"less people can mean less cars" Drive Tip by richiecdisc

The first thing you notice when driving around the western US is how little traffic there is. In a place where you need a car to get anywhere, there surprisingly aren't many of them on the road. I guess that's due to how few people live out here. The bottom line is you are in car country and getting around generally involves driving. We were on a six-month camping trip around the US and a car was the only thing that made sense, enabling us to carry all the gear we needed for our various endeavors.

The trip from Jackson, WY to Salt Lake City, UT is about 270 miles down Route 89 and takes a little over 6 hours to drive. Montpelier, ID is about the midway point and the Huckleberry House is a nice place to break your journey.

From Salt Lake City, we would drive over 500 miles in about 8 hours to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado though we spent a night near Cheyenne, WY so we could do a little shopping in the Sierra Trading Post outlet there!

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