Hi
I'm starting to plann a vacation for the summer of 2008 (going to AK in 2007).
It's going to be a off-road themed vacation.
My current thought (based on my wifes direction ) is to find a cabin/condo/house to rent and use it as a "base camp" for the week.
I'm looking at the Rockies...
I've been to Colorado and done some riding in the Idaho Springs area and loved it. So I might like to get back there...but mostly cuz I like to go with things I know about. So I'm not stuck on that location...maybe further on I70...Vail/Eagle area? Or maybe someplace in Wyoming or Idaho?
Could you please enlighten me as to some other good choices?
Some additional background info:
Will be myself, my wife, our two kids who will be 3 and 4 years old and possible some immediate family (parents).
As an off-roader, I'm not into the extreme rock crawling...just tooling down/up some mountain roads to locations that a mostly stock Jeep can get to (I've got a CJ7 with a 6 sitting on 33"...but not much besides that...and enjoying the scenery and occasional mild off-road driving challenge.
We'll be driving from Wisconsin (or at least I will be as I'm bringing the Jeep)
Would like to have that base location to have some other things to do besides off-roading...swimming, hot springs, hiking, etc, etc, etc that can entertain us as well...
So anyway...at this point I'm just looking for locations and the pluses and minuses for them...
Thanks for any input...
Patrick
I'm starting to plann a vacation for the summer of 2008 (going to AK in 2007).
It's going to be a off-road themed vacation.
My current thought (based on my wifes direction ) is to find a cabin/condo/house to rent and use it as a "base camp" for the week.
I'm looking at the Rockies...
I've been to Colorado and done some riding in the Idaho Springs area and loved it. So I might like to get back there...but mostly cuz I like to go with things I know about. So I'm not stuck on that location...maybe further on I70...Vail/Eagle area? Or maybe someplace in Wyoming or Idaho?
Could you please enlighten me as to some other good choices?
Some additional background info:
Will be myself, my wife, our two kids who will be 3 and 4 years old and possible some immediate family (parents).
As an off-roader, I'm not into the extreme rock crawling...just tooling down/up some mountain roads to locations that a mostly stock Jeep can get to (I've got a CJ7 with a 6 sitting on 33"...but not much besides that...and enjoying the scenery and occasional mild off-road driving challenge.
We'll be driving from Wisconsin (or at least I will be as I'm bringing the Jeep)
Would like to have that base location to have some other things to do besides off-roading...swimming, hot springs, hiking, etc, etc, etc that can entertain us as well...
So anyway...at this point I'm just looking for locations and the pluses and minuses for them...
Thanks for any input...
Patrick