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The Tracks & Trails Team has years of on-the-road experience with RV vacations and trip planning. We are travel enthusiasts and passionate planners. We love to share our knowledge, expertise, and occasional mishaps to help you better prepare and get excited for your own RV travel experiences.
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Alberta has five national parks: Banff, Jasper, Waterton Lakes, Wood Buffalo, and Elk Island. If you’ve already explored the National Parks of British Columbia with us, now it’s time to head east into Alberta. Alberta is home to North America’s largest mountain range and is a province whose motto is, fittingly, Fortis et Liber (Strong [...]
There are certain places in this world that are simply lovely. Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada is just such a destination. There is a special vibe that courses through its beautiful streams, lakes, mountainsides, and friendly rangers. We thoroughly enjoyed exploring it on a recent RV trip through the area and hope you [...]
Looking to plan a grand adventure? We have one that might require you to dust off that passport. Our friendly neighbors to the north have vast expanses of truly wild terrain, rich in ecological and geographic diversity and pristinely preserved by a robust National Park System. We especially love exploring by RV through the parks [...]
At 68 miles in length and climbing dramatically in elevation from 5,550’ to just under 11,000’ at the summit, the Beartooth Highway and has earned both its nickname "The Most Beautiful Road in America" and its designation as a National Scenic Byways All-American Road. It also happens to be one of our favorite stretches of [...]
Colorado’s fabled Rocky Mountains have inspired artists and beckoned to the adventurous-in-spirit for centuries, but many people aren’t aware that it is home to a wide variety of landscapes beyond the state’s mountains. Colorado’s terrain includes high plains, desert, alpine tundra, mesas, canyons, vast fossil beds, and the Colorado River Basin. It is no surprise [...]
Ahhhh s’mores…. S’mores will always remind us of summer nights around the campfire. Roasting marshmallows to deep golden perfection without lighting them on fire is an artform only perfected with years of practice. 😉 Did you know the history of this treat goes back over 90 years? It seems no campfire is complete without this […]
The Depot Restaurant Douglas, WY About The Depot Restaurant: located in Douglas’ historic train depot, offers great steaks, fresh burgers, sandwiches, pastas, and homemade soups. Delicious, old-fashioned desserts make a perfect ending to your meal. Must-try Burger: The Depot’s very own Train Wreck Burger. It boasts eight ounces of seasoned ground chuck, hand-shaped, char-grilled & […]
As the National Park Service says, “National parks are America’s best idea.” And what makes visiting a national park even better? When entrance fees are waived! Every year, the National Park Service waives the entrance fee to every one of its sites (including parks, monuments, and seashores) on certain days. In 2021, those five days […]
In July, we had the pleasure of embarking on a 7,000-mile RV road trip, exploring eight national parks in the North American West: Capitol Reef, Death Valley, Yosemite, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Glacier, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton. T&T doesn’t just create itineraries from our home office in Grand Junction, CO; rather, our crew becomes personally acquainted […]
If you’ve ever tried to plan a national parks vacation on your own, you’ve probably leapt over hurdles and jumped through hoops—and you might have still missed out on the campsite you wanted, or been told that guiding services were completely booked, or found yourself waiting in long lines at inopportune times to see an […]
