2025 Epic Road trip
We’re pulling the trigger on an “epic road trip” in July. Here’s the agenda. Wondering if we’re stupid to do Moab at the end of July in the dead of summer in the desert. Decided to spend two nights in Missoula, Montana, so we can do Lolo Pass (and laundry). Deciding if we want to spend the night back to Dallas in Raton, New Mexico, so we can cross New Mexico off our ride list. Putting together a budget spreadsheet. Most of the trip is going towards lodging (which gets pretty pricey during high season in these locations). But many of our hotels are Hiltons and we get free breakfasts at most of their properties! On March 23 (120 days out), I need to make reservation for West Glacier and Going to the Sun Road on recreation.gov. You can’t do this without reservations. On April 1, I need to make reservations on recreation.gov for Arches entry (they just started doing this in 2024. We have an America’s Park Pass ($90 for a year and gets you in to all of the National Parks) so we only have ...
