The Gipper's Guide to America
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Tried to PM you Cal.
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Tried to PM you Cal.
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.
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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.
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
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Thanks Gip ! We are researching a lot this week. I wonder how much snow there might be in May?
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Thanks Gip ! We are researching a lot this week. I wonder how much snow there might be in May?
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:
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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.
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Cal, do you plan to do some camping? Or is roughing it to you called "Super 8" (it is to me at this point)
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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.
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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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Found this on youtube concerning top 10 places to see for a western America trip.
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Found this on youtube concerning top 10 places to see for a western America trip.
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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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.
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.
I like the fact they keep Rocky Mountain National Park a secret. I loved hiking up the headwaters of the Colorado on the western slope there all by myself last Oct.?
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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.
I like the fact they keep Rocky Mountain National Park a secret. I loved hiking up the headwaters of the Colorado on the western slope there all by myself last Oct.?
I like the fact they keep Rocky Mountain National Park a secret. I loved hiking up the headwaters of the Colorado on the western slope there all by myself last Oct.?
I think we could probably come up with another list of 10 Top Western destinations to see on top of the 10 they mentioned.
1. Yellowstone
2. Crater Lake
3. Rocky Mtn NP
4. Glacier NP
5. The Redwoods
6. The Black Canyon of the Gunnison
7. Arches and Canyonlands NPs
8. Bryce Canyon
9. Sedona AZ
10. Yosemite
I don't think any of the above were listed in this video...were they?
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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.
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.
our plans are coming along - we do want to do some easier hiking - no serious killer stuff. But a few hikes well back into the park, to see a pristine lake - I may have to jump in and swim in it just to know i did. I found out that Yellowstone Park has it's own fishing licenses - no other one needed. We aren't much on tourist traps - just beautiful scenery, some adventure.
Like our trip to Tenn - we went horseback riding, white water rafting (safe, family rafting on Ocoee river)) and hiking.I know out there, I'll have my backpack set up for first aid, emergencies etc. Interesting - the #1 item to take with you out there, is a bear bell.
I wonder how many snakes are out in Yellowstone? I read where someone used double thick cardboard and made snake guards for below their knees...
that seems silly.
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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.
our plans are coming along - we do want to do some easier hiking - no serious killer stuff. But a few hikes well back into the park, to see a pristine lake - I may have to jump in and swim in it just to know i did. I found out that Yellowstone Park has it's own fishing licenses - no other one needed. We aren't much on tourist traps - just beautiful scenery, some adventure.
Like our trip to Tenn - we went horseback riding, white water rafting (safe, family rafting on Ocoee river)) and hiking.I know out there, I'll have my backpack set up for first aid, emergencies etc. Interesting - the #1 item to take with you out there, is a bear bell.
I wonder how many snakes are out in Yellowstone? I read where someone used double thick cardboard and made snake guards for below their knees...
that seems silly.
our plans are coming along - we do want to do some easier hiking - no serious killer stuff. But a few hikes well back into the park, to see a pristine lake - I may have to jump in and swim in it just to know i did. I found out that Yellowstone Park has it's own fishing licenses - no other one needed. We aren't much on tourist traps - just beautiful scenery, some adventure.
Like our trip to Tenn - we went horseback riding, white water rafting (safe, family rafting on Ocoee river)) and hiking.I know out there, I'll have my backpack set up for first aid, emergencies etc. Interesting - the #1 item to take with you out there, is a bear bell.
I wonder how many snakes are out in Yellowstone? I read where someone used double thick cardboard and made snake guards for below their knees...
that seems silly.
Oh yes....I have used Bear Bells. The next best thing to that is to sing the chorus to The Midnight Special by CCR.repeatedly. Never heard about the snake guard thing. My brother just wore his (cowboy) boots. Usually if you stay on the trails you won't have a problem with snakes as they prefer to hide.
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Canyon De Chelly... Northeastern Arizona.. ?
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They have created another National Park Unit...in Kentucky called Camp Nelson NHS. It is a Civil War era site...though not a battlefield.
It is in a fortuitous location for me....being just south of Lexington KY. I am actually going to that area in April and can stop by.
https://www.nps.gov/cane/index.htm
This makes NPS unit #418. I have been to 351 of them so far. I plan to go to another in mid Feb....if the BOM gets out of the way.
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I just have to find a place to pan for gold wherever we do end up going. We decided to go to Yellowstone next year - most any place we could find to stay within reason, was already booked. It'll take more planning well ahead.
Meanwhile, we are going together somewhere. Probably Smokies? don't know. Acadia in Maine? don't know.
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I just have to find a place to pan for gold wherever we do end up going. We decided to go to Yellowstone next year - most any place we could find to stay within reason, was already booked. It'll take more planning well ahead.
Meanwhile, we are going together somewhere. Probably Smokies? don't know. Acadia in Maine? don't know.
I just have to find a place to pan for gold wherever we do end up going. We decided to go to Yellowstone next year - most any place we could find to stay within reason, was already booked. It'll take more planning well ahead.
Meanwhile, we are going together somewhere. Probably Smokies? don't know. Acadia in Maine? don't know.
I will be going to Acadia in June.
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