Who's planning for 2014 vacations?
Just booked our first camping trip for April 2014. We're going to stay at the Jellystone in Cosby in the Smoky Mountains. Kids have never been there and we're all really looking forward to it. Thi...
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raldl wrote:
I retire in April and have plans to take a long trip with my wife. We bought our first camper (22 foot TT) a couple of months ago. We want to leave in May and head west. I want to hit all the states west of the Mississippi. I have no reservations and no timeline. I want to see some of the popular national parks, but otherwise I'm flexible! Any ideas??
Just be wary of the weather. Some of the northern states are still quite cold in May. Some campgrounds in the Rockies are barely open Jun 1.
And the season is short - September gets snow some places.
Put a few pins in a map of your 'must places', or an electronic version like Streets & Trips, or Google Maps or the Good Sam Trip Planner - get a rough idea of the time to take the trip.
Double that.
My wife doesn't like setup/tear down every day - so we tend to do drive one day, stay two, or if on a tight trip - drive two, stay two.
I have friends who have been going to the same area in Colorado or Utah for five years of more, and still haven't seen everything.
It is a BIG country.
