Moab/Capitol Reef/Yellowstone/Rocky Mtns/Badlands- April 29- July 1: 62 Days
4/29 thru 4/30 Somerset Service Plaza on PA Turnpike Drive of 165 miles/ 3 hours
4/30 thru 4/31 Flying J in Effingham, IL Drive of 552 miles/ 8 hours & 30 minutes
4/31 thru 5/1 Deer Creek Valley RV Park Topeka, Kansas. Drive of 400 miles/ 6 hours
5/1 thru 5/4 Cherry Creek State Park Aurora, Colorado. Drive of 544 miles/ 7 hours & 30 minute
- Hiking at Cherry Creek State Park.
- Repair of stone chip- RV Window: First Blood
5/4 thru 5/8 Arch View Resort Moab, Utah. Drive of 352 miles/ 5 hours & 30 minutes
- 4×4 Jeep Trails: Monitor & Merrimac Trail; Gemini Bridges & Hidden Canyon Trail: SEE our post: Moab 4WD Trails for trail info & pics
- Touring Arches National Park- SEE Hiking in Moab
- Touring Canyonlands National Park
5/8 thru 5/17 Thousand Lakes RV Park in Torrey, Utah. Drive of 147 miles/ 2 hour & 30 minutes
- Touring Capital Reef National Park
- Touring Dixie National Forest
- Hiking: Capitol Reef: Hickman’s Bridge; Fremont Overlook; Capitol Gorge Trail; Surprise Canyon; Dixie NF: Chriss Lake
- Catherdral Valley Loop (stream crossing- requires high clearance vehicle & get update from Park Service (Capitol Reef Visitor Center) on status of crossing
- 4×4 Scenic Drive to Pleasant Creek 4×4 trail with Loop back to Torrey via highway
5/17 to Camping World in Salt Lake City, Utah. Drive of 194 miles/ 3 hours
- Steering Stabilizer added to our Tiffin Allegro Open Road
5/18 thru 5/20 to Century Mobile Home and RV Park in Ogden, Utah. Drive of 55 miles/ 1hour
- toured the Great Salt Lake and local parks
5/20 thru 5/21 to Snake River RV Park Idaho Falls, Idaho. Drive of 177 miles/ 2 hours & 30 min.
- Walk along Snake River Walk
5/21 thru 5/25 to Yellowstone Grizzly RV Park in West Yellowstone, Montana. Drive of 108 Miles / 2hours
- Touring Yellowstone National Park: Visited numerous Geyser Basins; Wildlife Watching & Photography. Animals seen: Grizzly, Black Bears, Elk, Bison, Antelope, coyote, wolves, moose
5/25 thru 5/29 to Rocky Mountain RV Park in Gardiner, Montana. Drive of about 200 miles/time is greatly variable- traveled thru Yellowstone National Park. There are 2 alternate routes.
- Continued Touring of Yellowstone National Park
- Hiking: Rescue Creek Trail, Yellowstone Picnic area- Specimen Ridge trail and Geyser Basins.
5/29 to 5/30 to Lusk Rest Area in Orin, WY. Drive of 507 miles/ 7hours & 10 minutes
5/30 thru 6/15 to Riverview RV Park Loveland, Colorado. Drive of 180 miles/ 2 hours & 40 min.
- Touring Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP)
- Hiking: RMNP: near Trail Ridge Visitor Center; Colorado River Trailhead; Larimer County Open Spaces: near Loveland: Devil’s Backbone Open space/trail & in Fort Collins: Cache La Poudre River Trail
- Traded-in RV for a diesel pusher & moved into it
6/15 thru 6/25 to Fort Welikit Family Campground Custer, South Dakota. Drive 320 miles/ 5 hrs
- Touring: Custer State Park; Wind Cave National Park; Jewel Cave National Monument; Needles Scenic Highway, Crazy Horse Memorial & Mt. Rushmore
- Hikes: Custer SP: French Creek trail; Jewel Cave NM: Canyons Trail; Wind Cave NP: Sanctuary Trail; Needles Scenic Hwy: Cathedral Spires area
- Cave Tours: Wind Cave: Natural Entrance Tour; Jewel Cave: Scenic Tour
- Horse Trail Ride (2 hours) in Custer State Park- Stables @ Blue Bell Lodge
- Mini Golf in Custer
6/25 thru 6/29 to Badlands/ White River KOA in Interior, South Dakota. Drive about 117 miles/ 2 hours
- Touring Badlands National Park
- Hiking: SEE: Hiking in Badlands Castle- Medicine Root Trail; Saddle Pass Trail; The Door trail
- Wildlife watching: SEE: Wildlife viewing and photograpy in Badlands Bison, Desert Bighorn Sheep, Antelope, Deer & Prairie Dogs. Meadowlarks, turkeys, burrowing owl
6/29 thru 6/30 to Newtown KOA in Newton, Iowa. Drive 600 miles/ 9 hours
6/30 thru 7/1 to Somerset Service Plaza on PA Turnpike Drive 843 miles/ 12 hours & 45 minutes
7/1 to home
