Well, considering it's you, yup, you can do it. Personally, I was never that impressed by the Grand Canyon -- it's just a big gorge. Yosemite will give you all the big rock you want. Allow at least two days for Yosemite if you can -- it will be the highlight of your trip. l think Utah a better choice -- it has tons of interesting rock formations, many red rocks, including Bryce Canyon National Park. There is also Monument Valley on the border of Utah and Arizona that is rather impressive. I never found Zion all that interesting. Photographically Bryce and Monument are much, much better (just looked it up on the map Bryce is right next to Zion).
Anyway, don't allot much time for the Grand Canyon. Unless you're willing to do an overnight trip and hike down into it, the options for photographs from the rim are pretty limited. I wish I could remember where the neat slot canyons are (you need a guide), they may be in Monument Valley. Those are my personal opinions. Get some information on Utah, online. Skip most of Arizona except for the upper part. The lower part doesn't offer much but flat land and people and hot hot. My personal favorite is New Mexico, but that would extend your trip a lot. And you'll be seeing lots of sand anyway in Death Valley. There's a Joshua tree area around there somewhere too. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 5/17/2013 9:30:38 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I am in the process of planning a 3 weeks' roadtrip through Sierra Nevada in October/November. We are two Norwegian Pentaxians travelling together. The plans are not very firm yet, but we're coming through San Francisco. We plan to go via Sonora to Yosemite, through the Sierra to Mono Lake, and go South along hwy 395 and the into Death Valley. From there our plans are still open. We have been recommended to go further East to Valley of Fire and on to Zion, and then go East, around to the South side Grand Canyon before turning back to California. Suddenly we found ourselves doing in excess of 3000 kilometers in three weeks... Is that at all realistic? Your thoughts would be much appreciated. Also, I'd love it if you have suggestions for places to stop by along the way. :-) Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
