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From: Ted Heise <theise@panix.com>
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.rv-travel
Subject: Re: WY itinerary
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 01:40:13 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: My own, such as it is
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On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:13:53 -0500,
  sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:
>  On 3/3/2025 1:21 PM, Ted Heise wrote:
> > Okay, starting to plan a trip to Wyoming in late May, early 
> > June. We'll be going out through Nebraska (wife has 50th HS 
> > reunion in Nebraska City), and have agreed on Devils Tower as 
> > a destination.
> > 
> > After a day or two there, I'm thinking to head over to Grand 
> > Teton and spend a day or two there.  On the map, it doesn't 
> > seem that Yellowstone is all that far, but the routing on 
> > Google maps all seems to go around into Idaho and then 
> > Montana, coming in from the north.  Any high level tips on how 
> > to approach this?  Neither of us have been to Yellowstone, so 
> > that would be a great destination. On the other hand, I'm 
> > starting to wonder if it might be biting off too much on top 
> > of the other two destinations.
> > 
> > We probably can take 2-3 weeks total, and I don't like driving 
> > much over 250 miles in a day with the trailer.
> 
>  Just wondering Ted what you do for overnight stops and parking 
>  when you're traveling between spots.  Do you find campgrounds 
>  to stay at, hotels, sleep in the Acadia, or can you sleep in 
>  the lance without pulling slide outs?

The trips we've done so far I've planned out ahead of time in some 
detail--making reservations at campgrounds for each night.  I'll 
make sure every second or third has at least a dump station, if 
not sewer hookups.

The first trip I was too optimistic in how much driving would be 
tolerable each day.  And I used Google maps estimated drive time 
on interstates, not recognizing I'd not be driving near those 
speeds.  Now I look for the shortest mileage route and figure 60 
miles max in an hour--probably topping out at five hours a day.  
Makes it take longer to get to our destination, but it's less 
wearing by far.

All else being equal, my preference would be just to drive and 
then stop where we will--but I'm too chicken of ending up in an 
area with no good (and available) options.

And no worries about thread drift, it's an accepted part of 
Usenet.  :)

-- 
Ted Heise      <theise@panix.com>       West Lafayette, IN, USA