How one road trip turned into a problem...
Follow along as we embark on road trip #2 during the summer of 2024!
About Our Trip
Are we crazy?
In the summer of 2022 we checked off what was a bucket list item and drove from Connecticut to California over a span of 18 days and loved (almost) every minute of it! Upon returning home, I knew that eventually I would want to start the process over but needed some time to rest, recover, and be inspired. And then we saw some photos of an acquaintance's trip to the Canadian Rockies and we were convinced - that would be our next trip. So, here we are, with almost a year to go and we are planning feverishly for June/July 2024 when we visit the Pacific Northwest and the Canadian Rockies.
The details...
5 states and 2 provinces. 4234 miles. 6 US National Parks, 4 Canadian National Park, a return back to Jackson Hole...and more!
Top Destinations
Fly to Seattle > Port Angeles, WA > Olympic National Park > Oregon Coast > Crater Lake National Park > Idaho > Jackson Hole, WY > Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks > Gardiner, MT > Missoula, MT > Glacier National Park > Waterton Lakes (Canada) National Park > Calgary and the Calgary Stampede > Banff, Alberta > Lake Louise, Alberta > Icefields Parkway > Jasper, Alberta > Kamloops, British Columbia > Whistler, British Columbia > Vancouver > Seattle > Mount Rainier > Fly home from Seattle
The final itinerary...
June 25, 2024 - fly to Seattle, pick up rental car, make a Costco trip, check into hotel
June 26, 2024 - explore Seattle
June 27, 2024 - brief visit to Mount Rainier and make our way to Port Angeles, WA
June 28, 2024 - Olympic National Park
June 29, 2024 - Lake Quinault Lodge to Newport, OR
June 30, 2024 - Oregon coast to Medford, OR (we are dipping down into CA to visit Redwood NP)
July 1, 2024 -Medford, OR through Crater Lake NP to Ontario, OR
July 2, 2024 - mad dash across Idaho to Jackson, WY
July 3, 2024 - Jackson Hole through Grand Teton and Yellowstone to Gardiner, MT
July 4, 2024 - northern Yellowstone and Gardiner, MT
July 5, 2024 - Gardiner, MT to Missoula, MT
July 6, 2024 - Glacier National Park
July 7, 2024 - Glacier National Park to Waterton Lakes National Park
July 8, 2024 - Waterton Lakes National Park to Calgary for the stampede
July 9, 2024 - Calgary Stampede
July 10, 2024 - Calgary to Banff to Lake Louise
July 11, 2024 - Lake Louise to Jasper
July 12, 2024 - Jasper to Kamloops
July 13, 2024 - Kamloops to Whistler
July 14, 2024 - Whistler to Vancouver
July 15 , 2024 - Vancouver
July 16, 2024 - Vancouver to Seattle and then fly home