We've been vacationing in the general Walla Walla, Washington area for decades. Usually we have nine days to get to "wherever" and back. This time we will probably take fourteen days to go one way.
Direct, shortest route from Tyler to Walla Walla is 1,959 miles according to one map, and it estimates 30 hours of driving time. At 2012 IRS rates, it estimates fuel cost to be $1,087. (That's based on $0.555 per mile.) We'll see.
Usually we make a (very) long drive of it from Tyler, Texas to Cheyenne, Wyoming by the way of Oklahoma and Kansas, camp in Curt Gowdy State Park, and then our next stop is the Grand Tetons or Yellowstone. We're not in a timeframe crunch so, we may mosey around Colorado altogether.
We could go due west into New Mexico and up through Utah and come into West Yellowstone.
We could go up through Oklahoma and all-l-l-l the way through Kansas, into Nebraska, then turn west to Casper, Wyoming.
But they've been forecasting rain for Colorado, so we may dilly-dally around Red River, New Mexico a day or two and then shoot on up Interstate 25 through Colorado into Cheyenne.
These are the reasons I don't want to make reservations in advance. These are the reasons I like to tent camp because I can stop early or drive til the last 30 minutes of sunlight and pitch our tent then. We have even set up camp by flashlight...
The temperatures in Oklahoma and Wyoming are going to be really uncomfortably warm; the temperatures in Red River and the Tetons/Yellowstone are going to be really cold - like a low in the 40's! Cold we can manage as long as we have our "Big Bertha" sleeping bag. Not much one can do about heat when you're in a tent other than taking a fan. Plug it into an inverter, and we can run it off the "jump box" or car battery.
Heavy rain forecast for one of these areas - hot or cold - could color our decision, too. So y'all will just have to stay tuned to discover which way we go. :-)
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