Southwest US trip ideas
Trying to pull together ideas for a trip from southern Indiana across the southwest and back. Hitting some National Parks, Grand Canyon and reasonable sites in a realistic itinerary for a 2 week trip....
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That's a new one for me, Texas Meteor Crater. We've been to Barringer's but I'll have to remember this other one.
We've found over the years that to explore any of these large SW parks, we need a minimum of 4-5 days and a week is better. It all depends on what you like to do. If driving the paved roads and stopping at the visitor center and scenic pullouts is what makes you happy, then a couple of days is plenty. If you are like us and want to hike some trails, drive 4WD back roads and really investigate a park then a week maybe too short.
For the years that we had maybe 3 weeks a summer we would pick one major park, say Bryce and spend a week there. And we'd stop at other parks for a few days. Of course we had a longer drive time to get to Utah---four days of pushing it to 500-600 miles a day.
BK
We've found over the years that to explore any of these large SW parks, we need a minimum of 4-5 days and a week is better. It all depends on what you like to do. If driving the paved roads and stopping at the visitor center and scenic pullouts is what makes you happy, then a couple of days is plenty. If you are like us and want to hike some trails, drive 4WD back roads and really investigate a park then a week maybe too short.
For the years that we had maybe 3 weeks a summer we would pick one major park, say Bryce and spend a week there. And we'd stop at other parks for a few days. Of course we had a longer drive time to get to Utah---four days of pushing it to 500-600 miles a day.
BK
