need help in utah, idaho, montana, and wyoming!!!

[spydaman60]

wife is retiring in june from 35 years of teaching. we are going to spend a month traveling thru the four states listed above and our intent is to take the rv with spyder in tow. so if anyone has a must see, or must ride route, please chime in and help us create our itinerary. we are planning on staying at national forest campgrounds, but will also catch some other campsites along the way. so if any of you can give us some help on campgrounds as well, please feel free to post here, or pm me anytime. thanks in advance for your input!!!:2thumbs:

 

[Gray Ghost]

I have heard great things about the Beartooth Pass going from Montana to Wyoming. We were in the area last summer but the road was closed due to snow. A must see, IMHO, is the Buffalo Bill Cody Center of the West in Cody Wyoming. It is five museums in one, the ticket is good for two days. If we hadn't been pressed for time I could have spent one day just in the firearms museum. While we were there we were able to attend a Pow-wow. Good food and dancing competition. We stayed at the Ponderosa Campground, it was close to the museum and they had a guy giving talks on the local wildlife in the evening.

 

[ARtraveler]

What a great trip you have planned. Anything with National Park, National Monument, or State Park should be a must see.

Wyoming: Devils Tower, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, DuBois (the town) and Jackson Hole (the town).

Utah: Zion, Arches, Cedar Breaks, Canyonland, Bryce Canyon

Just a few that I enjoy. Get your senior citizen National Park pass if you qualify. It gets you into all the national parks free.

 

[PrairieSpyder]

You could spend a month just in Utah, with all the parks there. To AKSpyderman's list I'd add Monument Valley.

I lived in western Montanna one summer and spent a lot of time at Glacier National Park. Western Mt is beautiful. If you're into photography, the afternoon light there is like no place else.

 

[spydaman60]

thanks guys, and keep
the posts coming!!:thumbup:

 

[Big F]

wife is retiring in june from 35 years of teaching. we are going to spend a month traveling thru the four states listed above and our intent is to take the rv with spyder in tow. so if anyone has a must see, or must ride route, please chime in and help us create our itinerary. we are planning on staying at national forest campgrounds, but will also catch some other campsites along the way. so if any of you can give us some help on campgrounds as well, please feel free to post here, or pm me anytime. thanks in advance for your input!!!:2thumbs:

When you get to Wyoming, try and slip across the Eastern end to the Rapid City, SD area. there are miles and miles of some of the most scenic riding in America. Just an FYI
THE BIG F

 

[lwrydr]

Travel

Since your oing to be in Utah might as well drop down to the North rim of the Grand Canyon. It is an assume sight. If you get a chance Durango Co. is a fun place and the train ride is spectacular. Mesa Verde is real interesting too. Hope yo have a great trip.

 

[NautiBrit]

Along with the great suggestions you are getting, you may want to look into buying the Butler maps for the Rocky Mountains. It shows the best rides in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Enjoy the trip.

 

[Dragonrider]

The Chief Joseph Scenic Byway from Cody to Cooke City (N Yellowstone gate) is definitely worth the time. Visit Glacier, and drive the Road to the Sun!!!! Kalispell and Flathead Lake is a worthwhile add n the Western side of Glacier, and all of Northern Idaho is just Spectacular, but Idaho 12 is tops - from the Western end (the BW in Orofino is a favorite), take 3 South, out of Lewiston, WA to Enterprise, OR - South to Sumpter, OR - on down to 26, then you can swing East into Southern Idaho. Stay off i84 - the 18 wheelers are doing 85+ on that road. Just to the North is 20, through Atomic City and Craters of the Moon - a far better route.

Be sure to buy ($10) your senior pass for the National Parks, allows free entry to all of them.

There's not a road in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, or Montana that we haven't been over, at one time or another, and we'll be back this summer.

 

[ARtraveler]

You could spend a month just in Utah, with all the parks there. To AKSpyderman's list I'd add Monument Valley.

I lived in western Montanna one summer and spent a lot of time at Glacier National Park. Western Mt is beautiful. If you're into photography, the afternoon light there is like no place else.

Not a dislike. Should be Me Too

 

[ARtraveler]

When you get to Wyoming, try and slip across the Eastern end to the Rapid City, SD area. there are miles and miles of some of the most scenic riding in America. Just an FYI
THE BIG F

Not a dislike. Should be Me Too

 

[lwrydr]

Travel in the West

The Chief Joseph Scenic Byway from Cody to Cooke City (N Yellowstone gate) is definitely worth the time. Visit Glacier, and drive the Road to the Sun!!!! Kalispell and Flathead Lake is a worthwhile add n the Western side of Glacier, and all of Northern Idaho is just Spectacular, but Idaho 12 is tops - from the Western end (the BW in Orofino is a favorite), take 3 South, out of Lewiston, WA to Enterprise, OR - South to Sumpter, OR - on down to 26, then you can swing East into Southern Idaho. Stay off i84 - the 18 wheelers are doing 85+ on that road. Just to the North is 20, through Atomic City and Craters of the Moon - a far better route.

Be sure to buy ($10) your senior pass for the National Parks, allows free entry to all of them.

There's not a road in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, or Montana that we haven't been over, at one time or another, and we'll be back this summer.

I screwed up and put a dislike on a post of yours about traveling in the west. I hit the wrong button. I have been on some of the roads you were talking about and they are great.

 

[spydaman60]

friendly bump for more suggestions! thanks!:thumbup: