Quoting Bob Sullivan <[email protected]>:
Brian,
Looks like a great trip.
You've packed in lots of sights.
Las Vegas is uniquely urban, and will be as hot as the outback.
Go past Hoover Dam on the way to the Grand Canyon.
Thanks, Bob. Yes, Hoover Dam is already fixed in our itinerary.
Before we go (or maybe during the flight) I'll re-watch the
documentary on the building of the Dam (part of the BBC's wonderful
series 'Seven Wonders of the Industrial World'.
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Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
Sedona is the country of old the John Wayne Westerns.
Santa Fe is an artists community and at 5,000 feet - high up.
Denver, Cheyenne, Devils Tower, the 'Bad Lands' to cross, and Cody are
all wide open spaces.
Yellowstone National Park is unique, Buffalo and volcanic activity.
I'd like to visit Glacier National Park.
Seattle and Portland are smaller US cities but you might want to stop
at Mount St. Helens.
It is probably a 2 hour trip off the road from Seattle to Portland.
But it erupted in 1980 and we were there 15 years ago.
You can't imagine the destruction, it looked like a moon scape.
The Redwoods are nice, but it's a long quiet trip back to San Francisco.
You'll enjoy Route 1, the coast road, and don't miss the wine region
in Napa Valley.
Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Brian Walters
<[email protected]> wrote:
.. the western part, anyway.
During May and early June my wife and I, together with our two adult sons
Chris and Jeff, will be taking a road and rail trip around the western USA
(Chris' partner Cassie will be joining us towards the end of the trip).
We'll be starting in Los Angeles and heading though the South-west before
turning north into the Rockies, up into Montana, across to Washington and
Oregon and finally returning south to our starting point. Here's a map of
the trip (prepared by Chris):
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/WesternUSA-blog.jpg
It's going to be a hectic 6 weeks with only 1-2 night stop-overs along the
way. However, if anyone's interested in a meet-up, we'll be in San Francisco
for 5 nights towards the end of May and staying with friends at Ojai, near
Ventura, for 4 nights in early June.
So, if anyone in or near those areas have an hour or two to spare, it would
be great to catch up over a cup of coffee and a few photos.
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