Day |
Date |
Day |
Start |
Stop |
Breaks |
Hours |
Miles |
Daily activities |
Overnight |
Pop |
Elev |
Campground |
1 |
15-Jul |
Sat |
7:00 AM |
6:00 PM |
1:00 |
10:00 |
702 |
Drive to Salina |
Salina, KS |
42,303 |
1,220 |
KOA of Salina |
2 |
16-Jul |
Sun |
9:00 AM |
5:00 PM |
2:00 |
6:00 |
356 |
Drive to Trinidad |
Trinidad, CO |
8,580 |
6,025 |
Trinidad Lake |
3 |
17-Jul |
Mon |
9:00 AM |
12:00 PM |
|
3:00 |
246 |
Drive to Sand Dunes |
Great Sand Dunes |
|
|
Pinyon Flats |
4 |
18-Jul |
Tue |
|
|
|
2:00 |
74 |
Visit Sand Dunes, Blanca pass |
Great Sand Dunes |
|
|
|
5 |
19-Jul |
Wed |
|
|
|
|
|
Medano and Heyden passes |
Great Sand Dunes |
|
|
|
6 |
20-Jul |
Thu |
9:00 AM |
1:00 PM |
|
4:00 |
|
Drive to Durango |
Lake Vallecito |
15,000 |
6,600 |
Five Branches |
7 |
21-Jul |
Fri |
9:00 AM |
10:30 AM |
|
1:30 |
72 |
Drive to Ouray, bum around |
Ouray |
644 |
7,200 |
Ouray KOA |
8 |
22-Jul |
Sat |
|
|
|
|
|
Engineer pass |
Ouray |
|
|
|
9 |
23-Jul |
Sun |
9:00 AM |
|
|
|
|
Get Molly (Crested Butte, Aspen) |
Ouray |
|
|
|
10 |
24-Jul |
Mon |
|
|
|
|
|
Ophir /Imogene passes |
Ouray |
|
|
|
11 |
25-Jul |
Tue |
|
|
|
|
|
Relax |
Ouray |
|
|
|
12 |
26-Jul |
Wed |
|
|
|
|
|
Black Bear/Imogene passes |
Ouray |
|
|
|
13 |
27-Jul |
Thu |
9:00 AM |
12:00 PM |
|
3:30 |
190 |
Drive to Aspen |
Aspen |
5,049 |
8,400 |
Aspen/Basalt |
14 |
28-Jul |
Fri |
|
|
|
|
|
Visit Marble & Crystal |
Basalt |
1,128 |
6,900 |
|
15 |
29-Jul |
Sat |
|
|
|
|
|
Visit Maroon Bells |
Aspen |
|
|
|
16 |
30-Jul |
Sun |
|
|
|
|
|
Relax |
Aspen |
|
|
|
17 |
31-Jul |
Mon |
|
|
|
|
|
Relax |
Aspen |
|
|
|
18 |
1-Aug |
Tue |
|
|
|
|
|
Relax |
Aspen |
|
|
|
19 |
2-Aug |
Wed |
9:00 AM |
10:30 AM |
|
1:30 |
98 |
Drive to Grand Junction |
Grand Junction |
29,034 |
4,587 |
RV Ranch |
20 |
3-Aug |
Thu |
|
|
|
|
|
Visit Colorado National Monument |
Grand Junction |
|
|
|
21 |
4-Aug |
Fri |
|
|
|
|
|
Relax/Grand Mesa |
Grand Junction |
|
|
|
22 |
5-Aug |
Sat |
9:00 AM |
11:00 AM |
|
2:00 |
118 |
Drive to Dinosaur |
Dinosaur |
|
|
Green River |
23 |
6-Aug |
Sun |
9:00 AM |
10:00 AM |
|
1:00 |
64 |
Drive to Buena Vista |
Buena Vista |
1,752 |
8,100 |
Crazy Horse |
24 |
7-Aug |
Mon |
|
|
|
|
|
Mt Princeton |
Buena Vista |
|
|
|
25 |
8-Aug |
Tue |
|
|
|
|
|
Relax |
Buena Vista |
|
|
|
26 |
9-Aug |
Wed |
|
|
|
|
|
Tincup thru Hancock Passes |
Buena Vista |
|
|
|
27 |
10-Aug |
Thu |
|
|
|
|
|
Relax |
Buena Vista |
|
|
|
28 |
11-Aug |
Fri |
9:00 AM |
10:00 AM |
|
1:00 |
60 |
Drive to Breckenridge |
Breckenridge |
1,285 |
9,200 |
Lowry |
29 |
12-Aug |
Sat |
|
|
|
|
|
Mt Lincoln/Mt Bross |
Breckenridge |
|
|
|
30 |
13-Aug |
Sun |
|
|
|
|
|
Mosquito thru Shrine passes |
Breckenridge |
|
|
Tiger Run |
31 |
14-Aug |
Mon |
|
|
|
|
|
Georgia/Webster passes |
Breckenridge |
|
|
|
32 |
15-Aug |
Tue |
9:00 AM |
11:00 AM |
|
2:00 |
138 |
Drive to Estes Park |
Estes Park |
3,184 |
7,800 |
Mary's Lake |
33 |
16-Aug |
Wed |
|
|
|
|
|
Relax |
Estes Park |
|
|
|
34 |
17-Aug |
Thu |
|
|
|
|
|
Drive to Rapid City |
Rapid City |
|
|
|
35 |
18-Aug |
Fri |
|
|
|
|
|
Drive to Miller |
Miller |
|
|
|
36 |
19-Aug |
Sat |
|
|
|
|
|
Drive to Huron |
Huron |
|
|
|
37 |
20-Aug |
Sun |
9:00 AM |
6:00 PM |
1:00 |
8:00 |
960 |
Drive to Mpls |
Mlps |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21:30 |
3,078 |
|
|
|
|
|