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  • Browns149B Browns149

    A great place to visit is Monterey California. Awseome food, great golf, and so close to San Francisco

    Just bring lots of money. Very expensive

    T TexasAg1969 wrote on
    #278

    @browns149 said:

    A great place to visit is Monterey California. Awseome food, great golf, and so close to San Francisco

    Just bring lots of money. Very expensive

    Especially if you visit the local East of Eden "house".??

    Oh wait, that was Salinas! LOL!

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @browns149 said:

    A great place to visit is Monterey California. Awseome food, great golf, and so close to San Francisco

    Just bring lots of money. Very expensive

    Yes, been there....stayed in Carmel....I actually think Clint Eastwood was Mayor when I was there.   Went to the Monterey Aquarium. Did the 17 mile drive.  Walked on Pebble Beach golf course.  But did not drive down the Big Sur highway (except for a short way)...that is on my bucket list.

    Browns149B Browns149 wrote on
    #279

    @the-gipper said:

    Yes, been there....stayed in Carmel....I actually think Clint Eastwood was Mayor when I was there.   Went to the Monterey Aquarium. Did the 17 mile drive.  Walked on Pebble Beach golf course.  But did not drive down the Big Sur highway (except for a short way)...that is on my bucket list.

    We didn’t stay in Carmel. Too expensive. We did do the 17 mile drive and the aquarium. Couldn’t get on the golf course. It was the following week after the tournament. So it was closed until they took all the stands down

    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."
  • C calfoxwc wrote on
    #280

    So, our basic date to go with friends in NC, to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons is the end of May. We'll rent a condo for a week.

    Like sight-seeing, easy hiking, animal watching.... maybe some fishing for supper etc, a little safe adventure?

    stuff about this trip that folks know is "can't miss" ?

    Thanks.

  • C calfoxwc

    So, our basic date to go with friends in NC, to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons is the end of May. We'll rent a condo for a week.

    Like sight-seeing, easy hiking, animal watching.... maybe some fishing for supper etc, a little safe adventure?

    stuff about this trip that folks know is "can't miss" ?

    Thanks.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #281

    @calfoxwc said:

    So, our basic date to go with friends in NC, to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons is the end of May. We'll rent a condo for a week.

    Like sight-seeing, easy hiking, animal watching.... maybe some fishing for supper etc, a little safe adventure?

    stuff about this trip that folks know is "can't miss" ?

    Thanks.

    Double check the requirements for a fishing license. It’ll cost a little bit to pick one up. But note I too will be going to Wyoming for a week in October staying in Jackson Wyoming. 

    👍
  • C calfoxwc wrote on
    #282

    any better idea than flying in to Salt Lake City? It's a bit of a drive from there, and annoying to leave and have friends drop us off at a different time...

  • C calfoxwc

    any better idea than flying in to Salt Lake City? It's a bit of a drive from there, and annoying to leave and have friends drop us off at a different time...

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #283

    @calfoxwc said:

    any better idea than flying in to Salt Lake City? It's a bit of a drive from there, and annoying to leave and have friends drop us off at a different time...

    Check out flights into Idaho Falls or depending on where your staying into Billings Montana. The last time I went to Yellowstone I flew into Billings. I still have not purchased my airfare for my October Wyoming trip so I am looking at both of those options. Do you know where you are staying during your trip?

  • C calfoxwc wrote on
    #284

    no, working on finding a rental condo type deal. or a cabin. something like that.

    The GipperT 2 Replies
  • C calfoxwc

    no, working on finding a rental condo type deal. or a cabin. something like that.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #285

    @calfoxwc said:

    no, working on finding a rental condo type deal. or a cabin. something like that.

    I may actually be able to  help you with that.  Seriously.   There are some 1BR condos available on my Timeshare website for around the time you want to go.  For a reasonable price.   Around $700.00 maybe  (more if you go into June).   Accomodates 2-4 people.  They are in Jackson WY.  

    I will PM you.

    Edit.   Cal....tried to PM you.  It says you cannot accept messages.   Your message box may be full.

  • C calfoxwc

    no, working on finding a rental condo type deal. or a cabin. something like that.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #286

    @calfoxwc said:

    no, working on finding a rental condo type deal. or a cabin. something like that.

    I may actually be able to  help you with that.  Seriously.   There are some 1BR condos available on my Timeshare website for around the time you want to go.  For a reasonable price.   Around $700.00 maybe  (more if you go into June).   Accomodates 2-4 people.  They are in Jackson WY.  

    I will PM you.

