From Mass to Cali and back
Anyone ever make this trip? I am going to do it in the summer of 2016. That gives me a little over a year to plan it. Looking for tips, best routs, stuff to see, places to stop and general advise. ...
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I've done road trips to California and back (to Vermont) a couple of times, and similarly long trips west one or two more times, generally on limited time schedules. These were car trips, not RV trips.
Certainly taking longer does give you more time to enjoy sights along the way; however, getting even three weeks off at one time can be tricky for working people, which I guess some retired people are glad to forget (and I don't blame them one bit).
If you enjoy the process of driving and traveling, it's certainly quite possible to make a loop in three weeks and have a great time doing so. You'll be seeing the country largely from the road, not stopping to do lots of things. Seeing the Rockies loom up and get bigger and bigger and bigger over the course of a day or two of driving never seems to get old for me. It's beautiful country out there and quite different from the east. The land is just kind of bigger--things are farther apart, the mountains are taller, the sky seems wider....
For a shorter trip, you could always do Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway, and maybe skip over towards New Orleans afterwards if that interests you. It's also a spectacular trip, and three weeks would give you enough time to do it without being rushed (and able to stop and do a few hikes or whatever along the way).
Certainly taking longer does give you more time to enjoy sights along the way; however, getting even three weeks off at one time can be tricky for working people, which I guess some retired people are glad to forget (and I don't blame them one bit).
If you enjoy the process of driving and traveling, it's certainly quite possible to make a loop in three weeks and have a great time doing so. You'll be seeing the country largely from the road, not stopping to do lots of things. Seeing the Rockies loom up and get bigger and bigger and bigger over the course of a day or two of driving never seems to get old for me. It's beautiful country out there and quite different from the east. The land is just kind of bigger--things are farther apart, the mountains are taller, the sky seems wider....
For a shorter trip, you could always do Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway, and maybe skip over towards New Orleans afterwards if that interests you. It's also a spectacular trip, and three weeks would give you enough time to do it without being rushed (and able to stop and do a few hikes or whatever along the way).
