By Barry Zander, Edited by Monique Zander, the Never-Bored RVers
Did you post your favorites?
We were absolutely inundated with replies to last week’s blog about your favorite places and where you want to go RVing.
SO FAR (that’s a hint at what this article is all about) … SO FAR, Yellowstone National Park is the leading spot of responders’ favorite places. The Canadian Maritime Provinces leads the pack in areas people want to visit (EDITOR’S NOTE: It’s on our itinerary for 2013).
Some of you may not have told us your Top 5 or what’s on your Wish List of spots you want to visit. Please remember, this is not like sitting on Santa’s lap and telling him what you want to find under the tree next Sunday.
What this has evolved into is an excellent quick list of where to point your rig in the years ahead. It’s a good basis for planning. For instance, lots of folks
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listed the Oregon Coast as a favorite. That is a good beginning point for researching if it’s a destination you might want to set on your GPS (EDITOR’S NOTE: It’s among our favorites).
Another benefit for well-traveled RVers: as I promulgated your responses and read many of them to Monique, it brought back fond memories. What a magnificent week we spent at Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota, a place we rarely think about. Just reading the name was like returning to a beautiful, interesting spot.
Canoes Built to the Voyageurs' Plans at Grand Portage National Monument
PLEASE, if you didn’t bother to respond to last week’s column, we’re giving you another chance. You’ll be part of one of the most interesting non-scientific research projects in RV history. Plus, we’re still open to new places that you found worthy of putting on your favorites list.
The rules – which you may want to modify: List up to five favorite places you’ve been in your RV journeys, and then include up to five places you want to go. Please be brief, and include the state — there were two places we’ve never heard of, which meant further research.
The thousands of wonderful, interesting people who read these blogs will be forever grateful.
From the “Never-Bored RVers,” We’ll see you on down the road.
© All photos by Barry Zander. All rights reserved
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My wife and I travelled the ten provinces and all 50 states including hawaii and alaska . Where is the prettyest it is so beautifull all over but we liked Bryce canyon in the US and New Founland inCanada.
lookinforhome
Been to places are limited, but our most favorite stop is Itasca State Park at the headwaters of the Mississippi river in Minnesota. And as long as we are talking Minnesota – the north shore of Lake Superior. Also loved Mt. Rushmore and the Black Hills.
Wanna go to places – Every national park 😉 Northeast coast in the fall, Yellowstone, Oregon and Washington coasts, Alaska
Stan Nelson
been to Arches, Daneli, Kauhi, 4 corners,Mesa Verde
Want to go Mt Rushmor, Badlands, Montana, Mexico and Oregon
Jan Stewart
I agree that Yellowstone is tops.
I also enjoyed the Good Sam park in Memphis, TN at Graceland which was within walking distance of the Elvis Presley home and memorabilia.
Devil’s Tower was worth the trip up the mountain. The camping was cheap and quite awesome to look out my window and see the tower.
Hershey, PA has a great campground (High Meadow Campground) with a free bus to transport you to the Hershey Park, gardens, conference center, etc. If you like chocolate it is THE place to go!
Frankenmuth, MI is always a fun place to visit. The campground is practically across the street from Bronner’s Christmas extravaganza. There was a free bus from the campground to go into the town where all of the cute shops are located.
Cody, Wyoming is the friendliest place on earth! We went there for the 4th of July and saw a huge parade, attended the rodeo, visited the Buffalo Bill Museum (it took 2 days!), & ate at the hotel where they stage a shootout in the street.
Bob & Carol Lantz
First, as Yoopers I’m glad to see the Great Lakes, especially MI, coming up on the list so often. Sometimes we feel left out with all the publicity going to the coasts and south. Our favorites: Alaska, especially Haines Liard Hot Springs BC Hwy 5 along the Fraser and Thompson rivers in BC, the “back” side of the Rockies. Especially Skihist PP Gettysburg PA Hill AFB near Salt Lake City and the US Air Force Academy Colorado Springs CO.
