Peter, Do Yosemite Valley! You will be there when some fall may be happening and the falls should still be great. A combination not to be missed. (suggest staying in El Portal, outside the park on Hwy 140). Quite a drive between Yosemite and Monument Valley, but if you can manage it, do.(stay at Goulding's Lodge just across the hwy). In route check out Zion Canyon. World class scenery.(stay in Springdale). Skip: Las Vegas (tacky carnival), Route 66 (hard to grasp and non-scenic). Bryce is geologically interesting, but I wouldn't go far out of my way to shoot at it again. Natural Bridges is a pass, as are Canyonlands and Capitol Reef. Arches, however, is conveniently and easily shot, yielding some typical western, fairly spectacular, formations.(stay in Moab). If you're absolutely set on photographing a city, San Francisco is it. Must be done from the Marin Headlands north of the Golden Gate Bridge. If you want, I'll try to get answers to any questions you may have. No, I'm not a Travel Agent. ;-) Hope this helps.
Jack --- Peter Lacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello friends, > > I've been quite busy for some time so I was not very > visible on the list > (still about 20k messages to go). In the meantime I > spent quite some > time planning my trip to the southwestern parts of > the USA. As this will > be my first trip to the USA I welcome any > suggestions regarding: > > 1. destinations: Yosemite (El Capitan), Bryce, Zion > (Angels Landing) and > San Francisco are must see for me. I'd like to see > also Grand Canyon and > historical Route 66 if time allows. Las Vegas is > also on the route, but > generally I don't like big cities. Ann San also > suggested Arches and > Monument Valley IIRC. All this should be done within > 3 weeks. Do you > think it's feasible? Any other must see places, > scenic roads, view/photo > points? > > 2. accomodation: in the national parks I will prefer > to stay close to > the nature so camping is a natural choice for me. Do > you have any > preferences regarding the campgrounds in the > above-mentioned national > parks? Also are there any rest places around the > roads? > > 3. food: I saw a documentary about bears breaking > windows on parked cars > searching for food. So I need a suggestion how to > prevent bears damage > our (rented) car and don't stay hungry at the same > time. Is it possible > to buy or at least safely store food inside a > national park? If not, where? > > Some facts: I will arrive on 15th September together > with my colleague > who is also (lurking) on the List. I will bring my > MX and some of my > beloved Pentax glass (M28/3.5, M50/1.4, M75-150/4) > with me. Last days of > our trip (Oct 3rd-5th) we plan to stay in San > Francisco - what about a > nice little PDML meeting there? ;-) > > Bedo. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
