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Another question to you road trippers...How many miles a day should i expect to cover realistically? 500? 700? trying to decide where exactly i should plan our stops.
Heh...funny you ask, a friend of the family owns a shrimp boat down in aransas pass and just brought us 10lbs of really nice table shrimp the other day. Its at my grandpa's house, we are planning a cook out soon!
Another question to you road trippers...How many miles a day should i expect to cover realistically? 500? 700? trying to decide where exactly i should plan our stops.
500 is a lot if you plan to stop frequently or for extended periods of time. Otherwise 500 miles is pretty easily covered.
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500 miles is a long day driving one of those big pigs especially after you get out of Texas and off the flat interstates. My suggestion would be to have the rig packed and leave early in the morning and tag team drive a long first day to get out of Texas...maybe spend the first night at Raton, New Mexico. Then slow down to 300 a day or less if you are stopping for stuff...
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Make a list of the places you know you want to stop in order...off the top of my head for a 12 day trip to the area you mentioned it might be..
Royal Gorge
Pikes Peak
Rocky Mountain National Park
Jackson Hole
Grand Tetons
Yellowstone
Dinosaur National Monument
Durango Colorago (ride the train)
Mesa Verde National Park
Taos New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns
Home
Kind of plot out how much time you want to spend at each place. If you do Yellowstone figure two nights. It will take you all day to make the loop in the park even though it's less than 200 miles.
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sweet....just what i was looking for, thanks!
That list is actually pretty aggressive for 12 days. You could easily cut out Pikes Peak on the front and Taos and Carlsbad Caverns on the rear and still have a nice trip...Leave Mesa Verde and cut back across southern Colorado through Pagosa etc. back to Raton and then tag team drive home from there.
Have you ever driven one of those big pigs? I hate it. i've done it, but I'd rather sleep in a tent at night that drive one of those fat pigs for 10 hours a day, especially in traffic and the mountains.
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If you try to go to Rocky Mtn National Park, be aware the road goes to 12K feet and you will be boggin down big time going that high ... and going downhill in something that big is no walk in the park, either.
Getting to Jackson/Yellowstone is no biggie, good roads and no huge climbs. Now the roads IN Yellowstone - narrow and usually under construction. Hit the park web site for details. On some roads you'll average 30-40 mph, but you didn't go to the park to drive through it like a bat out of . And take it seriously when they warn you about bears and not leaving stuff out where they can get to it.
Going to Durango, depending on the route, can be pretty tricky. Coming over the mountains south from Grand Jct/Ouray is a nailbiter if you're not used to those kinds of roads (narrow and lots of places without guardrails because avalanches kept taking them out). You can come in from further west but will miss some scenery.
12 days is aggressive. It's three days drive to Jackson in a car (or two days if you want to drive 12+ hours a day).
BTW, having done both last month, I prefer the train between Chama, NM and Antonito, CO (the bres & Toltec) to the one between Durango and Silverton. The scenery on the latter is more spectacular, the former is the more authentic experience and not nearly as corporate.
Depending on how early you go in spring, you could encounter snow. Be prepared - if conditions warrant they will not let you drive some roads without chains.
Have a great time!!
4 G's? Wtf are you driving to Alaska?
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