California to Maine Summer 2021

dedmiston wrote:
That looks like an AMAZING trip.

There's going to be a lot of competition next summer for reservations next summer. That shouldn't stop you though.

One question/suggestion for you...

Is your adult daughter still in school, or is there any business constraint that borders your family into the summer months? What would you think about pushing the trip back by a month or two? We typically travel in the fall, and the combination of smaller crowds and nicer weather is incredible. If you came home in October instead of August, it would be a totally different trip.

Other than that though, this looks amazing. It's a lot of driving, but there's nothing wrong with that.

What's your strategy for pivoting if your plans get off track a little? Some of those days look pretty long, like Cheyenne to SLC. Nobody ever realizes just how wide Wyoming is, until they try to cross the state like that. Our daughters went to university there in Laramie, and I swear it took a day to get from Laramie to Evanston on the UT border. Our kids could make it all the way home in a day, but they were young and dumb.

What's your plan for reservations? Will you book every spot that needs rezzies, or hope for the best?

Based on some of your stops, I assume you have military IDs. Thank you for your service.

Thank you, no military though :)

Not really interested in west coast, so just blasting through. Yeah, those days will be painful!

I try to get reservations for places that tend to be busy. The west coast was ridiculous this year, so I may get reservations for each night. I hate to do it that way, but we have had to search around when nothing was available and that’s no fun when it’s late and you’re tired!

I wish we could go in the fall or spring...we are all in education, so not going to work.