Updated Trip Plan

[jakeWI]

This isn't exactly finalized yet but getting close. I also have a new map and money stuff figured out. I wont bore you with that haha.


New Trip- Total Miles ~ roughly 5000

-Depart Monday, May 25, 2009

-Burlington To Glacier National Park, MT
-22 Hrs and 57 Min. 1501.43 Miles
-2 Day Drive – Arrive at park on May 27
-4 Night Stay – Depart June 1
-Camping - $20/Night @ Many Glacier or Avalanche

-Glacier National Park, MT to Mt. Rainier National Park, WA
-9 Hrs and 54 Min. 597.72 Miles
-1 Day Drive – Arrive June 1
-3 Night Stay – Depart June 4
-Camping - $12/Night @ Ohanapecosh or Cougar

-Mt. Rainier National Park, WA to Olympic National Park, WA
-4 Hrs and 19 Min. 202.18 Miles
-1 Day Drive – Arrive June 4
-5 Night Stay – Depart June 9
-Camping - $12/Night @ Hoh

-Olympic National Park, WA to Yellowstone National Park, WY
-Drive through Portland, OR
-Visit Grand Teton National Park
-18 Hrs and 14 Min. 1097.31 Miles
-2 Day Drive – Arrive June 10
-4 Night Stay – Depart June 14
-Camping - $12-$19/Night @ Bridge Bay or Grant Village

-Yellowstone National Park, WY to Deadwood, SD
-Call Hotels early to make reservations.
-8 Hrs and 24 Min. 477.94 Miles
-1 Day Drive – Arrive June 14
-2 Night Stay – Depart June 16th
- Stay at Hotel - ~$100/Night

-Deadwood, SD to Burlington, WI
-13 Hrs and 24 Min. 888.47 Miles
-1-2 Day Drive – Arrive June 17 or June 18

-Overall
-Driving Time – 77 Hrs and 14 Min. 4765.04 Miles
-Around 25 Days and about 5000 Miles

[littleblackxj]

Well, good luck with that

[4.3L XJ]

If you are going by Portland, why not visit Brown's Camp for a little wheeling in the Old Tillimook burn?

[Carl]

Jake, you taking I-84 all the way through ID or are you taking I-90?

[jakeWI]

mapquest said, if im reading it right, I-90 to the north, the first time through, then on my way back it says I-84 to the south a little more. But I do have a buddy in Boise so I might stop and say hi to him as well.

[littleblackxj]

Are you taking your jeep on the trip?

[elnino]

are you off roading?..make sure you take spare parts!

[jakeWI]

Originally Posted by littleblackxj

Are you taking your jeep on the trip?

yeah that right there was the original plan. wouldnt go without it. then i became kinda broke and with the jeep getting maybe 15 mpg. I have to go on this trip and get away. so now i will be taking my gf's car that gets like 30 mpg. another reason i dont want to take my jeep anymore is because i didnt have enough money to do some smaller work on it to get it ready for such a trip. either way im going, just not with my jeep anymore which is ok because i have a wheeling trip right before the trip and right after, so if something breaks i dont have to fix it before my trip now.

[littleblackxj]

Yeah, that is definitely the way to go. When I went to santa barbara the last time, a 1000mile round trip, I took sisters mazda protege and it only cost me $60 in gas Can't beat 35mpg. In my jeep, the same trip costs me about $170.

[jakeWI]

yeah. i really wanted to take my jeep and get an awesome experience. but then again, doing all those things and heading out there will be one of its own. I really wanted to make my way into NorCal (SoCal sucks A**) and even down to Yosemite but you need reservations like 6 months in advance :thumbsdown: Next summer I am thinking I am going to do a Southwest tour of Utah and Arizona and maybe a little New Mexico.

[littleblackxj]

Originally Posted by jakeWI

yeah. i really wanted to take my jeep and get an awesome experience. but then again, doing all those things and heading out there will be one of its own. I really wanted to make my way into NorCal (SoCal sucks A**) and even down to Yosemite but you need reservations like 6 months in advance :thumbsdown: Next summer I am thinking I am going to do a Southwest tour of Utah and Arizona and maybe a little New Mexico.

I really wish I could get some time off work. I have a couple buddies that live in mariposa county (right next to yosemite) that we could stay with and do some wheelin too. Nothing like driving on a trail that drops 2,000ft in a mile down to the merced river

[Carl]

I am about 45 minutes farther East of Boise, your gonna have to stop by here too ya know...haha.

[jakeWI]

haha i will def. keep that in mind. it would be awesome to see that chief in person

[PurpleCherokee]

Sounds like a sweet trip man, I'm jealous. If you take I-90 through MN, you'll go right through my hometown (away from college) of Albert Lea, beautiful town.... NOT haha.

[jakeWI]

haha yeah mapquest has me running I-94 pretty much all the way out to montana