RV TRip in June & July 2009

Hi Travellers

We are from Scotland and will be flying in to Denver in June. We have an RV trip planned staying at the following KOA%26#39;s -

Cheyenne/Mount Rushmore/Devils Tower/Sheridan/Cody/Yellowstone/Jackson/Rock Springs/Laramie and Estes Park. (two week itinerary).

Any advice about %26#39;must do%26#39;s or best drives from one stop to the next ?? - Anything to avoid ?

Best regards to USA.

Dramdrinker

RV TRip in June %26amp; July 2009

Are your reservations all set or can you make some changes? Depending on when your flight arrives and you get into our RV, you might want to go farther than Cheyenne for the first night. It%26#39;s only about 100 miles from Denver to Cheyenne on a pretty flat interstate highway where the speed limit will be 65 MPH or higher. You%26#39;ll be there in less than 2 hours unless you get in rush hour traffic in Denver.

Would you be willing to stay at a National Park campground instead of a KOA? Wind Cave National Park has a campground that takes RV%26#39;s but won%26#39;t have all the amenities of a KOA. You are likely to see deer and wild turkeys in the campground and out on the highway you most likely will see bison. From here you can tour the cave and make a short drive to Hot Springs to the mammoth site (http://www.mammothsite.org) and it isn%26#39;t far (by American west standards) to Mount Rushmore.

If you are staying at Devils Tower, you may want to go farther than Sheridan for your next stay. Most of that route is again on interstate highway and my mapping software suggests that it is about a 2 1/2 hour drive, which I think is pretty accurate. I%26#39;d probably plan to go on to Cody for this night as you will want to spend more of your time in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park.

From Jackson to Rock Springs should only take you less than 4 hours. Eliminate this stop and continue on to Laramie at about a 7 hour trip and you free up another day for Yellowstone, which I think you will really want. Perhaps even better would be to eliminate Laramie altogether and turn south to Craig, Colorado for the night and leave yourself a full day to drive through Rocky Mountain National Park on your way to Estes Park. The mapping software says you can drive this route in about 4 hours but I%26#39;d take all day, stopping along the way at several places.

RV TRip in June %26amp; July 2009

Thanks for the input. I%26#39;m having a look at the route again.

Dramdrinker

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