East to West USA - Aug 2016

Savvytraveller45

MasterPoo wrote: »

12 Vegas
13 Vegas
14 Vegas

These dates are the weekend Fri\Sat\Sun whcih is the most expensive time in Vegas.
Though as it's August and the temp will be crazy hot :eek:-it may not be too bad.

John259

Las Vegas to the west side of Yosemite needs two days. The overnight stop could be in Lone Pine, Bishop or Mammoth Lakes (all on US395).

Have as many days in Yosemite as you can.

The Pacific Coast Highway between San Francisco and Los Angeles really needs three days if possible, with one overnight stop in the Monterey area, and the second in the Morro Bay/San Luis Obispo area.

duchy

Add the Boston "Duck" tour to your Boston list


We also did the Duck tour in NYC - we'd done NYC before but had a day layover (Arrived from Vegas at 8am and the flight back to London wasn't til 8pm - an intentional long layover) and hopped the air train into manhattan - had a deli breakfast and wandered -then did the Duck tour after lunch - it was an entirely different perspective on the views of the city.

jackieblack

John259 wrote: »

Have as many days in Yosemite as you can.

The Pacific Coast Highway between San Francisco and Los Angeles really needs three days if possible, with one overnight stop in the Monterey area, and the second in the Morro Bay/San Luis Obispo area.

I concur ................

travellerboy

I notice you have reduced your stay in Vegas, personally I would give it a miss altogether. Vegas is a love-it or hate-it place, with August temperatures I would definitely give it a miss. All the shows are ridiculously expensive, not much too do unless you like gambling. A one night stopover would be sufficient for most people especially having children, they will fry......... !

John259

It's less than a day from Las Vegas to Zion, and then another half a day to Bryce Canyon (both in southwest Utah). Maybe those magnificent national parks would be better choices than Las Vegas - but one person's heaven can be the next person's hell, and vice-versa.
Photos:
Zion http://goo.gl/0iJvKz and http://goo.gl/AgBzob
Bryce Canyon http://goo.gl/zILtqP
StreetView on a footbridge over the river in Zion, near the lodge: http://goo.gl/I8kT5v (drag the image to turn or tilt the camera; click the image to walk along the bridge or a trail)

beluga

What are your plans for Hawaii?

duchy

travellerboy wrote: »

I notice you have reduced your stay in Vegas, personally I would give it a miss altogether. Vegas is a love-it or hate-it place, with August temperatures I would definitely give it a miss. All the shows are ridiculously expensive, not much too do unless you like gambling. A one night stopover would be sufficient for most people especially having children, they will fry......... !

Yep nothing to do in Vegas ......that's why this forum has an entire massive thread devoted to all the stuff you can do there

MasterPoo

beluga wrote: »

What are your plans for Hawaii?

• Volcano
• Motorised Water Sports
• Hiking
• Relaxing

Advice/Ideas appreciated. I note Hawaii is expensive, don't want to spend a fortune on accommodation, but a nice beach pool villa is in my wish list:eek::eek:

The more I research Yosemite, there more I fell in love, hence the change in the Itinerary. We will be driving between Vegas and LA.

9 DUB
30 DUB - BOS
31 Boston
1 Boston
2 Boston - NYC (Amtrak)
3 NYC
4 NYC
5 NYC
6 NYC
7 NYC - Washington (Amtrak)
8 Washington
9 Washington
10 Washington
11 Washington - Vegas (Flight)
12 Vegas
13 Vegas
14 Vegas - DRIVE: Death Valley - Manzanar - Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest - Convict Lake - The Westin Monache Resort (Check In)
15 Yosemite
16 Yosemite - DRIVE: June Lake - Mono Lake - Napa Valley - SFO
17 Yosemite
18 Yosemite
19 Napa Valley or SFO
20 San Francisco
21 San Francisco
22 San Francisco - Santa Barbra/LA (DRIVE)
23 LA
24 LA - Hawaii (Flight)
25 Hawaii Kahului
26 Hawaii
27 Hawaii
28 Hawaii
29 Kahului - Honolulu (Ferry)
30 Hawaii
31 Hawaii
1 Hawaii
2 Hawaii - LA
3 LA
4 LA
5

MasterPoo

Oh and whilst planning our route from Vegas, I saw Sacramento but even I am starting to bulk at the number of places I'm hoping to see, thoughts?