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Old 9 Jul 16, 11:12 AM  
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Blackbourn's 25th Wedding Anniversary trip of a lifetime

So we are two weeks away from the holiday I have always dreamed of doing and as other people's trip reports have played such a large part in helping me plan our trip, I have decided to try to do one myself.

Who are we
We are the Blackbourns from Nottingham. Travelling will be me, Andrea, who has done ALL the organising (and loved every minute of it), DH Robin and DD Ceri (age 15). DS Sam is not joining us and will keep an eye on things at home for us.
It was our 25th wedding anniversary earlier this year and we have both had the "50 significant birthday" in recent years so this trip is celebrating all these things.


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Originally we were going for two weeks and did not have Yosemite featured in our plans. But after reading up on the Dibb we realised that had to feature in our plans so the holiday has now been extended to 20 days.
We are flying from LGW indirectly via WestJet, as this was a very reasonable price, so plan to stay the night before at the Holiday Inn at the airport.

Day 1: A long travel day flying to San Francisco, via Vancouver. Arrive (eventually) at the Pier 2620 hotel as Fisherman's Wharf.

Day 2 : Get our bearings, ride the cable car and evening tour to Alcatraz.

Day 3 : Dylan Tour booked for a trip around the city. Found out about this on the Dibb.

Day 4 : Cycle over the Golden Gate Bridge.

Day 5 : Pick up hire car and drive to Yosemite. Now this is the part that freaks out DD. We are staying in a tent in Half Dome Village where she will not have phone or wifi access for 3 days!

Day 6/7 : Explore Yosemite.

Day 8/9/10 : We will head to Monterey where we will be staying in the Portola Hotel. Plans here include whale watching and driving the 18 mile route to include Carmel.

Day 11 : Drive the Pacific Highway Route, enjoying the views and then stop overnight at the Shore Cliff Lodge, Pismo Beach.

Day 12/13/14/15 : Drive to LA where we will stay 4 night at the Loews Hollywood. This was the part of our trip that changed the most as I know lots of people say one day in LA is enough for them. But there were lots of things we wanted to do here including Warnes Bros Studio Tour, Santa Monica, Hollywood Sign, Walk of Fame, Rodeo Drive... So decided to splash out on a nice hotel, with pool, near shops and stay for 4 night. Oh forgot to mention DD's key photo opportunity of the holiday - outside the Dance Mom studios (only those of you with girls of a certain age will have any idea what this is ).

Days 16-20 : Head to Vegas to finish off the holiday. Staying in NewYorkNewYork. Have a few shows booked (Cirque Love and Penn and Teller) and after much soul searching decided to brave the helicopter tour over the west part of the Grand Canyon. Also want to drive to Red Rock Canyon and to the Hoover Dam.


So now all I have to do is pack, make notes during the trip, take loads of photos and hope the exchange rate picks up a bit Oh and work out how to link each day's trip report to this (can anyone tell me how to do this?)

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Old 14 Jul 16, 10:48 AM  
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Sounds like a great trip, not long now!
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Sounds fabulous! You will love Yosemite, it's totally stunning and liberating being without wifi! Not long to go now! Enjoy! Pussycat
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Have an amazing trip. We're following you out shortly after and have similar 'stops' on the way!
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This sounds just like the kind if trip I need to plan! Looking forward to reading
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Sounds like the perfect trip. Have a great time. 😄😄 no mobile phone access for 3 days.
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