National Parks, Utah and California
We are planning a trip from Kansas to San Diego California up to Oregon. We want to stop at all the National Parks that we can on the way, without major detours. Looking for campgrounds along the way...
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2gypsies wrote:
If you will be in San Diego a week you'll only have 2 more weeks for this trip.
You'd probably take I-40 from Kansas so Petrified Forest and Grand Canyon would be on your route. Not too far from Petrified would be Canyon de Chelly Nat'l Monument. At Flagstaff is Sunset Crater Nat'l Mon and from there you could come into Grand Canyon from the east via AZ 89. Trailer Village inside the park has hookups. You could exit Grand Canyon to the south toward Williams.
From Flagstaff head south on AZ 95 to I-8 and west to San Diego.
From San Diego I'd suggest getting to I-15 and possibly pick up Zion Nat'l Park exiting to Hwy 9 then to I-70 east to return home. You'll get some nice views of the Colorado Mountains.
I wouldn't recommend heading to Oregon in this short time.
So our plans have changed and we will just be driving to and from San Diego, We are going to attempt a longer trip to California, later. So We are looking at your suggestions. My husband want to avoid the mountains on this trip, So we are looking at the best route options now, and places to stay in Zion or possibly Yosemite. THANKS
