I am retarded....
Anyways, add in Moab, no Yellowstone and you are looking at a total of 2,604 miles and keeping with the $2.50 average gas figure, $310.04 in gas at 16/21 mpg going one way. I think I would be willing to skip Yellowstone for a Moab trip…
So figure you COULD take the other route out to the Rubicon, save a 100 miles or so, save a little on gas, see different scenes and then after the Rubicon head back through UT to Moab, maybe stop around the Denver area, ride some forest roads and then get on back.
Total miles for that trip would be around 5,091 miles and $606.14 in gas and probably the trip of a life time! I plan to take 2 weeks off work (14 days total with weekends). Leave on a Saturday....
-Leave Saturday, roll into the nearest town from the Rubicon on a Monday night (this means keeping an 800 mile a day pace!) and stay in a hotel per Megan’s request.
-Gather supplies and start in on the Rubicon half day Tuesday
-Finish the Rubicon on Friday late morning/mid day
-Start heading towards Moab and spend Friday night somewhere in Nevada (little over 800 miles separate Rubicon and Moab).
-Roll into Moab Saturday, wheel Saturday evening, Sunday, maybe a little Monday and head out, stop outside of Denver for some scenic views of the national forest, maybe set up camp for the night there.
-Get up Tuesday and head home and should be home by Thursday sometime... Just in time to relax, clean up, fix the Jeep up, cry over the bank account, ect.
Best I can figure we can camp all nights in Moab, the Rubicon, camp around the Denver area but the rest is either going to be hotel rooms or finding campgrounds along the way to really cut down on cost. Guess I need to start saving now. What do yall think about this trip? Doable? Maybe I should add this option to the first post….