2gypsies wrote:
I don't know if you've traveled west or not but once you get off interstates you don't make good time.
Minneapolis to Custer via I-90 is approximately 650 miles = 1-1/2 days of driving
Custer to Yellowstone via Cody is approximately 500 miles = 2 days of driving and this is pushing it.
Jackson to Minneapolis via Casper/Rapid City/Sioux Falls is approx. 1100 miles = 3-4 days of driving.
That's 7 days of just driving back and forth. You have 12 days to do it and tour leaving you only 5 days of touring.
I'd recommend skipping Custer and heading straight to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and use your 5 days there. You can always do Custer another trip.
If you want full hookups try to get a site in Fishing Bridge RV in Yellowstone for 3 nights and Colter Bay RV in Grand Teton for 2 nights. Don't stay in the town of Jackson at the Virginian. It's too far to day trip into the Tetons and the Tetons is a lot more scenic and pleasant.
I think one day to Custer and yet another day to drive to Cody is quite sufficient time wise and is not draining. That's what it took us from west central MN, 2 hrs NW of MSP.
We love the Black Hills and usually spend 2-3 days there each summer. I would spend a couple days in Cody, lots to see and do there. We only spent one night but plan to go back. I liked Yellowstone but it was so busy and everyone was in such a hurry around there that the 3 days we spent there is enough for me for many years to come.
