Go West! July - August 2014

[CrispyA]

Here is the index for our trip report for our South West USA Road Trip. Hope you enjoy.

Pre-Trip Introduction

29 July - Day 1 Travel Day

30 July - Day 2 Phoenix to Grand Canyon

31 July - Day 3 Grand Canyon to Page

1 August - Day 4 Page to Zion Canyon, via Bryce Canyon

2 August - Day 5 Zion National Park

3 August - Day 6 Springdale to Las Vegas

4 August - Day 7 Las Vegas

5 August - Day 8 Vegas to Death Valley

6 August - Day 9 Death Valley to Lee Vining

7 August - Day 10 Lee Vining to Yosemite

8 August - Day 11 Yosemite to Angels Camp

9 August - Day 12 A Day in the Mother Lode

10 August - Day 13 Angels Camp to San Francisco, via Oakland

11 August - Day 14 San Francisco

12 August - Day 15 San Francisco to Carmel Valley

13 August - Day 16 Big Sur to San Luis Obispo

14 August - Day 17 San Luis Obispo to San Diego

15 August - Day 18 Whale watching in San Diego

16 August - Day 19 San Diego Zoo

17 August - Day 20 USS Midway

18 August - Day 21 Belmont Park & Mission Beach

19 August - Day 22 Travel home

[lickerofthetoe]

Loving your report

Would love to do this trip with OH

[CrispyA]

Thanks - it was fantastic - go for it!

[Gill635]

Looking forward to reading, thanks for sharing

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[mattscold]

Great report thanks so much for sharing.

[karen_uk]

loved your trip report, thinking of another west coast trip this year and to some of the places you've visited so it was great to read

[CrispyA]

Originally Posted by karen_uk

loved your trip report, thinking of another west coast trip this year and to some of the places you've visited so it was great to read

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Thank you - I'm really pleased you found it helpful. Have a great trip!

[Myakka17]

Originally Posted by CrispyA

Here is the index for our trip report for our South West USA Road Trip. Hope you enjoy.

Pre-Trip Introduction

29 July - Day 1 Travel Day

30 July - Day 2 Phoenix to Grand Canyon

31 July - Day 3 Grand Canyon to Page

1 August - Day 4 Page to Zion Canyon, via Bryce Canyon

2 August - Day 5 Zion National Park

3 August - Day 6 Springdale to Las Vegas

4 August - Day 7 Las Vegas

5 August - Day 8 Vegas to Death Valley

6 August - Day 9 Death Valley to Lee Vining

7 August - Day 10 Lee Vining to Yosemite

8 August - Day 11 Yosemite to Angels Camp

9 August - Day 12 A Day in the Mother Lode

10 August - Day 13 Angels Camp to San Francisco, via Oakland

11 August - Day 14 San Francisco

12 August - Day 15 San Francisco to Carmel Valley

13 August - Day 16 Big Sur to San Luis Obispo

14 August - Day 17 San Luis Obispo to San Diego

15 August - Day 18 Whale watching in San Diego

16 August - Day 19 San Diego Zoo

17 August - Day 20 USS Midway

18 August - Day 21 Belmont Park & Mission Beach

19 August - Day 22 Travel home

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How many different overnight stops did you gave? How did you find the packing/ unpacking ...any tips mine look similar ages to yours. Thanks

[CrispyA]

Originally Posted by Myakka Lodge

How many different overnight stops did you gave? How did you find the packing/ unpacking ...any tips mine look similar ages to yours. Thanks

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Including the hotel in Manchester, there were 13 overnight stops. We didn't unpack - lived out of cases and it was absolutely fine! We are pretty light packers and learned to be even lighter after this trip - we took far less to Texas last year.

Main tip was a packing spreadsheet - column for each person so they know what to pack in the first place. We did a few underwear washes but apart from that, we just wore stuff more than once.

[tocpe321]

Thanks for trip report. Have bookmarked it and will start going through it in preparation for our trip to California. Day 8 onward will be especially relevant.