Help with Big RV Trip Planning
So we are planning a big trip leaving out of Southern California (Orange County) out to Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone and back. I've got it mapped to about 2650 miles and 13 nights to make the journ...
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agesilaus wrote:
Day one 725 miles? Assuming you are coming from LA. That's a long drive, I guess you may have three drivers tho. But you'll lose an hour because of time zones and get there late and tired. That really will give you one day at Arches, just enough for a drive thru. If you want to do some back road driving then that is one of the best areas in the country for it with Canyonlands right there.
The same for RMNP, you will only have one day there really. And you aren't going to visit Bryce from Torrey, it's a long drive. That is another prime off road area with the Burr Trail and other trails in the area. We spent a week at Torrey last year and 8 days at Escalante.
I think you are biting off too much. I'd drop Rushmore and RMNP and concentrate on Utah and Yellowstone/Tetons.
BK
Good thoughts. Yes, the first day is 11 hours of driving heading straight through. I wonder if we should take a day away from Rushmore and add it to Bryce or kill RMNP and make it an overnight stop over only... giving us an extra day in Bryce and an extra day Arches. We've been to Zion earlier this year... Beautiful. Don't want to kill ourselves... but then again.. coming out of LA... our goal is Rushmore and Yellowstone. Those are the 2 big ones but we are passing through Utah so wanted to add it to the mix. Not sure how many days we need to really enjoy it. I wonder is Rushmore needs 1, 2 or 3 days. It's the highlight for us to see.
