 Fri Faragut, ID
06/18/05 Sat Twin Rivers Canyon Resort, ID
06/20/05 Mon Apgar (Glacier), MT
06/22/05 Wed KOA-Butte, MT
06/23/05 Thu Bridge Bay (Yellowstone), WY
06/28/05 Tue KOA-Buffalo, WY
06/29/05 Wed Beaver Lake, Custer, SD
07/03/05 Sun KOA-Sioux Falls, IA
07/04/05 Mon Clear Lake, IA
07/05/05 Tue KOA-Lena, IL
07/06/05 Wed KOA-Crawfordsville, IN
07/07/05 Thu KOA-Newport, TN
In 2000, we did a five week trip from SC where we visited Custer, Yellowstone, Canyonlands, White Sands, Carlsbad Cavern and home. That was enough driving in the five weeks.