    Cal:   Check this link out:

    https://www.intervalworld.com/web/cs?a=1013

    Edit....this one maybe better:

    https://www.intervalworld.com/web/cs?a=1503&languageCode=en&resortCode=JPI&parentResortCode=JPI#.XD0Hq9QrK9I

  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #287

    Tried to PM you Cal.   

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    Tried to PM you Cal.   

    C calfoxwc wrote on
    #288

    @the-gipper said:

    Tried to PM you Cal.   

    Sorry, Gip. There are six of us - we have to rent a van, with all our gear, etc. Although, we could rough it and pitch our tent in the living room. hmmm.

       I don't know how to access my messages anymore. "der"

    Can't find em to delete em. Very odd.

  • C calfoxwc

    @the-gipper said:

    Tried to PM you Cal.   

    Sorry, Gip. There are six of us - we have to rent a van, with all our gear, etc. Although, we could rough it and pitch our tent in the living room. hmmm.

       I don't know how to access my messages anymore. "der"

    Can't find em to delete em. Very odd.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #289

    @calfoxwc said:

    Sorry, Gip. There are six of us - we have to rent a van, with all our gear, etc. Although, we could rough it and pitch our tent in the living room. hmmm.

       I don't know how to access my messages anymore. "der"

    Can't find em to delete em. Very odd.

     OK yeah this place would be too small for six people. Have you checked out the cabins that are available inside the park. I stayed in one of those one night a few years back     You would need to make early reservations on those plus you’d probably have to get two or three of them which would be very hard. You will probably have to find something outside the park in like the West Yellowstone or Cody or Gardner Montana 

  • C calfoxwc wrote on
    #290

    Thanks Gip ! We are researching a lot this week. I wonder how much snow there might be in May?

  • C calfoxwc

    Thanks Gip ! We are researching a lot this week. I wonder how much snow there might be in May?

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #291

    @calfoxwc said:

    Thanks Gip ! We are researching a lot this week. I wonder how much snow there might be in May?

    Some, I am sure.   I assume you have consulted this site.  If not...do so:

    https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/parkroads.htm

    Also....look at this link for lodging and camping in the park:

    https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/eatingsleeping.htm

    ❤️
  • C calfoxwc wrote on
    #292

    nope ! Thankis ! We're laughing over their getting there from NC and us getting there from OH, near to the same time,

    can't find a van to rent? They want to fly non-stop, so it's Salt Lake City, though we could fly in from Cleveland to Billings...

      But we're having fun planning.

  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #293

    Cal, do you plan to do some camping?  Or is roughing it to you called  "Super 8"  (it is to me at this point)

  • C calfoxwc wrote on
    #294

    lol. No, our friends don't camp. They rented a cabin we all stayed in the last big vacation, in Tennessee - they upgraded us to

    an octagonal beautiful wrap around picture windows across the overlook, up on the mountaintop. We had a blast.

    They are dear longtime friends.

        Now, my Wife and I love tent camping - but backpacking camping is going to happen with her, lol, so - everybody has their limits.

    Gotta have hot showers. I think I'm going to be working on this all evening.

      If I call one more rental car place, and talk to one more foreign person who has an accent that I can't quite understand while they jibber jabber so fast...

       I'm not going to be very nice.  Interesting - I called AAA, and this guy was an expert, found different solutions in about one minute.

    He's been doing it for 30 years.

      Said about a place to stay - go to Vacations Rentals by Owner. He has friends who use it a lot - they swear by it.

    https://www.vrbo.com/home

  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #295

    I would have told you to go to AAA for your rental car the first thing.  I nearly always just do it that way.

    And VRBO is good.   Alternately look at AirBnB.     I am looking at doing something like that in New York City later this year.  You can rent whole houses on either one.

    Edit.....I did a search on VRBO for you....for May, near Yellowstone.   There look to be a number of good choices for May  (still offseason).  A number that sleep 6-8.

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  • T TexasAg1969 wrote on
    #296

    Found this on youtube concerning top 10 places to see for a western America trip.

  • T TexasAg1969

    Found this on youtube concerning top 10 places to see for a western America trip.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #297

    @texasag1969 said:

    Found this on youtube concerning top 10 places to see for a western America trip.

    I have been to all of these except the antelope Canyon which was not open to the public for tours when I went through that area. Also the valley of fire I have just driven through but not really spent a lot of time in it. Also they did not include Yellowstone on this list. I wondered if that is an oversight or if they intended to include Yellowstone is part of their Jackson hole entry. Also I don’t think I saw a crater lake in there. 

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