Rockies

[Lee0113]

Hi I am about to book a fly drive to the usa to tour around the american rockies anybody done this before have any tips etc and anybody that has do you recommend doing the route told by the hire company or doing your own route looking at being over there for 21 days any help much appreciated

[spnorm]

You can cover a lot of ground in 21 days and the Rockies will only fill part of it IMHO.

Ouray is a really nice little town to base yourself for a few days and the Black Bear Manor B&B was one of the nicest places I've stopped in.

I'd also include the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Monument Valley and Moab in that timescale as they are simply stunning places

The following links are photos of my 2012 and 2014 trips by bike and Mustang convertible:

https://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/305523-California-amp-South-West-USA

https://flickr.com/photos/96239791@N08/sets/72157646273867706

[monkeybiker]

How much is this going to cost? Who you book with.

Not that it matters as I'm skint

[mjn51]

I flew into Billings Montana picked up a hire car, after driving up the beartooth pass we entered Yellowstone and stayed for a few days to see the park, we then headed south going down the Eastern side of the rockies via the Teton national park on the 191, the scenery changes every 1/2 hour, arrived in Moab (Utah) and did Canyonlands and Arches national parks before heading East on the I70 to Denver stopping at Aspen on the way for a couple of nights.
We stayed ad hoc in Motels (except Yellowstone where we had booked before hand into the Lake Yellowstone hotel)

One thing to note, if you see a filling station, don't pass it by, as the next one could be hundreds of miles down the road !

[spnorm]

[Lee0113]