Trip Out West
I am trying to break up the winter boredom by starting to do some early planning for our summer 2016 trip. I am looking at a East to West trip. I would be starting in Canada near Detroit. I would p...
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jaycocamprs wrote:
First I think that for some of your trip you need to do more than 300m a day. It's 3175km/1973m from the Ambassador Bridge to Grand Canyon Village. I also think that you can fill your time just in the 4 corners states. Add Mesa Verde, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, and Arches National Parks, along with Monument Valley. You may have your time filled. I never got the WOW from Grand Canyon, maybe it my age at the time. I was amazed at Mesa Verde but was much younger.
Wow you hit the nail on the head for the natural sights... Thanks to Hollywood I suspect this is the stuff the kids are thinking... too much Coyote & Roadrunner!
We have also been known to do 7-9hr driving days (even did 14hr a few times) I may try to do that in the prairie states and do more Interstate driving in those areas to make up time.
I am guessing we will have to do the " Cliff Notes" visit at many places, but in my mind one day at Yosemite is better than never getting there.
