[Richard]

Big Hike (2nd Chance) Trip 2024 Summary

Rhonda has put the finishing touches on this year's adventure. We hope to see you somewhere on the road. And hopefully the campground location and phone numbers may help you in planning in the future. 

May 4 - 5 Drive 205 miles to Jacksonville, FL Bike J’ville/Baldwin Pecan Park RV Resort Site 107 (844)746-1841
May 6 Drive 231 miles to Summerton, SC Santee NWR
Palmetto Shores RV Resort (803)478-6336
May 7 – 8 Drive 187 miles to Four Oaks, NC Bike Clayton Riverwalk
Raleigh Oaks RV Site 4 (919)934-3181
May 9 - 10 Drive 91 miles to Mebane, NC Bike Am. Tobacco
Jones Station RV Park (919)568-0153
May 11 – 22 Drive 195 miles to East Swannanoa, NC Blue Ridge Parkway
Asheville East KOA Site B22 L (800)562-5907
(May 14 – 15) Drive to Banner Elk, NC Grandfather Mt. SP
Grandfather Mt CG Site T69 (800)788-2582
May 23 - 28 Drive 230 miles to Chattanooga, TN Chickamauga NMP
Holiday Travel Park (706)891-9766
May 29 - 30 Drive 131 miles to Sevierville, TN Smokey Mountains NP 
Two Rivers Landing (866)727-5781
May 31 – June 3 Drive 170 miles to Wytheville, VA Bike New River Trail
Wytheville KOA Site L1 L (276)228-2601
June 4 - 5 Drive 140 miles to Staunton, VA  Hike Crabtree Falls
Walnut Hills CG Site 623 (540)337-3920
June 6 - 10 Drive 138 miles to Williamsport, MD Harpers Ferry/Antietam
Jellystone Site 711 L (301)223-7117
June 11 - 13 Drive 145 miles to Ruffs Dale, PA  Bike Great Allegheny
Madison / Pittsburg SE KOA (800)562-4034
June 14 – 15 Drive 233 miles to South Charleston, OH Bike Prairie Grass Trail
Tomorrow’s Stars RV Resort (937)324-2267
June 16 – 17 Drive 187 miles to Crawfordsville, IN Bike Big 4 Trail
Crawfordsville KOA (800)562-4191
June 18 Drive 137 miles to Utica, IL Starved Rock SP
Starved Rock Family CG (815)202-2088
June 19 – 22 Drive 148 miles to DeForest, WI Bike Great Salk
Madison CG Site D1 L (608)846-4528
*June 23 – 28 Drive 195 miles to Rochester, MN Mayo Clinic
Autumn Woods RV Park (507)990-2983
June 29 – July 1 Drive 225 miles to Sioux Falls, SD Bike Sioux Falls Loop
Sioux Falls KOA Site E21 L (800)562-9865
July 2 Drive 230 miles to Midland, SD
Belvidere East KOA (800)562-2134
July 3 – 8 Drive 144 miles to Hill City, SD Black Hills
Rafter J Bar Ranch Site 265 (605)574-2527

