Top 5 attractions

Most of mine and my DW’s experiences were not in specific parks or recreation areas. Just thousands of miles ( though not always in an RV) of travel seeing America. Traveled from the Gulf Coast to Canada, and the Atlantic to the Pacific. I’ll narrow it down to one place....America.

My first RV experience was around ‘67. My folks rented a pop-up camper, towed by a ‘66 Ford Galaxy, and made a trip to the Ozarks. The next summer, another rental and a trip to the Smokies. In first marriage did some tent camping, then a pop-up. That little pop-up covered a lot of country, a repeat to the Ozarks, Smokies, 20 day trip to Yellowstone, a trip thru Glacier, Banff, across to Vancouver down the coast and then back to Wyoming. With a second marriage, DW and I got. 5er in ‘91, and now on our 5th and last 5er (slowly upgrading). With starting over, working rural property, building home, yard, etc., we haven’t done a lot of RV travel during the past 25 years. But, we’ve done a lot of traveling. From the cab of a semi...we covered 36 States and a little piece of Canada in 2 years....Niagara Falls, Talledega Raceway, Washington DC, overlooked the bay were Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner, and far too many to mention. The past 20 plus years has mostly consisted of a lot of boondocking (hunting and just enjoying what Wyoming has to offer) close to home. Just this past summer, 15000 miles....some of it necessary and some for pleasure. Now, with recent retirement, and almost done with homework....it’s time to do much more rv’ing. But first, a little more boondocking.....it’s time to go ice fishing!

If I only pick five.

1. Grand Canyon
2. Redwoods
3. Bryce Canyon
4. Grand Tetons
5. Central Oregon Coast

Jesseannie

Unlike some my parents never took a vacation other then going to family. I discovered RV'ING on my own. Still have not found my top 5 but I will keep looking.:B

Great list! All fabulous places to experience!

Here is my top five for RV trips out west:

1. Yosemite NP (all four seasons and several elevations to choose from, pristine country, water falls galore)
2. Zion NP(The Narrows and red rocks everywhere)
3. Big Sur (cliffs over looking the ocean and some of the best night sky ever)
4. Rocky Mountain NP (The views, the tress, everything)
5. Point Reyes National Sea Shore (more cliffs, ocean, and whales)

That was hard. So many options. It truly is an amazing country we live in.

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
So because of my great parents, I have been RVing for over 50 years. ...

Ditto on the parental influence! For me before the TT that dad built, we were all packed into the station wagon (with the 3rd seat facing backwards!) Got to see a lot of the good ole USA.

Things that stand out fro me as a kid:

-Rushmore
-Devil's Tower
-Grand Canyon ( and painted dessert)
-Durango to Silverton RR
-riding horses on my great-uncle's ranch in Wyoming.

These were our summer trips... quite the influence on a kid from NJ. I think it is a big factor as to why I live where I do now. Thanks, mom & dad :)

Mushroom picking at Glacier NP. Cherry blossoms at Washington DC. A play at Dock Street theater in Charleston SC, dinner at Lamberts Cafe ' home of throwed rolls ' A week on the 'Outer Banks' Dining at The Court of two Sisters in NOLA . BBQ at Rudys in New Braunfels. Sunset in Big Bend NP The flight of the bats at old tunnel near Fredricksburg tx. thats about 10% ofourtravels
A night at Cochise's stronghold then a walk to apache wells.
Every day we travel we are surrounded and fascinated by the land and those before us who shaped it, those who are shaping it for tommorrow.