[Richard]

Posting as usual to hopefully meet some of you on the road. 
 
We were derailed last year with Rhonda's diagnosis, and determined to make up for lost travel this year. 

Come Back Trip 2026

May 2 Drive 289 miles to Elko, GA What did we forget?
Twin Oaks RV Park Site 4 (478)987-9361
May 3 - 6 Drive 224 miles to Chattanooga, TN Bike Chickamauga BF
Holiday Travel Park Site 148 (706)891-9766
May 7 – 20 Drive 122 miles to Townsend, TN Great Smokey Mts NP

Big Meadow Family CG Site 75 (865)448-0625

May 21 – 25 Drive ~206 miles to Wytheville, VA Bike New River Trl
Wytheville KOA Site L1 L (276)228-2601
May 26 - 27 Drive 140 miles to Staunton, VA Shenandoah NP
Walnut Hills CG Site 623 L (540)337-3920
May 28 – June 4 Drive 138 miles to Williamsport, MD Bike C&O and Hike AT
Jellystone Site 733 L (301)223-7117

(May 29 - 30) Drive 80 miles in the truck Alex & Rebekah

1840s Carrollton Inn (410)385-1840
June 5 – 7 Drive 145 miles to Ruffs Dale, PA Bike Great Allegheny
Madison / Pittsburg SE KOA Site 2 (800)562-4034
June 8 – 10 Drive 233 miles to South Charleston, OH Bike Prairie Grass Trl
Tomorrow’s Stars RV Resort (937)324-2267
June 11 - 12 Drive 264 miles Champaign, IL Bike Kickapoo RT
D and W Lake RV Park Site 16 (217)356-3732
June 13 - 15 Drive 119 miles to Utica, IL Starved Rock SP
Starved Rock Family CG Site B6 (815)202-2088
*June 16 – 20 Drive 148 miles to DeForest, WI Bike Great Saulk
Madison CG (608)846-4528
June 21 – 26 Drive 195 miles to Rochester, MN Mayo Clinic
Autumn Woods RV Park Site 25 (507)990-2983
June 27 – 29 Drive 225 miles to Sioux Falls, SD Bike Loop Trail
Sioux Falls KOA Site E21 L (800)562-9865

June 30 Drive 230 miles to Midland, SD

Belvidere East KOA (800)562-2134
*July 1 – 7 Drive 144 miles to Hill City, SD Custer SP, Mickelson

Rafter Bar J (605)574-2527
*July 8 - 11 Drive 328 miles to Glendive, MT Makoshika SP
Riverview RV Park (406)939-5837
July 12 - 14 Drive 82 miles to Miles City, MT Terry Badlands
Miles City KOA (800)562-3909
*July 15 - 16 Drive 144 miles to Billings, Mt Pompeys Pilar
Yellowstone River RV Resort (800)654-0878
July 17 - 18 Drive 226 miles to Butte, Mt Hike Maud Canyon
Butte KOA Site 522 (406)782-8080
July 19 - 20 Drive 153 miles to Great Falls, MT Bike Rivers Edge
Great Falls RV Park (406)452-0333
July 21 – Aug 11 Drive 184 miles to St. Mary, MT Glacier NP

St. Mary / E Glacier KOA Site B2 (844)977-8844
(Aug 3) Drive 31 miles in truck E Glacier Park Village

Glacier Park Lodge (844)868-7474
Aug 12 – 14 Drive 113 to West Glacier, MT Glacier NP
West Glacier KOA (800)562-3313
Aug 15 - 16 Drive 134 miles to Missoula, MT Bike Bitterroot
Missoula KOA Site D3 L (406)549-0881
Aug 17 – 21 Drive 181 miles to Liberty Lake, WA Trail Coeur d’Alenes
Liberty Lake RV Park (509)868-0567
Aug 22 – 23 Drive 163 miles to Kennewick, WA Red Mt. Wineries
Columbia Sun RV Site 77 (509)420-4880
*Aug 24 – Sept 5 Drive 83 miles to Yakima, WA Mt. Rainier NP
Suntides RV (509)966-7883
(Aug 26) Drive 86 miles in the truck Mt. Rainier NP
Paradise Inn (855)-2451293
(Aug 27 -29) Backpacking Trip Walk up reservation
(Sept 1 - 3) Drive ~80 miles in the truck Mt. Rainier
Car camp at White River D Loop 1st come 1 st serve
Sept 6 - 8 Drive 239 miles to Castle Rock, WA Mt St. Helens
Toutle River RV Resort (360)225-2227
Sept 9 - 13 Drive 166 miles to Eugene, OR Oregon Coast
Armitage Park Campground (541)357-5481
*(Sept 11) Drive 92 miles in the truck Oregon Coast
Adobe Resort (541)547-3141
Sept 14 – 19 Drive 158 miles to Central Point, OR Redwood NP
Medford / Gold Hill KOA (800)562-7608
(Sept 15) Drive 80 miles in the truck Crater Lake NP
Crater Lake Lodge (866)292-6720
*(Sept 18) Drive 120 miles in the truck Redwood NP
Holiday Inn Express Klamath Falls (888)465-4329
Sept 20 - 22 Drive 174 miles to Hat Creek, CA Lassen NP
Burney Falls / Hat City KOA (888)562-9247
Sept 23 - 27 Drive 181 miles to Minden, NV Lake Tahoe
Silver City RV Site 35 (775)267-3359
Sept 28 - 30 Drive 328 miles to Elko, NV Hike Lamollie Canyon
Iron Horse RV (775)777-1919
Oct 1 - 3 Drive 273 miles to Heber City, UT Wasatch MT SP
Mountain Valley RV Site S17 (435)657-6100

