Summer Trip West
Leaving Cleve. Ohio area to go to Yellowstone, Mt. Rushmore, etc, then will drop down to Grand Canyon, visit Arizona, Dallas, TX area, up to Branson, Mo and back to Ohio. Has anyone done a trip like ...
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Nothing against previous comments, but some of us don't have months to take off work and still want to get an overall impression of what's out there.
I'm currently planning a 4 week trip to the Southwest next year and there are going to be a lot of stops and some cursory sightseeing, after some long driving to get there. Four weeks is what I am able to take off of work, and I intend to come back in following years to focus more on what we liked on this first trip.
Best advice I got was to assess what your family can handle for speed / duration of a trip, and layout a general itinerary with a couple backup plans if you notice things not working out well. Practically speaking, I have a route setup on the Roadtrippers.com website with plenty of sightseeing options and then bailout options if the kids are starting to unravel. I think for us we can handle a few days of jumping from place to place and then will need a day where we don't do much other than hit the pool.
I'm currently planning a 4 week trip to the Southwest next year and there are going to be a lot of stops and some cursory sightseeing, after some long driving to get there. Four weeks is what I am able to take off of work, and I intend to come back in following years to focus more on what we liked on this first trip.
Best advice I got was to assess what your family can handle for speed / duration of a trip, and layout a general itinerary with a couple backup plans if you notice things not working out well. Practically speaking, I have a route setup on the Roadtrippers.com website with plenty of sightseeing options and then bailout options if the kids are starting to unravel. I think for us we can handle a few days of jumping from place to place and then will need a day where we don't do much other than hit the pool.
