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We are traveling by car from WA down Thru CA then up to NY via NM, IL, OH. What's the best sites on the way? |
Travel Info We have stops in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio and finally arrive in New York. It's me (38) and my two kids (13 and 5). Looking for great family friendly sites to make this trip very memoriable. My son (13) will be the trip photographer as well as journalling to make an awesome portfolio for his homeschool geography class. Travel Tips It would help us all immensely if you could provide your exact stops in each state so that we can better advise you. Get a National Parks Pass > $ 80.00 Good for a year at any NPS site that charges a fee . Get the expensive AAA membership.Not only is it good for towing but it will save you money on motes , restaurants and hopefully not car repairs. Sam's club will do the same thing. Get a CB radio.There are a lot of places in the West where cell phones simply won't work. Get back to us We back . I'll try to get you to PHX today then other places on other days. Since snow is going to be a real issue on this trip I'm going to try to get most of the snow in wilderness driving out of the way as early possible . Get your Rand McNally out for this and I have personally driven about 90% of the roads I'm sending you down I would go Oregon , Boise ID>Arco ID > West Yellowstone MT >Jackson WY>Green River WY > Vernal UT>Moab UT > Monticello UT> Cortez CO > Mesa Verde NP >Shiprock NM> Four Corners > Montezuma Creek UT>Blanding UT I'm sending you north on a loop that will take you north to the Jct of SR 95 west on Sr SR 95 then south on SR 261. The squiggles on SR 261 represent Moquoi Dugway.Moguoi Dugway is a washboard gravel road w/ no guard rails that switchbacks a couple of thousand feet of cliff face at a 10% grade.The view is stunning, Some people that have driven it love it while others still have the impressions of their fingers permanently imbedded in their steering wheels. If you chose not to go that route then Montezuma Creek UT > Mexican Hat UT make sure that you do the detour for the Goosenecks of the San Juan River State Park.> Kayenta AZ > Cameron Az- Reserve a room for the 2 nights at the Cameron Trading Post . Day trip to Grand Canyon National Park & back Next day. Bitter Springs AZ> Lee's Ferry AZ> Jacob Lake AZ> MTCarmel Jct UT > Hurricane UT> PahrumpNV>Shoshone CA>Stove Pipe Wells CA> Lone Pine CA>Mojave CA > Bakersfield CA. Day trip to Sequoia/ Kings Canyon NP Bakersfield CA> San Bernardino CA> Blythe CA > Phoenix AZ TBC Others Crater Lake is off the beaten path. Great for pictures but I don't know how much fun for the family. Lake of the Woods is great fun. Take the coastal route in California to see the Red Woods. Be sure to see the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Get a membership with AAA. Then you'll have towing protection and they'll provide a nice map book with things to see and do along the way. The Chicago skiyline..You wont miss it.. |
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