Oct 4 - 5 Drive 169 miles to Rock Springs, WY Drive Flaming Gorge Loop

Rock Springs KOA (800)562-8699
Oct 6 - 8 Drive 211 miles to Laramie, WY Medicine Bow NF
Laramie RV Resort (719)623-1677
Oct 9 Drive 271 miles to North Platte, NE Lake Maloney Trail
Holiday RV Park (308)534-2265
Oct 10 - 11 Drive 277 miles to Nebraska City, NE Ride Steamboat Trace
Victorian Acres RV Site 76 (402)873-6866

Oct 12 - 13 Drive 173 miles to OakGrove, Missouri Ride Rock Island Spur
Kansas City East / Oak Grove KOA (800)562-7507
Oct 14 – 17 Drive 105 miles to Columbia, MO Bike Katy Trail
Cottonwoods RV Park Site 80 (573)474-2747
*Oct 18 - 19 Drive 266 miles to Vienna, IL Shawnee NF
Shawnee Forest Campground (618)658-0619

Oct 20 Drive 231 miles to Manchester, TN

Broken Banjo (931)728-9777
Oct 21 - 24 Drive 75 miles to Chattanooga, TN Bike Chickamauga BF
Holiday Travel Park Site 148 (706)891-9766

Oct 25 Drive 224 miles to Elko, GA Rest

Twin Oaks RV Park Site 4 (478)987-9361

Oct 26 Drive 289 miles home

[arcticdude]

That looks like another fabulous trip. Safe and healthy travels!

If you have time while you’re in Minden, Harrah’s Auto Museum is very entertaining. Easy to spend an entire day there. I was there in October.

[B Humberstone]

That looks like another fabulous trip.  Safe and healthy travels!

If you have time while you’re in Minden, Harrah’s Auto Museum is very entertaining.  Easy to spend an entire day there.  I was there in October.

Richard 
You are going to love camping on the White river in the shadow of Mt Rainer. The drive up to Sunrise is also spectacular. Personally, i think it beats Paradice I have been up there many times, there's some good hikes up there as well. If you had time i would recommend a detour to Olympic NP in the top left corner. btw i have a spot with full hookups at my place in Sequim 25 miles from the park

[Richard]

That looks like another fabulous trip.  Safe and healthy travels!

If you have time while you’re in Minden, Harrah’s Auto Museum is very entertaining.  Easy to spend an entire day there.  I was there in October.

Richard 
You are going to love camping on the White river in the shadow of Mt Rainer. The drive up to Sunrise is also spectacular. Personally, i think it beats Paradice I have been up there many times, there's some good hikes up there as well. If you had time i would recommend a detour to Olympic NP in the top left corner. btw i have a spot with full hookups at my place in Sequim 25 miles from the park

Thanks, we have camped three times at White River. We love the Bouroghs (spelling?) Mountain loop although the climb from White River up to Sunrise is a doozy. We have done Olympic before. Thanks for the offer, I will keep that in mind, although I have learned ‘don’t mess with the plan”. Maybe we can visit if you guys are around while we are there.

[DK on the road]

That looks like another fabulous trip.  Safe and healthy travels!

If you have time while you’re in Minden, Harrah’s Auto Museum is very entertaining.  Easy to spend an entire day there.  I was there in October.

Richard, I second the thought about National Auto Museum (Harrah's) in Reno. I would love to visit with you when you pass through. You will drive by my place about 10 miles before your Minden, Silver city RV resort. I know your stays are locked in, but in the future, I have a site available with full hookups, Including compressor air at the 50 amp pole. Lets stay in touch.

[Jack Houpe]

Love the short hoping around the nation, Ronda did well as always.

[pairodice]

I am completely blown away by how detailed this is! Did you use AI to help plan your trip? I used it to plan out our next trip (if we ever leave home!) and it was amazing what it came up with. I used a prompt similar to ‘I want to go from Home to Quartzite, AZ and have side excursions every day along the way. Figure my fuel at 150 gallons full and 7mpg. I only want to drive 200 miles per day and not on weekends… something like that and it did it for me! It suggested places to see and stay and restaurants along the way… super cool. Of course I use AI all day long in my line of work…

[Richard]

Uh no. Just Rhonda and her amazing trip planning skills.

She has a number of resources she uses such as Big Rig Best Bets and a FB site only for big rigs.
She tries to keep it under 250 in any day.
She tries find locations with biking , hiking, or pickleball to keep us healthy.
On a six month trip she nails down the holiday weeks FIRST !
She hardly ever makes a reservation on line. She will use the website to check availability, but always calls and canoodles with the staff to get the best site.
We also use Google Earth for prelim evaluation of a campground.

[pairodice]

This is great advice Richard! Thank you!

[xGE_97]

WOW!! Sweet trip!! We are close in location but off a couple of weeks during your Nebraska stay.

So close together, and yet so far. We are Rally Masters for our Teton Homes International  rally at Pine Grove RV park in Greenwood, Ne from Sep-22 through Sep-29. Would have been awesome to meet up with you on the road, especially at our rally. There are a lot of things to do in that general area. Don't miss the Lewis&Clark trails or the Kregel Windmill Factory Museum in Nebraska city.

If you are over in Lincoln, don't miss The American Museum of Speed (best in the country), A factory tour at the Kawasaki manufacturing plant, the Mueller Planetarium, and the Quilt museum. If you are in the Greenwood/Ashland area, check out our awesome rally campground, Pine Grove RV park. Also the Strategic Air Command museum. In Omaha there is Boys town, Joslyn Castle, River City Bus Tour, and the Durham museum. And many, many great places to eat.

Have a great trip!!!