Novel Fly/Drive Vacation Ideas...

The best drive ever is the Beartooth Pass road between Red Lodge and
Cooke City, MT. They just opened it up last Sunday for the season.
You'll have places on the road where the snow is 30' deep on either side
of the road. A cool little store near the top, the "Top of the World
Store". It's also cool to fly the area.

http://gorp.away.com/gorp/activity/byway/mt_beart.htm



Jay Honeck wrote:

When I was a kid, my dad would take 3 weeks off every summer, and we
would go on long, meandering road trips around the American West and
Southwest. These make up some of my best childhood memories.

We'd like to do that with our kids, but always run up against the
inevitable time constraints. There is just no way to get away from the
hotel for that long, but we're running out of time with out kid (my
son turns 17 this summer) -- so we're brainstorming some novel
vacation ideas.

For example, we would like to show the kids Yellowstone, Estes Park,
Colorado, and all of the beautiful scenery in the mountains. The best
way to do this is by car (or motorcycle), but we just don't have
time.

One possible solution: Fly Atlas to Denver, CO, and pick up a big ol'
rental RV. It seems you can rent one for around $600 per week (not
counting gas), and that would give us the "feeling" of a road trip
without the zillion hours spent getting there.

Anyone ever rented an RV? Are they a pain to drive? (I've driven
trucks, but never a motor home.) Anyone ever tried combining a flying
vacation with a road trip?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"