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Levidada's avatar
Levidada
Explorer
Nov 12, 2015

West of the Mississippi Road Trippin

We are trying to plan our big trip for 2016. We are new to RVing but we want to do a big trip. We are home based in Orange County California and thinking of going to Zion. So I have 2 main questions. 1) where in Zion would you recommend? (with hookups) and 2) what are the other places in the west side of the country that you all love? TT is 33ft with opposing slides too so I need the width.

We love "campgrounds" as opposed to RV Parks. Any suggestions you have are very appreciated!
  • Levidada's avatar
    Levidada
    Explorer
    Nov 17, 2015
    djsamuel wrote:
    Definitely Bryce and Moab (Arches and Canyonlands NPs). I'd also take a look at staying in Trailer Village in the Grand Canyon National Park.


    I looked up Trailer Village. Looks like a good spot. Doesn't seem the campground has much to offer, but the fact that it is inside the Grand Canyon and has accessibility to all the free shuttles is great! Definitely going to make this trip in 2016. Thanks for the heads up on that one!
  • kcfissel's avatar
    kcfissel
    Explorer
    Nov 15, 2015
    djsamuel wrote:
    Definitely Bryce and Moab (Arches and Canyonlands NPs). I'd also take a look at staying in Trailer Village in the Grand Canyon National Park.


    We drove the White Rim Trail at Canyonlands NP.

    My wife refuses to ever go 4 wheeling with me again. <:-(
  • profdant139's avatar
    profdant139
    Explorer II
    Nov 14, 2015
    First, be sure to take several short trips before you take a big one -- please don't ask me how I learned this lesson.

    Second, where you can go depends on how much time you have, and what time of year you are traveling. There is so much available! If you have some time, click around on my blog (see link below) -- I hope that some of our posts will be of interest to you. We also live in Orange County and have wandered over much of the western US and Canada, as you will see.
  • djsamuel's avatar
    djsamuel
    Nomad
    Nov 12, 2015
    Definitely Bryce and Moab (Arches and Canyonlands NPs). I'd also take a look at staying in Trailer Village in the Grand Canyon National Park.
  • jc1843's avatar
    jc1843
    Explorer
    Nov 12, 2015
    You will need reservations at Yellowstone in the busy months-- West Yellowstone is OK and has several campgrounds.

    Bryce is a must see and usually early morning, when the sun just comes up, is the best for the Hoo-Doos. Also further up the road you may see wildlife. Not to crowded and may not need reservations. Good place for hiking, but at 9,000 feet take it easy. Much cooler in the summer and comfortable from the hot desert.
  • kearlms's avatar
    kearlms
    Explorer
    Nov 12, 2015
    I know it is a bit further north, but Yellowstone is a fun place to camp.
  • GrandpaKip's avatar
    GrandpaKip
    Explorer II
    Nov 12, 2015
    Bryce is definitely worth visiting. We stayed 3 days last September and loved the park.
  • harley-dave's avatar
    harley-dave
    Explorer
    Nov 12, 2015
    You might also include Bryce, not too far from Zion and a lot fewer people. We were in Zion briefly last year and there were so many people you couldn't hardly turn around! Lots of places to see and camp in that area of Utah.

    Dave
  • campigloo's avatar
    campigloo
    Explorer
    Nov 12, 2015
    We like Dead Horse Point state park. Pretty centrally located to several scenic areas. You might want to call ahead and make sure these places are open.
  • kknowlton's avatar
    kknowlton
    Explorer II
    Nov 12, 2015
    To my knowledge, Zion Watchman CG has electric-only hookups. Check the nps.gov website for Zion NP for details.

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