Want to do: return to Utah and Co to spend more time in the 4 corners area, follow the Mississippi from head to the Gulf, revisit some of the places along the Atlantic seaboard and Canadian provinces we’ve been to in our pre-rv days
Tara Nix
Favorite places (hard to pick just 5)
1.Yellowstone
2.Death Valley
3.Quartzsite
4. Dillon Lake, CO
5. Devils Tower, WY
Bucket List:
1. Grand Canyon
2. Smokey Mtn Nat’l Park
3. Alaska
4. Mojave National Preserve
5. Saguaro National Park
Ed Nickerson
Chuck D good luck . We went from near Tucson to Yellowstone in a little less than three days. Yellowstone is beautiful when we left Yellowstone we came out the Northwest corner into Montana. Some days the motorhome did not even reach operating temp and we were stopping again. We had moose swim past our campsite in Montana. We went to so many National Parks and State Parks. Utah is one of the most beautiful states their are so many canyons and everyone is different Arches,Capital Reef, canyon Lands, Dead Horse canyon by Canyon lands, (stop and read how Dead Horse got that name.) Goblin Valley, Brice Canyon and others. Back into Arizona, Grand canyon fits it’s name. Canyon De Chelly where you can walk down and listen or ride in truck tours. The Indian guides voices carry and bounce off the ancient dwellings so you almost think there are ghosts in th buildings. It took 3 days to get north to Yellowstone and 3 months to get back home and I would be real hard pressed to say what my 5 favorite things are. I do know if you only allow 3 months to see Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming you don’t have enough time.Hike down into Bryce walk the slot canyons in Capital Reef and Goblin Valley. Don’t just drive by and say you have been there.
Gordon Miller
Port St Joe State Park, Cap San Blas Florida, Yellowstone, Planning a 2 plus month trip to Alaska June 2012
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Yellowstone, WY
Moab, Ut
Big Bend, Tx
North Rim, GC, Az
PCH, San Simeon to Monterrey, Ca
Bucket list (and more than a few restraunts, concession to wife)
Alaska and BC and Alberta, Canada
Glacier National Park, Mt
Route 66, end to end (done most of it a piece at a time)
Florida Bird sanctuaries / preserves, then to Key West
Aviation and Railroad museums along the way
Marylou Foley
So many beautiful places we have seen. Hard to narrow it down but her are our 5 favorite places visited (so far)
1. Glacier Park, Montana(US side)/Waterton Park (Canadian Side): Going to the sun road eastbound. Most beautiful National Park we’ve been to
Tied with #2
2. Banff, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, and Icefields Parkway to Jasper…AMAZING scenery
3. Yosemite…10 trips so far and never get tired of going. So much to see and do. Camp sites on river in North Pines are the best. Hiking, Biking, and float trips on the river. Don’t miss Glacier Point, Touolomne Meadows and drive to top of Tioga Pass to see the views. Have one meal in the great dining room at the Ahwahnee Hotel.
4. Jackson Hole, Grand Teton, Yellowstone area
5. Oregon Coast
Places on the list to see
1. Vancouver, British Columbia
2. Colorado
3. Florida Gulf Coast and Keys
4. Upstate New York, New England in the Fall
5. Alaska
Skip Kelly
I see Yellowstone at the top here, and must add the following.
Take the northeast exit from Yellowstone, Hiway 212 out thru Cooke city and over the Beartooth highway into Red Lodge, Mt. First make sure the road is open & cleared of snow, as it tops out at 11,000 feet. What an awesome stretch of road! And Red Lodge offers some really nice shops to browse thru. We’ll definitely be going back, (this coming summer) and this time–on the Harley!
Rock
Favorite Places: 1. Canyonlands NP, Utah
2.Yellowstone
3.Bryce CNYN. Utah
4.Port San Louis, CA
5.St. Augustine, FLA
Bucket list: 1.Alaska
2.Canada
3.Devils Tower, WY (a close encounter)
4.Multnomah Falls, OR
5.Flaming Gorge, WY
Barry Engleman
We try not to miss all the relatively unknown places. Last fall we:
Hiked Buckskin Gulch to Wire Pass.
4 wheeled tp Paw Hole and White Pocket.
Hiked to Burning House Ruin.
Hiked to The Procession Petroglyphs.
Heard the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in rehearsal.
Caught a reenactment of the rail joining ceremony at Promontory Point, Utah.
Climbed the sand dunes at Bruneau State Park, Idaho.
Hiked and drank wine in the Columbia Gorge.
Had clam chowder and dungeness crab at Gracie’s Sea Hag on the Oregon Coast.
Saw the birds at Cibola National Wildlife Refuge.
It is all good! We are so glad to be seeing as much of the good ole USA as possible!
