Trip Planning: The Perfect Family Trip 2016!
Hello to all my friends here that have shared in our first, "The Perfect Family Trip". At the time, we thought that may be a one time shot. We are terribly excited to say that we have had a permanen...
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Getting excited! Less than a month until we take off!
We've been doing little things to the trailer over the last few months. This weekend we are going through all of the storage areas and purging out weight. I know we can take out 3-400 pounds that we use for local trips but don't need to travel across the country with.
As far as planning, we've planned far less for this trip than the 2014 trip. We only have reservations for Yellowstone and Glacier. The rest will be freestyle. Not sure why I didn't plan the same? Maybe something inside didn't want the commitment to schedule that we had on the last trip.
Anyway, I'll post some last minute questions here:
We are planning to buy groceries at the last cheap grocery store before we get to the Tetons. We'll have 14 days total at the Tetons and Yellowstone, but can't hold that many groceries at once. I see a Walmart 1.5 hours to the east of Fishing Bridge. We could take a half day to drive out and restock? Is that drive worthy of some site seeing too? To those that have been, how would you handle 14 days of groceries? I'm too cheap to buy them all at the park stores.
We've been doing little things to the trailer over the last few months. This weekend we are going through all of the storage areas and purging out weight. I know we can take out 3-400 pounds that we use for local trips but don't need to travel across the country with.
As far as planning, we've planned far less for this trip than the 2014 trip. We only have reservations for Yellowstone and Glacier. The rest will be freestyle. Not sure why I didn't plan the same? Maybe something inside didn't want the commitment to schedule that we had on the last trip.
Anyway, I'll post some last minute questions here:
We are planning to buy groceries at the last cheap grocery store before we get to the Tetons. We'll have 14 days total at the Tetons and Yellowstone, but can't hold that many groceries at once. I see a Walmart 1.5 hours to the east of Fishing Bridge. We could take a half day to drive out and restock? Is that drive worthy of some site seeing too? To those that have been, how would you handle 14 days of groceries? I'm too cheap to buy them all at the park stores.
