Ivylog wrote:
It's 2000 miles from western NY to Yellowstone and at 300 miles a day (6 hours) it's going to take a week to get there on a three week trip. That leaves a week to see the Tetons, Yellowstone, and Glacier??? I was serious about seeing Kansan or Nebraska at night as the OP needs to put in some 750 mile days so they have two weeks to see what they are going for. OK, Mt Rushmore is worth seeing but the Bad Lands are well named so buy the video of it. If the OP's trip was 5-6 weeks then fine do 300 mile days and yes there are some things worth seeing in-between.
^^^^ This!
Look, we took a 5700 mile trip this summer in 3 weeks. California to Branson and back. I told myself that would be my last trip doing that. When I was younger it was fine. Now it's just a grind.
We only had 2 days to see and do things in Branson and then it was on the road again to go back to California. This is driving fast with really good equipment.
Did we see lots of things? Yep! Did we do lots of things? Yep! Would I do it again? Nope! A trip like that really takes around 2 months or so.
You're going to have around 90 hours of driving alone. That is just driving to and from Yellowstone. That leaves just a few hours to see things.
Can you do it? Yep. But it's going to be a grind. Good luck no matter what you do and have fun!