Jerry Bentley
My Cathy and I will be going to Yellowstone to work the summer then on to Glacier National Park, Mt after that then WA to visit relatives and friends we will work our way bact to IA and on the FL to spend the winter.
Don and Jan Stenberg
Our favorite spot is Monument Lake National Park in the Everglades, Florida. The other four favorites are: Liard Hot Springs, British Columbia; Sunshine Key RV Resort, Florida; Moose Lodge #42, Jacksonville, Florida; the Maritimes; Dauphin Island, Alabama.
Places we must see or repeat travel to: Blue Ridge Parkway; Arizona; Michigan’s Upper Peninsula; Yosemite National Park; New Orleans, Louisiana.
We have such a list and so little time. We’re enjoying our full-timing and will keep going as long as we can.
Larry Nutter
One of my favorites I missed on last list.
Amish Country in central Ohio.
Ron & Sharon
Favorites: 1)Yellowstone 2)Rt 66 everywhere 3)Rapid City area 4)Everglades NP 5) Oregon/California Coast
Places to Go: 1) Alaska 2) Canada 3) Glacier NP 4) All the NPs in Utah 5)BLM land in Desert of Arizona & California.
I love seeing this great country and have enjoyed every place I didn’t have to sit in backed up traffic. I’d love to see every place that has been listed and most of them at least twice.
Curtis McRee
Places we’ve been.
Gr.Canyon,Hoover dam,Las Vegas,Lake havasu City, AZ.Tombstone,AZ
So much to see and so short time.
Places we want to go.
Niagara Falls,Big bend country, TX.Yosime N p,
I have seen most of these United StasesI.I can start over and see them again.
RJ
Favorites – Beavers Bend State Park near Broken Bow, OK; Buena Vista, CO and surround area; Fools Hollow near Show Low, AZ; Gulf Island Nat’l Seashore near Pensacola, FL; Provincetown Cape Code, MA;
To Go – Magdalen Islands in maritime Québec, in the heart of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; Yellow Stone National Park; Key West, FL, Yosemite Nat’l Park; The 5 Great Lakes
M&M
Five favorites (We do like to do day hikes):
Grand Canyon NP, AZ / Mesa Verde NP, CO / Yellowstone NP, WY/ Arcadia NP ME / Yosemite-Sequoia NP area, CA
Five on our future travel list:
Crater Lake NP, OR / Lassen Volcanic NP, CA / North Cascades NP, WA / Banff-Jasper NPs, Alberta / Voyageurs NP, MN
Note: We’ve visited many National Park Service sites and State Parks “off the beaten track” throughout the US. Most were beautiful and educational. A great resource. Unfortunately, some are now closed and others are threatened due to budget cuts.
Gordon Rose
Our last trip was from Florida to Prince Edward Island, really enjoyed Florida, but would stay longer next time, we got to New Brunswick to early in the spring and busted some water lines. We have also visited Alaska, Alberta , British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and would love to visit them all again Our wish list includes Arizona,Texas and California. We live in the Yukon Territory so anywhere warm would be nice.
Liz Bard
I filled out the wish list last week and my husband reminded me I didn’t put the trip to Ohio for his 50th class reunion on the list. Our plans are to travel north to Elkhart to go to the RV museum (I hope it is still open). We also figure out where we want to go (states) then go on line to request the information from the state so we can see how far away from a highway we want to go to see a museum. My husband is retired military, so he likes military history, aviation and old cars. I like old cars, museums about the area to see what they did in the past to live, unusual utensils, etc.
Since he is retired and we are Good Sam members, we are able to save some money on camp sites. We use military parks when possible so MWR and DOD will cotinue to keep them open and functioning well.
We have some meetings to attend next year around Texas and I have a few places I want to stop and explore and get a break from driving.
Gene L
We live in Idaho and are fortunate to have so many beautiful and diverse places to go within a few hundred miles. We loved our three month trip to Alaska. Moab, Utah is a great place to go for 4 wheelin’, jeeps and our dune buggy. Most of Utah’s National Parks are great and of course there is Yellowstone and Teton National Parks which we visit almost every year. Carlsbad Caverns were the highlight of our trip south last winter. We spent 2 1/2 days there.
We would like to go to the East coast but I’m a little worried about the traffic and places to park. It sounds like a wonderful place to visit
We spent two weeks in Oct. driving the Oregon coast from top to bottom. The State Parks are very nice and average around $22 per night. Sorry this is so long, I get excited thinking of all the places we have been and are going to. It’s a great life.
