Strict schedule or flexible travel out west
We are somewhat new to longer term travel and have a couple of questions. We want to visit the southwest next early fall (aug. - oct.), and see National Parks plus general sights in the area. My wife...
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I want to thank all of you for the quick and experienced replies. We will probably wait until we get started on the trip and make some reservation calls as we get closer to the nightly destinations. Like you've said, you never know how much you'll feel like staying in one spot, or how many miles you'll drive on a particular day.
Living in Michigan, as I was growing up, I always thought that if you were south of Tenn., the winters would be mild and somewhat warm. Boy, was I wrong on that. We've spent the last two winters ( Jan-Feb ) in the Ft. Myers area and it even had cool weather at times. Nights going into the 30's 40's. Doesn't look like you can even rely on Texas for guaranteed warm weather. Now it doesn't seem like such a stretch for Jamaica to have a Bobsled team. Probably see an Aruba ice hockey team in the near future.
Living in Michigan, as I was growing up, I always thought that if you were south of Tenn., the winters would be mild and somewhat warm. Boy, was I wrong on that. We've spent the last two winters ( Jan-Feb ) in the Ft. Myers area and it even had cool weather at times. Nights going into the 30's 40's. Doesn't look like you can even rely on Texas for guaranteed warm weather. Now it doesn't seem like such a stretch for Jamaica to have a Bobsled team. Probably see an Aruba ice hockey team in the near future.