July 9 - 10 Drive 231 miles to Sheridan, WY Tongue River Canyon
Sheridan / Big Horn Mts KOA Site A19 L (800)562-7621
July 11 Drive 199 miles to Big Timber, MT Natural Bridge Falls
Big Timber / Greycliff KOA (406)932-6569
July 12 - 13 Drive 154 miles to Butte, Mt Hike Maud Canyon
Butte KOA Site 522 (406)782-8080
July 14 - 15 Drive 153 miles to Great Falls, MT Bike Rivers Edge Trl
Great Falls RV Park Site 80 (406)452-0333
July 16 – Aug 6 Drive 184 miles to East Glacier, MT Glacier National Park
St. Mary/E Glacier KOA Site B2 (800)562-1504
Aug 7 – 9 Drive 113 miles to West Glacier, MT Glacier National Park
West Glacier KOA (800)562-3313
Aug 10 - 11 Drive 134 miles to Missoula, MT Bike Bitterroot Trail
Missoula KOA  Site D3 L (406)549-0881
Aug 12 - 19 Drive 181 miles to Liberty Lake, WA Bike Trl Coeur d’Alenes
Liberty Lake RV Park (509)868-0567
(Aug 15 - 16) Hike 20 miles to Stehekin North Cascades NP
North Cascades Lodge (509)699-2056
Aug 20 – Sept 2 Drive 222 miles to Yakima, WA Bike Yakima Greenway
Suntides RV Site B5 (509)966-7883
(Aug 22) Drive ~80 miles in car Mt. Rainier NP
Paradise Inn (855)-2451293
*(Aug 23 – 25) Backpacking Trip Mt. Rainier NP
(Aug 29 –30) Drive ~80 miles in car Mt. Rainier NP
Car camp at White River D Loop 1st come/1serve
(Aug 31-Sept 1) Paradise Inn (855)-2451293
Sept 3 – 4 Drive 84 miles to Kennewick, WA Wine Country
Columbia Sun RV (509)420-4880
Sept 5 - 6 Drive 263 miles to Caldwell, ID Bike Boise River GB
Ambassador RV Park (208)454-8584
Sept 7 – 10 Drive 146 miles to Twin Falls, ID Snake River Canyon Trl
Twin Falls/Jerome KOA Site 23L (800)562-4169
(Sept 8) Drive 74 miles in car to Ketchum, Id Bike Wood River Trl
Hotel Ketchum (208)471-4716
Sept 11 - 13 Drive 264 miles to Heber City, UT Wasatch Mountain SP
Mountain Valley RV Site S37 (435)657-6100
Sept 14 - 15 Drive 234 miles to Cedar City, UT Cedar Breaks NM 
Cedar City RV Resort Site C11 (435)767-0194
Sept 16 - 20 Drive 47 miles to Virgin, UT Zion National Park
Zion River Resort Site 1 (435)635-8594
(Sept 18) Drive 100 miles in car to Bryce, Utah Bryce National Park
The Lodge @ Bryce Canyon (877)386-4383
Sept 21 Drive 171 miles to Boulder City, NV Lake Mead
Canyon Trail RV (702)293-1200
Sept 22 – Oct 5 Drive 265 miles to The Grand Canyon Grand Canyon NP
Trailer Village (877)404-4611
*(Sept 25) Hike 7 miles on South Kaibab Trl Bright Angel CG
(Sept 26) Hike 14 miles to North Rim
North Rim Lodge (877)386-4383
*(Sept 27) Hike 14 miles on North Kaibab Trl Bright Angel CG
Oct 6 - 8 Drive 234 miles to Whitman, AZ
Tom & Darlene McCloud’s Driveway
Oct 9 Drive 240 miles to Holbrook, AZ Petrified Forest NP
O K RV Park (928)524-3226
Oct 10 - 12 Drive 239 miles to Albuquerque, NM Balloon Festival 
Albuquerque KOA (800)562-7781
Oct 13 Drive 170 miles to Tucumcari, NM Route 66
Tucumcari KOA (575)461-1841
*Oct 14 - 15 Drive 130 mi to Amarillo, TX  Palo Duro Canyon SP
Mesquite or Sagebrush campground (806)488-2227 
Oct 16 - 17 Drive 267 miles to Oklahoma City, OK Bike Bert Cooper Trl
Mustang Run RV Park (405)577-6040
Oct 18 Drive 170 miles to Sallisaw, OK
Sallisaw / Ft Smith W KOA (800)562-2797
*Oct 19 - 20 Drive 179 miles to North Little Rock, AR Arkansas River Trl.
Downtown Riverside RV (501)340-5312
Oct 21 - 22 Drive 132 miles to West Memphis, AR Big River Trail
Tom Sawyers Site 67 (870)735-9770
Oct 23 Drive 155 miles to Hurricane Mills, TN Loretta Lynn Museum
Buffalo KOA (800)-562-0832
Oct 24 - 26 Drive 203 miles to Chattanooga, TN Chickamauga NMP
Holiday Travel Park (706)891-9766
*Oct 27 Drive 224 miles to Elko, GA
Twin Oaks RV Park (478)987-9361
Oct 28 Drive 289 miles home

[hypoxia]

Nice journey!

[HoosierDaddy]

Wow, That looks like an excellent adventure!

[BusNit]

Always loved the organization! Awesome trip

[Jonestead]

Looks like quite the adventure. Thank you for sharing all of Rhonda's hard work and special skills. Pizza's on me, assuming they're open

[hbens]

Nice trip plan!
I recognize a few of your stops that Natalie and I stayed at.

[Sea Note]

Looks like we will just miss connecting - we are scheduled to be in Moab, UT 9/16 - 10/16 at Spanish Trails RV Park (nice pull-thru spaces with fantastic views and a nice pool/spa). Coming from Livingston, MT.

[Jack Houpe]

Your going to drive right by our house and no stop over?

[Richard]

I will email you.

[arcticdude]

The road into the Wytheville KOA is very small. (Blue Sky is the one I’m referring to, Hummingbird is an unusable dirt path.). The park is plenty large. You may need lots of sewer hose. I was in either site 17 or 18 and the sewer was at least 10 feet behind the coach! I would have needed almost 30’ of sewer hose to connect there. I actually pulled forward to the next site in the am, blocking the road some, and dumped at that site.

Albuquerque KOA is tight, but doable. Sites are narrow. The Balloon Fiesta is really neat. Things happen very early or moderately late. Lots of time to explore in the middle of the day.

Downtown RV in Little Rock is a great location. Unfortunately, it’s just a large gravel lot. Walk across the bridges (either) to downtown. All the “good stuff” is across the river.

Looks like a great trip!