Spending a month at the Rec Center in Solomons. First week in May heading to Charlottesville, VA to go to Monticello & the surrounding sights. Then off the Charleston, WV. Mid May we are in the Louisville, KY(5/15 - 5/21) area for a week. Next heading south to Nashville, TN and Vicksburg, MS, our times are flexible at this point. On June 1st we roll into Belton Lake, TX for a month. Post Tejas we go to Oklahoma City, OK for a few days and arrive in Lincoln, NE on July 1st and spending the month there.
We have a reservation in Rapid City, SD on Aug. 21st for 16 days to see the Black Hills & Mt. Rushmore area. We picked those dates to avoid any conflict with bike week in Sturgis. The original plan was to head west after Lincoln and go to Yellowstone/Jackson, WY. August those places will be packed with tourists and lodging is at peak pricing. So now we have to spend 3 weeks rolling around until South Dakota. So now it looks like Des Moines, IA & Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN will be our destinations.
Post South Dakota we may try heading over to Yellowstone or possible start to make our way back to the east coast. The planning phase has been a pleasant experience. The major problem is that we have way too many choices, which really isn't a bad thing. Our Texas lodging has changed. We were originally getting a rustic 2 room cabin with minimal furniture. It's an OK place for a long weekend. Now we are booked into a modern facility with lots of room & conveniences. Plus it was a couple of hundred dollars cheaper for the month. We are still on the lake and will have access to some kayaks that they have for their guests to use.
So if anyone has any input for places that we need to see or fabulous places to eat at our destinations or along the way, please share. We are a few weeks out and the anticipation is starting to build.
We have a reservation in Rapid City, SD on Aug. 21st for 16 days to see the Black Hills & Mt. Rushmore area. We picked those dates to avoid any conflict with bike week in Sturgis. The original plan was to head west after Lincoln and go to Yellowstone/Jackson, WY. August those places will be packed with tourists and lodging is at peak pricing. So now we have to spend 3 weeks rolling around until South Dakota. So now it looks like Des Moines, IA & Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN will be our destinations.
Post South Dakota we may try heading over to Yellowstone or possible start to make our way back to the east coast. The planning phase has been a pleasant experience. The major problem is that we have way too many choices, which really isn't a bad thing. Our Texas lodging has changed. We were originally getting a rustic 2 room cabin with minimal furniture. It's an OK place for a long weekend. Now we are booked into a modern facility with lots of room & conveniences. Plus it was a couple of hundred dollars cheaper for the month. We are still on the lake and will have access to some kayaks that they have for their guests to use.
So if anyone has any input for places that we need to see or fabulous places to eat at our destinations or along the way, please share. We are a few weeks out and the anticipation is starting to build.
I have business at home tomorrow, but thanx!