RE: Oregon route 39 from joseph to halfway hellscanyon
That whole area, from hwy 86 to the Washington border, is one of my all time favorites. FS 39 will be slow for sure in your rig. Can't really see a lot, because the road is flanked by lots of trees most of the time. The Hell's Canyon Overlook is worth a stop. Lake Wallowa, Joseph and Enterprise are great little spots. And the Eagle Cap Wilderness is a terrific hike with a lake basin on top. Haven't been there for a few years, but can't imagine it's changed too much. I planned to use FS 39 3 or 4 years ago, but it was flooded out and closed down just a little north of 86, so I had to turn around in Joseph and add a few hours to my trip back to Utah. I think it was only closed that one summer.
RE: NEED HELP with route from Manila, UT to West Yellowstone
Getting out of Manila on either WY414 or WY530 is just fine...pick up I-80 and look at several options, all fairly soft.
The several available routes are two laners of course and no real difficulty on any of them. US30 and US89 both have mild passes to negotiate to get to Alpine, where you will want to take US 26 west to US20, then north to West Yellowstone. Plan on slow and easy travel. You could go through Jackson and along the Tetons into Yellowstone and travel thru to West Yellowstone of course. Scenic, but would take you awhile. You can find all of the options on any mapping devices or maps...they are all rather benign in my estimate.
You would want to avoid Teton Pass (WY22/ID33) between Jackson and Victor, and possibly Pine Creek pass (ID31) between US26 and Victor, though the latter is not all that bad. I may have missed something, but the other routes present no real difficulty.
Eye candy on all the routes for me, but not for all. Hard for me to recommend things, not knowing your preferences. Been all over that country for many, many years, so I tend to take some things for granted....sad but so. I usually base west of West Yellowstone in the Henry 's Lake area and stretch all over the place from there. For me, a must would be ID 47 loop between Ashton and Island Park. Some great waterfalls there, for being outside YNP, that is. Big Springs, just north of of Mack's Inn on US20 is a little gem as well. Enjoy.
RE: KOA membership
Hi ramblemutt,
How does fifty amp power and water and a dumpsite sound, with free showers and flush toilets for $10.00? Or would you rather be in a KOA?
Keller State
How about this picture of the site:
http://www.visitusa.com/nebraska/nebraska-state-park-images/Sandhills-Region/Keller-Park-State-Recreation-Area/NE06lk002a003.jpg
here is another view:
http://www.visitusa.com/nebraska/nebraska-state-park-images/Sandhills-Region/Keller-Park-State-Recreation-Area/VHBqM8Ga.jpg
KOAs are (normally) full service RV parks, so anyone who boondocks or looks for inexpensive not-so-full service campgrounds has no reason to consider them (maybe no reason to even comment on them). There are, at least in the west, some very nice KOAs, relatively expensive, but for many of us, that's what we're looking for. My membership comes at no additional cost with my Allstate RoadHelp contract which cost me $83 this year. I have used RoadHelp twice this year with great success. The Bend/Sisters (Oregon) KOA is one of our favorite RV Parks. Also very nice ones in Cedar City and Fillmore Utah for those of you traveling I-15. Decent one in Ely NV for those of you taking the "loneliest highway in the USA" (US 50). Lot of KOA bashers out there, but I, obviously, am a proponent. Though, as you might surmise from my new signature, it no longer matters.
Nice.....if you're in Nebraska...not a place I generally go when I want to leave my mountains. No disrespect intended.
RE: KOA membership
Hi,
You have that right--and in the West there are many public owned campgrounds that are under $12.00 per night. So why would I stay in a KOA that is cheek by jowl with the next RV at perhaps triple the price?
I "camp" 50 nights a year on average and have over a ten year period only reviewed 76 campgrounds. So I'm far more likely to boondock than anything else. (and no, not at Walmart)
Honestly I plan my trips for the locations I wish to visit--and then find a suitable place to stay near by. If it were a KOA I might stay there. But I'd prefer something less pricy.
As to the snarky comment about there being nothing in Willamsburg, that is quite true--but only because no one has bothered to find any low cost places to stay nearby.
Basic math got to stay in them to break even.
KOAs are (normally) full service RV parks, so anyone who boondocks or looks for inexpensive not-so-full service campgrounds has no reason to consider them (maybe no reason to even comment on them). There are, at least in the west, some very nice KOAs, relatively expensive, but for many of us, that's what we're looking for. My membership comes at no additional cost with my Allstate RoadHelp contract which cost me $83 this year. I have used RoadHelp twice this year with great success. The Bend/Sisters (Oregon) KOA is one of our favorite RV Parks. Also very nice ones in Cedar City and Fillmore Utah for those of you traveling I-15. Decent one in Ely NV for those of you taking the "loneliest highway in the USA" (US 50). Lot of KOA bashers out there, but I, obviously, am a proponent. Though, as you might surmise from my new signature, it no longer matters.
RE: Fire ban in Rocky Mountain national Park
Fires, fireworks, etc. banned in basically the entire state of Utah, except where controlled by local city governments.
