Meffrig wrote:
On my bucket list is a trip out west in May or June of 2017 for my wife and I. We have a 35 foot Class A motor home with a tow vehicle. We have about 3 or 4 weeks and will be leaving from Louisville, Ky. We want to see the Grand Canyon, Mt. Rushmore, Bryce Canyon, and Yellowstone for sure but would like to see other places as well. We have no desire to go to Las Vegas or into California. Should we do reservations for campgrounds or just play it by ear? Any travel route ideas would be helpful as well. I know there's a bunch of places to visit. I really don't want to drive more than 6 hours per day. This will probably be the only chance we have to go so we want to see as much as possible. Thanks in advance for your help. All ideas are appreciated.
Lots to see - but in the loop of your list it is 4,400 miles = 88 hours divided by 6 = 15 days of driving.
So you will need the entire month as there will be more things than you can imagine along the way. I would suggest that you try without reservation and that you go earlier rather than later as once the kids are out the world of RV'ing changes drastically.
First thing is to try to get MORE TIME, then plan the route and the stops along the way. I'd start in the south and head up to Yellowstone, then back towards Home - You do Know there a many National and State Parks along your route that you have MISSED!
One other suggestion is to work this trip into "Sections" so as to be able to manage it. Read and understand the areas of the trip so as to at least drive through or by many of the places that you will want to see along your route.
A few spots that come to mind - Canyon de Chelly - Monument Valley - Lake Powell - Zion - Moab - Goblins SP - Kodachrome - Escalante - Rt 12 - Rt 128 - Capital Reef - SLC - the State of Colorado - Grand Tetons - ......................................
I think you get the idea - a lot more thought and research needs to go into such an EPIC TRIP.
After you get the number of post on this original question break the trip down into much smaller sections and see how it works out.
However you do it it will still be GREAT!!!!!!!
Best of Luck,