Recent content by wadecool

I want to thank everyone who gave me advice for this trip.  It was the adventure of our lives and we wouldn't have had as good of a time without advice from you!  I still haven?t uploaded all our photos but will post when I do. 2019 Western Adventure Trip Report July 16th - Drove to Lexington...

I want to thank everyone again for all of the great advice! We are a few days out now from pulling out of KY and are very excited. It will be me, wife, two 12 year old girls and my aunt piled into a crew cab truck for several days in a row. I suppose it's time to teach the girls how to play the...

An update to our trip, now just 37 days away. We have decided to travel from KY to SD via Indianapolis, Peoria, and Des Moines. It will be a 2 days drive with one night stay over in between. 7/17 - leave home at 3am arrive Des Moines West KOA 3pm 7/18 - Des Moines West KOA to Keystone, SD 6am...

I have to either take I-80 across Nebraska or I-70 across Kansas, both boring I know.  I was thinking if we shot down to I-70, we could cross the Rockies and experience the Eisenhower tunnel.  But if you guys think my timeline is gonna be severely affected by getting on I-70 west of Denver, then...

This trip seems to be constantly evolving so I'll post the latest version of the itinerary. The best favor you can do is rip it apart because it helps me plan... Latest thoughts: We decided we want 2 nights in Cody and 2 nights in Tetons so something had to go, and it would up being Little...

In a perfect world the vacation would be much longer but wife and I are still working and vacation time is a factor.  I will definitely be making a list of things to see when we become full timer way down the road.

Only chose KOA's because KOA corporate seems to expect a certain standard to be maintained at individual locations (kinda like Holiday Inn does).  Girls will want to swim after long drives cooped up in the truck, and pools at KOA's are more likely to be nice.  I have no doubt there are many...

We will be doing 2 nights in Cody. On our first morning, we will drive the truck only and leave the camper at campsite.

Taking into account the girls needing burn energy after driving long days and shortening the days somewhat as well as all of us being on same sleep schedule, i have updated the itinerary: With u getting another day off here?s my updated itinerary: 7/17 - leave home at 3am arrive KC KOA 2pm...

I should add that I have some experience towing campers.  Specifically, after Hurricane Katrina, i hauled over 50 campers (30ft avg) from Northern Indiana factories to locations in Southern Miss, Louisiana, and Florida.  Our hard dates (reservations currently set in stone) are West Yellowstone...

From KY to SD and rest of interstate i was figuring an average speed of 55mph.  I suppose I'll have to reduce that when calculating drive times in the park, eh?  As far as route to West Yellowstone, I figured we would make better time taking i-90 through Billings and Bozeman, then turn south...

They will be sleeping in truck while I'm driving.  When we stop and camp, they will swim with my wife (making sure to stop and rv parks with good pools) or just hang out in camper. 

2019 trip to Yellowstone I am planning a trip from Kentucky to Yellowstone and would like to run my itinerary by the experts to see how it looks. Some background and parameters: It will be me, wife, and 2 12 year old girls. and we have 2 weeks. We are driving a 2018 Ford F-350 dually towing a...