Not really vehicle tech-related, so mods please let me know if there's a more appropriate place to post this...
We'll be traveling from the LCDC in Ouray to Sequoia NP in August. Google says 16 hours, and we'll have our trailer attached so I figure it'll be more like 18. Thus I need a place to stop on the way and am looking for some recommendations from the group, since I know there are folks coming from CA (@ethernectar , @Markuson, etc). Mojave would probably be ideal, but it looks like it's all FCFS camping so I don't know if there will be space - I'd prefer to reserve a spot somewhere in advance wherever I go if I can as nothing sucks more than to roll into the only campground around at 9pm and find it full. Also I imagine it'll be sweltering in August and while I have solar and batteries I don't have a generator so A/C is not happening unless all 5 of us sleep in the LC. Death Valley is right out, for obvious reasons. I considered Hoover Dam but it's only 9 hours from Ouray, which means another 7 the following day to get to Sequoia, and I'd prefer to get there sooner if I could.
After Sequoia/Kings Canyon we're doing Yosemite and then it's a 33 hour drive home. I'll likely spend the first night in Salt Lake City, so if there are any good recommendations of campgrounds around there I'm all ears as well.
Aside form the above, any recommendations on things to see in Rocky Mountain NP in CO as well as Sequoia NP, Kings Canyon NP, an Yosemite NP in CA are appreciated. I have some guidebooks but I'd trust the word of the group over them any day
We'll be traveling from the LCDC in Ouray to Sequoia NP in August. Google says 16 hours, and we'll have our trailer attached so I figure it'll be more like 18. Thus I need a place to stop on the way and am looking for some recommendations from the group, since I know there are folks coming from CA (@ethernectar , @Markuson, etc). Mojave would probably be ideal, but it looks like it's all FCFS camping so I don't know if there will be space - I'd prefer to reserve a spot somewhere in advance wherever I go if I can as nothing sucks more than to roll into the only campground around at 9pm and find it full. Also I imagine it'll be sweltering in August and while I have solar and batteries I don't have a generator so A/C is not happening unless all 5 of us sleep in the LC. Death Valley is right out, for obvious reasons. I considered Hoover Dam but it's only 9 hours from Ouray, which means another 7 the following day to get to Sequoia, and I'd prefer to get there sooner if I could.
After Sequoia/Kings Canyon we're doing Yosemite and then it's a 33 hour drive home. I'll likely spend the first night in Salt Lake City, so if there are any good recommendations of campgrounds around there I'm all ears as well.
Aside form the above, any recommendations on things to see in Rocky Mountain NP in CO as well as Sequoia NP, Kings Canyon NP, an Yosemite NP in CA are appreciated. I have some guidebooks but I'd trust the word of the group over them any day
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