Great American Adventure Trip Itinerary
Day 1:
Hot Springs, AR to Wakeeney, KS (approximately 660 miles, 14 hours)
Campground: Wakeeney KOA
Day 2:
Wakeeney, KS to Colorado Springs, CO (294 miles)
Campground: Garden of the Gods RV Resort
Activities: Garden of the Gods; Manitou Springs
Day 3:
Sight-Seeing in Colorado Springs, CO
Activities: Pikes Peak; US Olympic Training Facility
Day 4:
Colorado Springs, CO to Casper, WY (351 miles)
Campground: Casper KOA (technically in Bar Nunn, WY
Day 5:
Casper, WY to Yellowstone National Park (293 miles)
Campground: Fishing Bridge RV Park (located in Yellowstone National Park)
Activities: Set up camp; hike to Natural Bridge; Yellowstone Lake
Day 6:
Sight-Seeing in Yellowstone
Activities: Old Faithful, which included a hike through Upper Geyser Basin & a walk through Old Faithful Inn; Hike to Mystic Falls; Grand Prismatic Spring; Continental Divide
Day 7:
Sight-Seeing in Jackson Hole, WY & Grand Teton National Park
Activities: Scenic float trip on Snake River by Sands White Water; walk through downtown Jackson Hole; drive through Grand Teton National Park, stopping at Visitor Center & Jenny Lake.
Day 8:
Sight-Seeing in Yellowstone & Cody, WY
Activities: Grand Canyon of Yellowstone; Hayden Valley; Mud Volcano & Dragon’s Breath Cave; Drove to Cody for the Cody Nite Rodeo
Day 9:
Sight-Seeing in Yellowstone
Activities: Mammoth Hot Springs (drive from Fishing Bridge took us through Hayden Valley, Tower Falls & Roosevelt Tower); Roosevelt Arch; Norris Geyser Basin; West Yellowstone
Day 10:
Sight-Seeing in Yellowstone
Activities: Drove through Lamar Valley & to Northwest Entrance
Day 11:
Yellowstone National Park to Custer, South Dakota (439 miles)
Campground: Custer’s Gulch RV Park & Campground
Day 12:
Sight-Seeing in South Dakota
Activities: Wind Cave National Park; The Mammoth Site; Custer State Park; The Needles Highway
Day 13:
Sight-Seeing in South Dakota
Activities: 1880 Train; Mount Rushmore; Crazy Horse Memorial; Walk through downtown Custer
Day 14:
Sight-Seeing in South Dakota & Wyoming
Activities: Devils Tower National Monument (in Wyoming); Deadwood, SD
Day 15:
Sight-Seeing in South Dakota
Activities: Wall Drug Store; Badlands National Park
Day 16:
Custer, SD to Rock Port, MO (627 miles)
Campground: Rock Port Riversedge Campground
Day 17:
Rock Port, MO to Hot Springs, AR (528 miles)