Mapping out our trip to Yellowstone - help
The wife and I are making plans for our first trip out West next June. The first try at the itinerary is shown below. We plan on making reservations at Yellowstone and Custer. Not sure where to stay i...
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Pretty aggressive trip - assuming you only have 2 weeks to do it?It can be done as you have laid out - but you will be very rushed, with several very long driving days in front of you.
You'll for sure have to skip the Badlands just outside of Wall. May have to skip Wall Drug, too. Your first two days will be 17 hours of driving, without breaks! After Rapid City, driving can be MUCH slower than you anticipate, so you'll probably get to Custer very late. Better check on what the late check-in policies are.
Custer to Cody is another slower than anticipated drive. Bighorn Mtns are fantastic, but you won't be crusin' fast, or stopping to see the sights. Is a one day trip, but there won't be a lot of free time in Cody. Same for the next day - you'll need to get going early.
If you can free up more time, your trip out will be so much better. Something like: Home to Sioux Falls (still very long day), SF to Badlands and Wall, Wall to Custer - then on with the rest of your agenda. Add time as you can to Custer, Cody, Yellowstone, Tetons, the return, etc.
The curse of limited time off and living in a big country! We finally did a month from Minnesota to Calif/Oregon this past summer, and there STILL wasn't enough time!
You'll for sure have to skip the Badlands just outside of Wall. May have to skip Wall Drug, too. Your first two days will be 17 hours of driving, without breaks! After Rapid City, driving can be MUCH slower than you anticipate, so you'll probably get to Custer very late. Better check on what the late check-in policies are.
Custer to Cody is another slower than anticipated drive. Bighorn Mtns are fantastic, but you won't be crusin' fast, or stopping to see the sights. Is a one day trip, but there won't be a lot of free time in Cody. Same for the next day - you'll need to get going early.
If you can free up more time, your trip out will be so much better. Something like: Home to Sioux Falls (still very long day), SF to Badlands and Wall, Wall to Custer - then on with the rest of your agenda. Add time as you can to Custer, Cody, Yellowstone, Tetons, the return, etc.
The curse of limited time off and living in a big country! We finally did a month from Minnesota to Calif/Oregon this past summer, and there STILL wasn't enough time!