Tom Jones
We spend our summers in the Bighorn Mountains in northern Wyoming hosting and managing Forest Service campgrounds. This is our favorite area for camping with moose visiting our campground all most every day. At the end of the season we take off for 5 to 6 weeks being RV tourists. We made two trips to the southwest making it as far as LA once. The LaBrea Tar Pits are a must see attraction. We spent most of the time in the 4 Corners area enjoying the canyons, arches, natural bridges and ancient Indian ruins. We highly recommend seeing both sides of the Grand Canyon. This year we went to the East Coast, NC to NY. We spent a week in the Washington DC area seeing Mt Vernon, battle fields, Arlington Cemetery and museums. We needed at least two more weeks. We then spent a week in the Philadelphia area and this too was too short. You can not find an area richer in early American History. This year we put on 6,600 miles on our 5th wheel/Dodge Cummings staying in some very nice campgrounds but the Bighorns are still our favorite. Next fall we are going to the West Coast visiting Washington, Oregon and Western Canada.
Jane
Sisters, Oregon
Mendocino, CA
Gig Harbor, WA
Graeagle, CA
Santa Cruz, CA
Places we want to go?? Haven’t decided yet…
mark gordon
Favorites: Bull Shoals White river State Park ARK. In Oct.
Yellowstone in Late Sept. To see the Elk in Rut.
Everglades In Oct. Lots of gators and no bugs
Titusville FL Manatees and Shuttle Launch
The Keys
Want to visit: Mt Rushmore
Arches Nat. Park .Utah
Canadian rockies
Glacier National Park again.
Mohab, Utah
Richard M
Favorite: Glacier NP Montana, Grand Teton NP Wyoming, Acadia NP Maine, Smoky Mountains NP, TN/NC, Bitterroot Valley, Montana
Places on the bucket list: Denali, Alaska, Grand Canyon, Arizona, Canadian Rockies, Maritime Provinces.
So many places to see.
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BARRY ZANDER, YOU DID WHAT WITH MY LIST????? THAT SOUNDS KINDA KINKY!!!
Go to your personal ski slope and try HAVING TOOOOO MUCH FUN!!!
Colleen
Sorry I hit return by accident. Yosemite, Yellowstone, Canadian Rockies, Alaska, Oregon Coast
Places on our list: the southern states, Eastern Canada, follow the Mississippi from source to the gulf, The Great Lakes area, The Whiskey trail and back to Alaska
Colleen
Favorite places: Yosemite
Joe Sikora
Always look forward to the Mackinac Bridge walk on Labor Day, and touring the wine country around Traverse City and SW Michigan. 50+ wineries, great scenery, great biking, great restaurants, and great weather in September. We’ll carry 4 or 5 cases of wine with us to Texas for the winter, and have some shipped there, too.
Don’t get no better than that!
Carl W
This is a great idea!
Favorite “big name” places:
-Glacier NP going to the sun road
-Southern Utah (all the NP)
-UP and west coast LP of MI
A couple little gems for you if you love history like us
– Fort Benton, MT
– Calumet, MI
Next year we go up the east coast from FL to Canada. Looking for ideas for that trip!
Chuck D
We are going to go to our most desired sites this winter.
All the National parks in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado
There are more than 5 places in that group but we are going to take three months and visit as many as we can.
See you across the campfire…
Andy Patnode
Favorites:
Canadian Rockies
Florida Keys
Great Parks of the West, Grand Canyon through Arches
Glacier Park
Coastal West, California to Washington
Bucket List
Alaska
francis young
For Don
Watch out for the steep, narrow, roads when going over the mountains on the way to Cabo. The road was very narrow with deep drop offs right at the edge of the pavement when we traveled there about 10 years ago. Be sure to not drop a wheel off the edge of the pavement.
D. Schlagel
WOW where to start.
Favorite by far (so far) Southern UTAH with Bryce Canyon, Dead Horse Point, Utah, Arches, Zion, Capitol Reef and all the others
Oregon Coast and Mount Hood
Western Michigan shores (all from Grand Haven to Mackinaw)
Yellowstone
All over Texas
Places on our list
Balloon Festival in N. Mexico
Canadian Rockies
Alaska
Ray Strand
We have visited a lot of great places. The top 5 are probably:
The Black Hills of South Dakota, Custer State Park
Glacier National Park in Montana
Door County Wisconsin – Peninsula State Park
Great Smokey Mountain National Park – NC and TN
Grand Teton National Park – WY
I would like to explore the deep south – Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia
Also I have not been in Texas or New Mexico.
