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Re: Best RV parks from rapid city to billings (also devil's t)
I'd recommend the KOA at Devil's Tower also. We stayed there and thought it was great. They show Close Encounters of the Third Kind every night at their outdoor theater (nothing fancy, but fun to do). We spent one night at the KOA in Rapid City before spending three nights at the KOA at Mount Rushmore. It's a nice campground and I'd definitely stay there again.228Views0likes0CommentsRe: Bar Harbor in July
We like the KOA in Bar Harbor - they have some sites right on the water that are nice. There's a man who cooks lobster dinners and chowder at the campground - reasonable prices and delicious. We were there last July and it was nice weather and not too crowded in the park.247Views0likes0CommentsRe: Trip Report: NY to the Grand Canyon, UT, Redwoods, Badlands
4runnerguy wrote: OK, I know this post may get long, but I want to guide you to some alternatives. First, Garden of the Gods/Colorado Springs would not be my first (or second or third or . . .) choice of places to spend 4 or 5 nights in Colorado. We did a VA-Utah RV trip with our kids in 2011 and spent three nights in Colorado Springs. We had a great time, and our kids liked it. We toured the Air Force Academy, went up Pike's Peak (kids loved it), went to a cowboy dinner show (kids LOVED it), visited the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and the Garden of the Gods. We really enjoyed our time there. We also took a little day trip on the Lariat Loop where we saw Buffalo Bill's grave, checked out the Red Rocks Amphitheater and area, and visited Dinosaur Ridge, where you can see and touch dinosaur tracks in the ground. My son was fascinated by it, and I was too. We enjoyed lunch in Golden, CO, a nice little town with a walkable main street with restaurants and shops.532Views0likes0CommentsRe: Trip Report: NY to the Grand Canyon, UT, Redwoods, Badlands
Jim Shoe wrote: I absolutely love the Tetons - but I'm not between the ages of 5 and 12. The Tetons are known for their beauty. Yellowstone is known for its moving parts. Lots more things for your kids to see, like geysers, bubbling mud pots, the Yellowstone river and the upper and lower falls. And a lot more wildlife. Save the Tetons for the second trip when your kids can enjoy it. You can't even do Yellowstone in 5 days, but it will whet your appetite for a return trip. In the Black Hills area, the Badlands is a drive thru, but you can spend some time in Custer State Park driving the wildlife loop, driving the needles highway, and feeding carrots to the herds of wild burros, and check out Mt. Rushmore as well as Crazy Horse. You'll all want to go back in a few years. So much to see and do. Hi there! In 2009, we drove some of the same route with a 7 and 8 year old. I'll share some thoughts with that perspective: My kids liked Yellowstone alot more than the Tetons. They loved Old Faithful, the paint pots, and all of the wildlife we saw in the park. They would have been happy just to drive through the Tetons. Of course it's beautiful, but Yellowstone was more for them because they could see and do more. And different people will tell you how much time they think you need to spend there, but I think you can whet your appetite and give your kids a good experience in just a few days there. We drove more than we hiked because we knew my daughter wouldn't hold up long, but we saw hundreds of bison, a mom and baby moose, and lots of pronghorn. You can drive through the Badlands in an hour or two. I loved it there and if it was just me, I'd stay overnight to see both the sunset and the sunrise in the park. We saw the sunset and it was beautiful. I took some great portraits of my kids with the prairie background on one of the park stops - they're gorgeous.532Views0likes0Comments
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