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Re: Utah - planning advice
Kids are 14 and soon to be 12, so everything is either easy, or the worst thing ever. Lol We've done Glacier, Yellowstone, Teton, Rockies, etc, always stay in the parks with no hookups when possible. We have a 35' fifth wheel, but always manage to find a site to shoehorn it in. As far as driving, yes, we'd probably leave Friday night and drive for several hours. We are no strangers to heading west and rather get there as quick as we can. Time on site is important for now. After the kids are gone we can spend more time on the journey. If summer is hot, would late December, early January be feasible? Or would it be really cold and snowy? Thanks for the advice so far! Please keep it coming!!452Views0likes0CommentsUtah - planning advice
We are looking to do Utah this summer. We are National Park type of family, stay in the park sites with no hookups (35' fifth wheel), do some hiking, Ranger programs, and enjoy nature. We are thinking about visiting at least Arches, Canyonland, Bryce and Zion. We'll have 16 days total. We'll likely push hard on the way there and back to make the trip in 2 days. That will give us 12 days in the parks. We are crossing places of the bucket list before the kids are done with school, so we do the best we can with the time we have. How many days would you spend in each park? I know we'll never see it all, but will make the most out of what we have. Any suggestions are appreciated. Anything not on the list that absolutely should be? If so, what and why? Lastly, will July be too hot to enjoy anything? Should we wait until 2018 to try to do it in mid June?3.1KViews0likes12Comments- 211Views0likes0Comments
Re: Dometic v.s. Duo-Therm Hard Start Kit - yikes, help....
I had run the 13.5k in my previous 5th with my Yamaha 2400 with no issues, no additional capacitor needed. I rolled the dice and got a 15k unit with our new fifth wheel. No go running it with the 2400. I added a Supco SPP6 and it runs now. I only do this occasionally, when we are without hookups and need the break from the heat. It works fine for us.697Views0likes0CommentsRe: Pullrite superglide Lube
Tractor supply sells a graphite based paint that is similar. Once a year, I pull my tubes out of the hitch, clean them up good, then spray them with a couple fresh coats of graphite paint. If I notice that the graphite starts to wear off, I'll spray white silicone grease on the rails. 10 years and going strong!994Views0likes0CommentsRe: Summer trip to Philadelphia, PA...where to stay?
We stayed at a State Park campground near Hopewell Furnace northwest of Philly when we visited. I believe it was called French Creek State Park. Was a nice place, but not sure that would work for 6 months. I really enjoyed visiting the Hopewell Furnace. I was amazed by it.530Views0likes0CommentsRe: Colorado with kids...
2gypsies wrote: The big issue for you is the long, boring drive from Illinois to Colorado for a 1 year old and 4 year old. That's a long time for children to be confined to a car seat. If it were me I'd plan on no more than 4 or 5 hours of driving per day. Everyone will be in a better mood when you stop. Plan on places with a pool to wind down and relax. Pick a location such as Colorado Springs and spend your vacation doing things in that area. Traveling from place to place will not matter to the children. A zoo is a zoo. A trail is a trail. Google the city for things to do with children. You'll get a lot of ideas. Have fun planning! Having camped with kids this age, I would never consider this. You'd spend too much of your vacation traveling. We would drive, let the kids run at each rest stop, get back in and drive. The fewer days traveling the better. Eventually they fall asleep and you can get some miles in.921Views0likes0CommentsRe: Colorado with kids...
We did 2 weeks traveling around Colorado for our big summer trip last year. This post covers many of the places we did and I would recommend them. The two places we went that they didn't list was Rocky Mountain National Park and Gunnison(the Grand Canyon of Colorado). See my comments in the below quote: Thom02099 wrote: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo this is a great zoo with elephant and giraffe feeding opportunities, we all loved it! Cheyenne Mountain State park is close by and very nice! Pikes Peak Cog Railway (in Manitou Springs) We just drive up to the peak, skipped the railroad. It was cloudy and didn't see much other than a few trams on the way up, but we couldn't be that close and not go May Natural History Museum Cliff Dwellings and Cave of the Winds (close together) We did this and did the tour that you had to climb the ladder and squeeze through a tunnel - will remember this on for a long time. Nice private campground practically across the street with a pool which provided some much needed downtime for the kids Cripple Creek and Victor Railroad (up in Cripple Creek) The Canon City/Royal Gorge area (about 45-50 minutes SW of Colorado Springs) This is just to name a few off the top of my head. H E R E is a link a more complete list of things to see/do in that area. You may want to consider Mountaindale Cabins and RV Resort outside of Colorado Springs as a base camp location. It's a bit out of town, but easy to get to various sights/locations mentioned. The previous suggestions from others are also very good recommendations. Just depends on where you want to be and how much you want to see, in whatever time you have allotted. Great Sand Dunes NP is a wonderful place to visit. H E R E is a campground just outside the park that could work for you. There's also a KOA in Alamosa, a bit of a drive, but a good base camp location. We went here. Worth going, but in the middle of no where. We stopped for a few hours on our way out of Colorado, didn't camp in the area. Be aware that there are places that rent sand sleds outside the park that you can bring in to go dune sledding, but the climb up the hill gets tiring. Either place to stay, you could consider going down to Antonito and doing the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad. Did that with my kids (when they are just a bit older than yours) and they loved it. There's also an alligator farm near the Great Sand Dunes, that could be something different for the kiddos AND the parents. H E R E is the link to them. Whatever you decide, make sure you get your reservations going ASAP. You will need them.921Views0likes0Comments
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