New England states would be nice to see when the leaves turn colors.
O. Gray
Favorites:
Southwest FL in the winter
Going to the Sun highway, eastbound, in Glacier National Park, MT
Canadian Rockies, especially Banff and Jasper National Parks in AB
Grand Canyon and Sedona, AZ
ALL of the east coast, especially coastal state parks in SC
…plus too many more to fit your rules
Coming up:
The Yukon and Alaska
Newfoundland and Labrador
Quartzsite, AZ
Cape Breton Island in NS
Bryce Canyon, UT
…plus many more if I live long enough
Don
Always wanted to RV to Mexico. Well this year (winter) we have and love it. We have been in San Felipe for a month and a half and plan to go further down the Baja, perhaps all the way to Cabo
Ed and Marja-Leena Stauffer
Favorites:
1. Assateaque National Seashore – Berlin, Maryland
2. Arches National Park – Utah
3. Ten Sleep Wyoming (Brokenback Mtn.)
4. Dardenel State Park – Russelville Ark.
5. Bandalier State Park – Los Alamos – New Mexico
Want to visit:
1. Sagel – Idaho
2. Glacier National Park
3. Canadian Rockies
4. Northern California
5. Alaska
Gary
It sure sems that people are still wanting to go RV’ing even with the price of gas (recently lower) too high. Lets get some of Iraq’s oil free for all we spent cleaning up that mess. Sorry!! The only problem with the Oregon coast is the “no overnight camping or parking” signs that exist everywhere. Nice campgrounds but too $$$ for us. That precludes boondocking. And the caost is where you want to be. California is full!! Washington is more lenient, but getting bad too. Inland is very good in any state. Just hit the backroads, there is help anywhere you would travel. So, inland is our favorite place to travel. People are friendlier and most helpful. AND glad to see you. Allthough we are “tourists” then, we hate tourists. They are rude, expect everything from anybody and careless with their money. Spending way too much and not objecting. Sorry, I got on a rant. Forgive me. I will do better next time.
Kerry Liliedahl
Favorites would be
Oregon Coast
Western slope of Tetons – ie. Driggs Idaho – Alta Wyoming
Banff
Quartzsite (watching a glorious sunset as I write)
Cascade Lakes around Bend OR
Big Island (wasn’t in an RV!) of Hawaii
Would love to see
New Orleans
Maritime Provinces
Explore bluegrass country in the spring
Richard Paschall
Favorite places we’ve visited:
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area (Wyoming/Utah)
Canyonlands National Park (Utah)
Mesa Verde National Park (Colorado)
Smoky Mtns National Park (NC/TN)
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Denali National Park, Alaska
Places we’d like to visit:
Bryce Canyon National Park
Hawaii
Oregon Coast
Don Landers
I bought our first last and only RV in November 2009. I retired in April 2011. I used the time in between to learn my coach, take short trips and plan for the retirement trip. That started August 18, 2011. We traveled from Central California East to Elkhart, IN along I-70 in 5 days. We had some work on our coach and went to Charlotte, Michigan to the Spartan factory where we had a 44 point check of the chasis – very beneficial and highly recommended. From there, we went to Petosky, MI, and spent a week at Hearthside Grove RV park. Fantastic park, although a little out of my price range – but tremendous place to stay. This part of Michigan is beautiful and the weather was excellent for usj. We spent a day on Mackinac Island (no vehicles allowed) and enjoyed the omiance. We traveled to Niagara Falls and really were surprised at the beauty of this site. From there, we toured the Indianapolis 500 and then spent a week in Branson. From there we worked our way to the Albuquerque, NM Balloon festival (amazing sights if you can get up early to watch). Then off to Flagstaff, the Grand Canyon and Sedona followed by the Hoover Dam and Las Vegas. Out of all of the that, Niagara Falls was our favorite for this 10 week trip. The Grand Canyon is always beautiful and a must see if you have never been there. Hoover Dam has an amazing history which I enjoyed seeing in person. Northern Michigan was truly beaustiful.