Dave'n'Kim
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Hi there. Wife and I (in our 50?s) have a Dodge truck and 32ft 5th wheel, fairly self-sufficient with solar panels, so prefer cheap quiet campsites, or better yet, free boondocking camping.
Starting mid-July 2013, we are planning a FOUR-MONTH trip heading north from mid California ? see itinerary below ? to include as many National Parks as possible (to get our money?s worth from the Annual Pass!). We do NOT have any particular campsites in mind yet, nor do I want to reserve anything, as that would tie us down to a non-flexible agenda. We?ll have to play everything by ear! Does anyone have any useful advice or tips about any of the areas ? better sights to see, free or cheap camping sites we could use, etc.
CA: Lompoc ? Sacramento (visiting a friend) ? Lassen Volcanic Park ? Redwood National Park via Eureka.
OR: Crater Lake ? Bend ? through Salem & Portland.
WA: Mt. Rainer National Park ? clockwise all around Olympic National Park (big area - need advice here!) ? past Seattle via Tacoma ? North Cascades National Park.
CANADA, BC: Cross border via Osoyoos ? Okanagan Falls ? Kelowna ? through Kamloops to Clearwater and Wells Grey National Park ? Blue River ? Mt. Robson / Jasper ? Banff ? Yoho National Park ? Glacier National Park ? Kimberley (wife?s namesake!) ?
USA ? MT: cross border via Roosville ? Glacier National Park ? along Montana Hwy 2 to Williston (is there a more scenic way through Montana?) -
ND: Theo Roosevelt National Park ?
SD: Minuteman Missile Nat History Site ? Badlands National Park ? Wind Cave National Park ?
WY: Yellowstone ? Grand Teton ?
ID: Craters Of The Moon ?
NV: Great Basin National Park ?
CA: Bodie, then - back home! (we?ve ?done? Yosemite, Zion, Bryce and Grand Canyon!).
Thanks for any advice! Dave and Kim
PS Hope I have the right place to enter this - my first time!
Starting mid-July 2013, we are planning a FOUR-MONTH trip heading north from mid California ? see itinerary below ? to include as many National Parks as possible (to get our money?s worth from the Annual Pass!). We do NOT have any particular campsites in mind yet, nor do I want to reserve anything, as that would tie us down to a non-flexible agenda. We?ll have to play everything by ear! Does anyone have any useful advice or tips about any of the areas ? better sights to see, free or cheap camping sites we could use, etc.
CA: Lompoc ? Sacramento (visiting a friend) ? Lassen Volcanic Park ? Redwood National Park via Eureka.
OR: Crater Lake ? Bend ? through Salem & Portland.
WA: Mt. Rainer National Park ? clockwise all around Olympic National Park (big area - need advice here!) ? past Seattle via Tacoma ? North Cascades National Park.
CANADA, BC: Cross border via Osoyoos ? Okanagan Falls ? Kelowna ? through Kamloops to Clearwater and Wells Grey National Park ? Blue River ? Mt. Robson / Jasper ? Banff ? Yoho National Park ? Glacier National Park ? Kimberley (wife?s namesake!) ?
USA ? MT: cross border via Roosville ? Glacier National Park ? along Montana Hwy 2 to Williston (is there a more scenic way through Montana?) -
ND: Theo Roosevelt National Park ?
SD: Minuteman Missile Nat History Site ? Badlands National Park ? Wind Cave National Park ?
WY: Yellowstone ? Grand Teton ?
ID: Craters Of The Moon ?
NV: Great Basin National Park ?
CA: Bodie, then - back home! (we?ve ?done? Yosemite, Zion, Bryce and Grand Canyon!).
Thanks for any advice! Dave and Kim
PS Hope I have the right place to enter this - my first time!