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      Help!!!Novices planning a trip to SD,YNP, GTetons,Utah, CO w/ 13 year girl

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      We would appreciate any advice on planning our 2 week crosscountry adventure. We are novices at planning anything of this type in the US. And to keep our sanity, have a 13 year old horse-loving, bug-hating daughter we would like to keep engaged along the way as well. Is this plan scheduled well for a family that's never travelled together? Please feel free to comment with any suggestions.

      Here's what we have planned so far:

      Day 1 (25th Sat):12 hr trip to Rapid city
      Hotel in Rapid City HoJo

      Day 2(26th Sun): Spend day around Black hills
      Mt Rushmore
      Black hills
      Horse Sanctuary

      Day 3(27th Mon): 8 hr trip to Yellowstone
      Day 4,5,6,7 (28th, 29th 30th, 31st, Tues Wed Thur Fri)

      Spend days in Yellowstone and Grand Teton
      Including a raft trip on snake river

      Day 8 (Sat 1st): Drive 5 hours to Flaming Gorge Lodge in UT
      Spend rest of day hiking/on water there

      Day 9 (Sun 2nd):

      Drive 2 hrs to Dinosaur National Monument, spend 4-6 hours here

      Drive 3 hours to Grand Junction CO



      Day 10 (Mon 3rd): Spend day in and around Grand Junction
      Colorado National Monument

      Day 11 (Tues 4th)
      Drive 3.5 hours to Buena Vista, stopping somewhere like Vail or Aspen to look around

      Spend 3-4 hours visiting with a friend in Buena Vista
      Spend 1.5 hours traveling to Vail CO

      Day 12 (Wed 5th)
      Spend day somewhere around Vail (top of the Rockies)

      Drive 2 hours to Denver/Boulder to sleep

      Day 13 (Thur 6th)
      Spend day in Rocky Mountain National Park (1.5 hr trip one way)
      spend night in Denver or Boulder

      Day 14 (Fri 7th): Drive 15 hours home from Denver

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