Zion vs. Bryce campgrounds
Hello! We're planning our first BIG RV trip for late July. We will drive from Ohio to Yellowstone (with stops at the Badlands, & Mt. Rushmore), then south to Zion/Bryce and finally the north rim of t...
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Thank you all for the advice! I do appreciate it. We have 2 1/2 weeks (18 days) set aside for this trip. I feel good about the first half of our trip out to Yellowstone (which was originally our primary destination). Our plan is for the 1st 11 days to be traveling west to Yellowstone/Grand Tetons & spending 6 days in Yellowstone. After that, we are totally up in the air/flexible about where to go.
We are checking out of Yellowstone on Sunday morning & need to be back in Ohio by the following Sunday night. We need to leave 2 days to drive back to Ohio (probably head out Friday pm to start our trip home), so about 5 days for other stops. I do realize we are trying to cover a lot of ground in a short period of time, and that all of these destinations could be a week long stay on their own. However, since this is our first time out, I was thinking we could get by with some short stops to check them out and decide where we want to come back to in future years, for further exploration. I know we can't do a lot of "activities" in the parks with our limited time, but I wanted to show my kids this amazing country we live in. (And my husband & I have never been to any of these places, so we're excited to see them too!)
My girls are excellent travelers & are used to traveling 13-15 hours in our mini-van, so RV driving will not be a problem. However, hiking in 100 plus degree heat will do them in! I definitely don't want to end our trip on a sour note. Perhaps we should skip Zion/Bryce all together and spend more time at the North Rim? I'm still researching the North Rim & don't have much info yet. I know it's cooler & much less crowded then the south rim though. Again, I am completely open to advice and travel itinerary ideas- places to stay/things to do, etc.
Thanks again for any information you can provide.
Cara
We are checking out of Yellowstone on Sunday morning & need to be back in Ohio by the following Sunday night. We need to leave 2 days to drive back to Ohio (probably head out Friday pm to start our trip home), so about 5 days for other stops. I do realize we are trying to cover a lot of ground in a short period of time, and that all of these destinations could be a week long stay on their own. However, since this is our first time out, I was thinking we could get by with some short stops to check them out and decide where we want to come back to in future years, for further exploration. I know we can't do a lot of "activities" in the parks with our limited time, but I wanted to show my kids this amazing country we live in. (And my husband & I have never been to any of these places, so we're excited to see them too!)
My girls are excellent travelers & are used to traveling 13-15 hours in our mini-van, so RV driving will not be a problem. However, hiking in 100 plus degree heat will do them in! I definitely don't want to end our trip on a sour note. Perhaps we should skip Zion/Bryce all together and spend more time at the North Rim? I'm still researching the North Rim & don't have much info yet. I know it's cooler & much less crowded then the south rim though. Again, I am completely open to advice and travel itinerary ideas- places to stay/things to do, etc.
Thanks again for any information you can provide.
Cara
