We all sat down over the weekend and worked out where we plan to stay over the 8 days we'll be on the road.
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The general idea is to avoid doing too much driving on any given day, especially when we're actually in the desert.
We'll head south as quickly as we can on the first day and end up at the Acton KOA near Los Angeles (avoiding the city itself!). This will probably be a 5 hour drive on Route 5, but it'll get us ready to move into the desert the next day without going too crazy the first day!
Three hours drive should get us down route 10 to Cottonwood Spring at the southern entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. We'll take a slow drive across the park in the third day to end up at the Black Rock Canyon campground.
2 hours drive will get us to Calico Ghost Town where we're booked into the RV park for Tuesday and Wednesday.
A 3 hour drive up Death Valley will leave us at the Furnace Creek Resort Thursday night. It turns out that their RV spots have a full hook-up while the NPS campground does not, by the way.
After 3.5 hours driving Friday we'll arrive at the Lake Isabella/Kern River KOA on the way back over to the I5 near Bakersfield and a 5 hour run back up home that Saturday.
The total distance covered will be around 1350 miles!
The total distance covered will be around 1350 miles!
What's your longest distance drive? Route 5 is extremely boring. Don't forget to map out the Starbucks and other watering holes.
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be 350 miles on the first day and 300 miles on the last - down and up the I5!
ReplyDeleteJust switched the second day at Calico Ghost Town for an extra day at Furnace Creek. There's going to be more to do in Death Valley in the end, surely?
ReplyDeleteAlso, I called the park ranger at Joshua Tree to be assured that it's very likely we'll be able to get a spot at Cottonwood Campground on a first-come-first-served basis ... despite it being the Sunday before President's Day!