You're gonna need more than two weeks...

by pokynojoe, Sunday, March 13, 2016, 10:49 (3116 days ago) @ Slow Hand

If you're talking Yellowstone or Grand Canyon, pick one and spend your time there. Do you just want to visit, or do you want to experience the place?

I spent two weeks in Yellowstone itself, fly fishing and seeing stuff, and bet I just scratched the surface. My wife and I enjoy camping, so we generally stay in Forest Service campgrounds (no, we don't have an RV). These are great, almost every Nat. Park has Forest Servcie campgrounds right outside,or very close. The only Nat. Park I've camped in was Grand Canyon(other than the Smokies which I live right next to and basically have a standing reservation). Forest Service Campgrounds are inexpensive and almost always available. We stayed in a Forest Service campground in White Sands one time and we were the only ones there.

What do you enjoy? Are you a history buff? Interested in Native American? Are you a "Birder"? Do you like to fish? Interested in Geology? Fauna? Flora? There are parks that cater to a lot of these things and more.

My wife and I are interested in Native American prehistory, among other things. So we would pick a route were we visited Mesa Verde, Canyon De Chelle, Chaco Canyon and Bandillere(sic). Not all in one trip, mind you, that's too much time in a vehicle and I can't ride that long a time anymore. This is just and example of going with a theme.

If it were me, and I only had two weeks, and I'd never been, I'd go to Yellowstone, and stay there the whole time, there's a little bit of everything there. Even better, go there in winter, it's even better.

Happy trails!

Joe