I think it's too detailed for a troll. Perhaps a first-time poster who is overwhelmed by the reality of their trip based on all the comments about timing, arrangements and wildlife.

Purchase a camping book as camping in a park may not be available. There are two books that are revised annually and, therefore, accurate. These are two inches (5 cm) thick each. Neither is 100%, so we have them both. Given priority, we would select Woodalls. Many campgrounds and camping stores also carry this book. Each is on the Internet
- Trailer Life by Good Sam - Click on Travel Store then Trailer Life RV Parks & Campgrounds Directory.
http://www.trailerlife.com/ - Resources tab
- Woodalls - (800) 323-9076, Click on the On-Line Store, then North American Campground Directory.
http://www.woodalls.com/rv-camping/

Travel schedule - very dynamic and well researched:
Rather than a slow car, you should consider the following vehicle to insure you meet your objectives:
Suzuki Hayabusa (GSX1300R) motorcycle - plus exciting to ride

Anyway, just start in NYC and continue on your schedule as is. When time expires, as it will, return your car and fly back and continue at a later day. Thus, insure you rent from a company that has national offices.
Welcome to US.
Vaga

Vaga

Perhaps the OP is too overwhelmed by our comments!

We just came back from Moab - Three days in the area and that was fine. Beautiful. However, in July it will be over 100 degrees. No shade. Hope the OP knows this.

Hey all

thanks for the input. I didn't realise replies had been posted as I was an expecting an email notification, as some other sites use!

Weve changed things a bit as we are now looking at doing an Alaskan cruise.

Weve cut out the east coast as we have been to some of it before, and can quite easily do that another time but we are unlikely to return to the west coast so are trying to fit as much in (even if some days are long hours!).

Weve also cut out Colorado as we have friends there so will probably visit another time in a separate trip.

The dates for the cruise are fixed and weve booked some of the campsites (Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce and Yellowstone) but can move some of the other days around. It looks like this so far;


1. LA
2. LA
3. Vegas
4. Vegas
5. Grand Canyon NP
6. Grand Canyon NP
7. Zion NP
8. Zion NP
9. Bryce NP
10.Bryce NP
11.Drive through Grand Staircase Escalante NP, onto Capitol Reef NP
12.Arches NP / Moab
13.Arches NP / Moab
14.Canyonlands NP
15.Canyonlands NP
16.Salt Lake City
17.Salt Lake City / Mt Ogden
18.Grand Teton NP
19.Grand Teton NP
20.Yellowstone NP
21.Yellowstone NP
22.Yellowstone NP
23.Glacier NP
24.Glacier NP
25.Banff NP
26.Banff NP
27.Lake Louise
28.Jasper NP via Icefields Parkway
29.Jasper NP
30.Jasper NP
31.Whistler
32.Whistler
33.Whistler
34.Vancouver
35.Vancouver
36.Vancouver / Seattle
37.Cruise leaving from Seattle 1600
38.Cruise
39.Cruise
40.Cruise
41.Cruise
42.Cruise
43.Cruise
44. Arrive in Seattle 0700
45.San Francisco
46.San Francisco
47.San Francisco
48.Yosemite NP
49.Yosemite NP
50.Yosemite NP
51.Yosemite NP
52.Big Sur
53.Santa Barbara
54.LA
55.LA
56.Fly to London



Any feedback or advice would be great.

People have suggested changing bits in Canada to spend less time in Jackson / Whistler and more in Lake Louise / Banff.
Maybe going straight to san fran the day the cruise gets in and instead of staying in seattle and add an extra day to the west coast.


Many thanks

It's busy but you say you like to be busy.
I'd add a day in between Yellowstone and Glacier or use the last Glacier day to see more of Montana in between. That's my one regret on my last Montana trip, and we stopped and "vegged" for a few days. I need to go back to Great Falls and see what I missed.

I know you like to go and be busy, but I agree with earlier posters that during a two month trip you'll probably wish you had some "still" time to really enjoy where you are instead of racing through to the next destination.

Have done road trips in both Canada and USA....the US trip was from Denver-Cheyenne-Deadwood-Cody-Yellowstoe-Grand Teton-Salt Lake City-Zion-Las Vegas-Monument Valley-Moab and back to Denver. This was a three week trip and although was a long way was easy driving with fantastic scenery and so lots of photo, rest room, eating and drinking breaks. We drove the Rockies in Canada down to Vancouver..... Banff and Jasper are stunning...we drove to lake Louise on the way but didn't stay there (not sure what else there s to do especially when staying at B and J). If you are going to Alaska then I would drive past the Athabasca glacier but don't spend time there....it's a bit touristy and a tad dirty...Alaska has amazing , blue, pristine glaciers!!!Whistler is a purpose built village which has lots of bars and restaurants...mountain biking, hiking and zip wiring, you might want to cut that stay down a bit...you could then take a trip to Victoria on Vancouver Island which is very pretty....whale tours go from there. We travelled to Alaska from Seattle this year and Seattle is definitely worth a stay also......

We did the USA tour in August... we mountain biked in the Utah desert...hiked the narrows.....rode Mustangs in Monument Valley amongst other things and (other than Las Vegas which was over 100 degrees) the heat didn't stop us doing anything that we wanted to and that's coming from the UK...you will have an amazing time...enjoy

Busy but doable.

It does fall apart a little in this bit:

>>51.Yosemite NP
52.Big Sur
53.Santa Barbara<<

The drive from Yosemite Valley to Big Sur takes more than 4 hours leaving very little time to see/do anything except recover from the drive.

Don't get me wrong -- I absolutely <B>LOVE</B> Yosemite, but I'd cut one day/night from the park, drive over to Carmel/Monterey and stay 2 nights, using it as a base for Point Lobos/Carmel/Big Sur. Then head down to Santa Barbara, etc . . .

were used to cramming a lot into our trips! Did Singapore> KL > Borneo (Sipidan Scuba Diving) > Bali > Gili Islands > Mt Ringjani > Lombok > Darwin (Australia)> Bali > Singapore last summer in 6 weeks. Including a weeks worth of diving!

We also did Mexico to Costa Rica in 6 weeks the year before that.

We are taking a cruise from Seattle to Alaska, and that will probably be enough sitting around and downtime for us!!!

Anyone have any suggestions on campsites in Canada. Weve found the USA ones easy to research and book but seems to be less info about Canada. Or where to do which activities? Were interested in hiking, canoeing, kayaking, canyoning, via ferrata, biking, sky diving.

From limited research it is possible to do most of these in several locations but is there a place which is known or canoeing, or really good for sky diving etc?

Many thanks

J

That's good advice. Maybe we could loose a day off San Francisco, or drive straight to san francsico after the crusie rather than seattle?

It does kind of fall apart at the end!

Mountain biking, zip lining and hiking in Whistler.....Jackson is outdoor mecca... eg) rafting, and kayaking we just searched on-line. Mountain biking and rafting in Moab......hike the narrows in Zion. Whale watching in Vancouver.....We did a couple of trips with Brushbuck tours...a long day in Yellowstone and a twilight tour in Grand Teton.....saw lots of Grizzlies, wolves, birds and a very close encounter with two bull Moose!!!!

mamabear, glad you enjoyed Brushback! They are amazing. I'm Facebook friends with them and love their updates on FB. It's like a living calendar.

"Anyone have any suggestions on campsites in Canada"
It's been years since we camped in Canada but we were blown away how gorgeous they were with lots of flowers and free! We did a Canadian Rockies trip after coming up from NM through the American Rockies. Enjoyed the camping in the US, but the campgrounds in Canada were amazing. You may need to ask that question in the Canada forum.