After 18 days and 3,700 miles...we're back!!

rode2nowhere wrote:
My dream to make a trip like yours but still working and the enormous cost of everything.

assuming you already have the TT and TV I wouldn't classify the costs as enourmous. We did 6 weeks out west last year, from North Carolina along Interstate 70 thru Denver into Utah (Capital Reef NP and Escalante NM) Bryce Canyon, Zion NP, Grand Canyon(north and south rims) Sedona, Flagstaff and back to North Carolina along I40. 1 week driving out to Capital Reef and 1 week home from Flagstaff. Stayed in private campgrounds and KOA's mostly(in Sedona we actually stayed in Dead Horse State Park in the town of Cottonwood. Dead Horse is a great place to stay in that area, only about a 20 minute drive from Sedona.) The whole trip cost was 5606.86. When you factor in not spending money at home on groceries and discount that 744.82 the cost would be 4861. For me that is not bad for a 6 week vacation that includes the beauty of those parks and the trip itself.