Favorite destinations out West
Last year we traveled from Indiana to the Grand Canyon with stops in Carlsbad, New Mexico and Amarillo, TX. This year we are headed East (Adirondacks, Acadia, and Niagra Falls on the Canadian side). ...
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Jesshopes, you hit the nail on the head with your comment which is already being reinforced here by so many likes from folks: "the options are so endless". The west is truly wonderful, and we have the same challenges, with so much we want to see and do, what to do first? When we were working and kids at school we only had 2 or 3 weeks max. Nowadays as a couple we go for anywhere from 3 weeks to 6/8 weeks.
For Easters we headed towards Nevada and down to San Diego LA area maybe at a push up to San Fran' or the GC. For summer months over 3 weeks+/- we'd typically either do Lake Tahoe, and up the coast, or maybe Montana, Wyoming, YNP, Tetons or another time Utah SP's/Idaho such as Hells Canyon or the panhandle.
For 2 weeks you'd need to make a decision on which section and theme you want to do first based on the time of year. Decide on something you really want to do (bucket list item?) that fits in with the time of year weather wise you will be there, and look at all realistic distance options around there. For instance we wouldn't want to be in lower AZ or the Nevada desert in Jul or Aug months = too hot for us. Equally we wouldn't want to be exploring Montana in Jan or Feb.
Coastals? National Parks? Mountains? Lakes? Best to decide on what locations would be comfortable for the time of year you definitely want to go and pick something significant you want to do and work out from around that. Alas, as much as we want to do it all NOW (LOL), we know we can't and we've finally learnt that the only way to eat the elephant is one small bite at a time. So far we've hit well over 40+ states (44/46), including Hawaii and Alaska RVing, just getting "a flavour" so to speak. Now we want to do many again a lot lot slower and soak in more of the ambience as we head into retirement.
For Easters we headed towards Nevada and down to San Diego LA area maybe at a push up to San Fran' or the GC. For summer months over 3 weeks+/- we'd typically either do Lake Tahoe, and up the coast, or maybe Montana, Wyoming, YNP, Tetons or another time Utah SP's/Idaho such as Hells Canyon or the panhandle.
For 2 weeks you'd need to make a decision on which section and theme you want to do first based on the time of year. Decide on something you really want to do (bucket list item?) that fits in with the time of year weather wise you will be there, and look at all realistic distance options around there. For instance we wouldn't want to be in lower AZ or the Nevada desert in Jul or Aug months = too hot for us. Equally we wouldn't want to be exploring Montana in Jan or Feb.
Coastals? National Parks? Mountains? Lakes? Best to decide on what locations would be comfortable for the time of year you definitely want to go and pick something significant you want to do and work out from around that. Alas, as much as we want to do it all NOW (LOL), we know we can't and we've finally learnt that the only way to eat the elephant is one small bite at a time. So far we've hit well over 40+ states (44/46), including Hawaii and Alaska RVing, just getting "a flavour" so to speak. Now we want to do many again a lot lot slower and soak in more of the ambience as we head into retirement.
