Need help/ideas with summer trip.

Crawlfab wrote:
Hello my name is Jay and I am new here looking for ideas. Every summer we load up in the rv and head out for a few weeks to take the kids on a summer trip (10,13,16yrs). Every year we try to go somewhere new and most of the times just pick a direction with a few key items and wing it along the way. It has been great so far but we are looking for more locations as the last 2 years we have ended up in Key West.

We are from Central Oklahoma and have been far Northeast, All the way out west and back up to pikes peak, and then we have done Key West 2 years now.

What are some of the not on the map things to do when headed to the Yellowstone area? We are into mining towns, scenic campgrounds, old style non commercial attractions and things along that line. I have searched but just have not found a lot up that way. We want to go that way but a just cant seem to find 2 weeks worth of thing to do.

Any help from ones that have been there would be great.

Sorry, first I had to stop laughing – I’ll give list of stops that will take you a year to do.
East to Espanola, NM
Then north to Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Creede
Lake City
Rent a jeep and do the 4x4 passes to Silverton and the surrounds
Black Canyon of the Gunnison again 4x4 trails
Ouray again 4x4 trails
Red Stone again 4x4 trails
Marble again 4x4 trails
Maroon Bells again 4x4 trails
Glennwood Springs Hot Spring Feed Pool and the Colorado River Rest and resupply
Rifle Gap SP
Dinosaur NM and the Green River, Colorado and Utah
Flaming Gorge NRA, WY I prefer the west side and fishing from the camp ground
Big Sandy State Recreation Area
Jackson
Grand Teton NP
Yellowstone NP – now I’ve been here at least 10 maybe 20 times and I have never been where I was not just totally amazed at every step I took. EVERY TIME I WENT!
Drive 600 or so miles in the park then hike another 40 or 50 and see just some of it.
Now for the trip back – Head out the North exit to the Beartooth Mountains and then to Chief Joseph Highway.
Now catch Red Lodge then down to Cody
Thermopolis
Wind River Canyon
Shoshoni
Independence Rock
Pathfinder Reservoir
Steamboat Springs
Grand Lake/ RMNP
Silverthorne
Breck
Leadville Again 4x4
Independence Pass Again 4x4
Buenavista Again 4x4
Salida Again 4x4
Great Sand Dunes NP
Back home
Now just writing this takes me two hours so driving it and Playing in all these spots plus the hundreds not mentioned will take just over two weeks.

BOL,

:B