If Yellowstone is a must, then I also suggest traveling through the Black Hills of SD (include Badlands).

Utah is closer and if you've never been, another must see! If you have 4WD TV, you may not leave Moab! Two National Parks, 1 State Park and enough BLM with scenery to spend months (if not years) exploring.

I'm a Nor'easter and 2 weeks up here is no where near enough time! We spent 2 months exploring around the Nor'east Maritimes (into Canada) and now are planning runs to explore regions in depth. My Maine Spur run into New Brunswick (Fundy National & Hopewell Rocks) will take me over 2 weeks. I'm planning a month.

Same can be said for most all places. The longer you can stay, the more you will see. Don't plan too much so that you are so limited on time to explore a bit.

Utah has the Big 5 National Parks, yet I would suggest just Moab for this run. 

Where ever you choose, enjoy the time! Safe travels

http://ridebdr.com/gps-tracks-2/#north-east-gps-tracks - http://ridebdr.com/gps-tracks-2/#north-east-gps-tracks

I use GAIA and load the .gps track/route to research.

There's also a specific N/S NH run called the Hamster. V07.5.1 is supposed to be the latest..

http://www.dropbox.com/sh/h1u3q1amjyh285k/AAB8AnEIOi4qKObFP3vmRsqma?dl=0 - http://www.dropbox.com/sh/h1u3q1amjyh285k/AAB8AnEIOi4qKObFP3vmRsqma?dl=0

Utah, I'll be going back specifically to run the White Rim Trail. For this I'll tow with my Overlander and drop the trailer. It's said to plan 3 days or more for just this run!

http://www.nps.gov/cany/planyourvisit/whiterimroad.htm - http://www.nps.gov/cany/planyourvisit/whiterimroad.htm

I did my first big trip last summer, much of it by myself, from Florida to Maine by way of Kentucky (for reasons) and then back via Niagara Falls, through the Poconos, and the mountains of Virginia.

 

I spent 10 days getting to Maine (stayed for a few weeks with mom) and then two weeks coming home. I agree with others here, less might be more. I found I was most happy driving about 400-450 miles a day (depending, flat driving i could do more more but mountains were considerably less) and I usually drive in the car (w/o the pod) to Maine in two 11 hour days.  Also, I was learning a lot as I went and as a first trip that might be more the point anyway.

You didn't mention the time of year you plan to travel. Mountains were nice in the summer but this time of year I prefer the warmer climes. I used "Boondockers Welcome" and "camping free" but also stayed in state when I could get in.

Keep us posted on your plans!

Julie

Originally posted by EchoGale Well then I'd try to go to the Traverse City Roundup!

 

Looking at the dates I could possible make my last day before heading home the 1st day of the event.  I think I would be having to push down the interstates to get back in time to go to work.  

As of now we are looking at Hawaii from May 23rd to 30th.  So Pod trip would probable be from around June 2 or 3 till around the   22nd, 23rd ish.  

Greetings:

It depends on what you like to do.  If you like quiet areas, hiking trails, day trips to see the sights, try out State parks.  You can reserve in advance.  I live in MN and travel to parks here and Wis.  June is a good time to see the Black hills.  I always stay in the Custer area and take day trips out from there.  It's a nice town with good resturants.  You can reserve at some nice commercial campgrounds in the area plus State campgrounds.  I do not like going east, to much congestion.  Good luck, safe travels and enjoy.    Crankster78

We are retired and can go for a month or two. I would like to go from Florida all the way to Oregon and then back down hitting the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Mount Rushmore, etc then back home.

My concern is how do you plan reservations to time when you will arrive? How do you determine the time do you give yourself to get from one place to another? And how do you handle when halfway there (no turning back) you cannot get in on time or there are no vacancies?

Since we have no experience on long camping trips, I'm not sure how to deal with the reservation and arrival timing part. I know i need to start now and even some places are booked like six months in advance. I realize some people may have it all reserved in advance, not sure it that's what most do.

How do you plan for this please? And how do you know how many days to plan for each location? Thanks in advance! 

I'm also retired and do travel for well over a month at a time. Honestly, I've made 3 campsite reservations... One was for the Albuquerque Ballon Festival and I wish I had stuck to my guns and just lot-docked at Walmart.. Would have been so much easier. I don't usually stay at commercial campgrounds so my choices of overnighting are wide open! I lot-dock, boon-dock, mooch-dock (my favorite), flying J (worst to date), rest area (2nd worst) and so on.. 

Be sure to get your Lifetime Pass for the Nationals! This opens up so many places to stay! It's good for 'all' federally owned/maintained lands. National Forest land is one of my favorite's. 

My theory of overnighting somewhere is pretty simple. Once you close your eyes, they all look the same! The real funny part we have found is the least we pay for the site (speaking boon/mooch-docking) the nicer it is! 

 

New Mexico State Parks are now closed to overnight camping...I suspect other parks and campgrounds are making changes also.

Your absolutely right. I was looking at the list of what all is closed and it is pretty much everything. 

 I am an RN working in the ER.  so vacations request are being cancelled at the moment anyway.  I guess I will be using the Pod to quarantine myself under one of my oak trees.   

We already tried that here. I moved my grandson, who has a relatively high risk but "essential" job (not as high risk or essential as yours) providing janitorial services at Virginia Tech, into our pod.  Might as well get some use out of it I figured. 

The problem we identified is that its only a temporary solution as once the black tank fills you have to find a dump station and those are pretty much all closed. If you can install a sewer connection in your oak grove that would work longer term. 

We already tried that here. I moved my grandson, who has a relatively high risk but "essential" job (not as high risk or essential as yours) providing janitorial services at Virginia Tech, into our pod.  Might as well get some use out of it I figured. 

The problem we identified is that its only a temporary solution as once the black tank fills you have to find a dump station and those are pretty much all closed. If you can install a sewer connection in your oak grove that would work longer term. 

I would like to think they could just shut the campus down entirely and send the janitorial staff home but there are a relatively small number of students (I think about 1000) who have nowhere else to go.