Road trip USA 2016 - Final Iternary
17 päivää / 4748 km / 60 tuntia 56 minuuttia
16-day road trip through the southwest of the USA, visiting the main national parks.
Päivä 1
Arrival at Las Vegas
Päivä 2
Visit Las Vegas Strip Hotels & Casino's
Päivä 3
Visit Death Valley
Päivä 4
Visit Yosemite National Park - Tiago Pass
Ideal stopping place between Death Valley and Yosemite National Park. Just basic motel, but quite pricey for what you get.
8:00 - 105.2 km / tunti viisi minuuttia - 9:06
10:06 - 33.0 km / 32 minuuttia - 10:39
11:39 - 3.3 km / kahdeksan minuuttia - 11:48
Hike - Lembert Dome & Dog Lake
Avoid the crowds at Tioga road with this beautiful and peaceful hike to two wonderful places. Reach the top of Lembert Dome and enjoy the idyllic dog lake. Takes up to 4h. Further on nice drive over Tioga road past the Tuolumne Meadows and Tenaya Lake, but it can be quite crowded,with cars parked all the way alongside the road.
15:48 - 197.3 km / kaksi tuntia 51 minuuttia - 18:40
Päivä 5
Visit Yosemite National Park - Yosemite Valley
Standard, simple, but affordable motel. The motels closer to Yosemite (e.g.: Mariposa) are far more expensive. Just a good place to sleep, because there's nothing to see in Merced. Lies next to a busy highway.
7:00 - 13.1 km / 11 minuuttia - 7:12
7:22 - 115.3 km / tunti 42 minuuttia - 9:05
Yosemite Valley Visitor Center
Visit at Yosemite Valley. Get there in time to find a parking spot and move on with the shuttle service. Before 10:30am would be a good time to arrive. We found it not as impressive as our passage of Tioga Road. Very crowded place.
15:05 - 127.2 km / tunti 50 minuuttia - 16:56
Päivä 6
Visit Santa Cruz Beach
Standard, simple, but affordable motel. The motels closer to Yosemite (e.g.: Mariposa) are far more expensive. Just a good place to sleep, because there's nothing to see in Merced. Lies next to a busy highway.
7:00 - 195.1 km / kaksi tuntia 20 minuuttia - 9:21
Good place to take a break after a few busy days. Just lying at the beach and enjoy the good weather in California.
13:21 - 1.4 km / neljä minuuttia - 13:26
Päivä 7
Visit San Francisco via Highway 1
Americas Best Value Inn & Suites-boardwalk
Basic motel, don't expect anything special. We had the bad luck of having a noisy neighbour who invited some friends over in his room, while the walls where paperthin.
7:00 - 111.6 km / tunti 31 minuuttia - 8:32
BART - South San Francisco Station: Park your car in the covered parking lot, pay the $3.00 ticket inside and take the BART to Powell Street. A better options might be parking and taking BART at Daly City Station, but when we where there, te parking lot was full. (More trains are going to Daly City).
9:32 - 21.5 km / 28 minuuttia - 10:01
10:31 - 3.9 km / 17 minuuttia - 10:49
12:49 - 7.0 km / 16 minuuttia - 13:06
15:06 - 9.6 km / 25 minuuttia - 15:32
16:32 - 20.7 km / 22 minuuttia - 16:55
17:55 - 107.0 km / tunti 12 minuuttia - 19:08
Päivä 8
Visit Monterey, 17 mile drive and drive Highway 1 to the south.
Americas Best Value Inn & Suites-boardwalk
Basic motel, don't expect anything special. We had the bad luck of having a noisy neighbour who invited some friends over in his room, while the walls where paperthin.
7:00 - 73.1 km / tunti kolme minuuttia - 8:04
9:04 - 6.4 km / 14 minuuttia - 9:19
10:19 - 7.1 km / 11 minuuttia - 10:31
11:31 - 3.6 km / 12 minuuttia - 11:44
12:44 - 79.3 km / tunti 30 minuuttia - 14:15
14:30 - 120.0 km / tunti 52 minuuttia - 16:22
Päivä 9
All day drive east in direction of grand canyon.
Päivä 10
Drive Route 66 and visit Grand Canyon
Cheap hotel, but that's evertything that can be said about it. Good enough just to sleep overnight while passing trough. Crappy food in the casino.
7:00 - 39.2 km / 27 minuuttia - 7:28
7:38 - 95.6 km / tunti - 8:39
Historic Route 66: nice drive, but don't expect touristic views. Is much calmer ride than Freeway 40.
10:09 - 224.5 km / kaksi tuntia 15 minuuttia - 12:25
16:25 - 127.5 km / tunti 29 minuuttia - 17:55
18:55 - 1.6 km / viisi minuuttia - 19:01
Päivä 11
Visit Sedona
Very nice and clean place to stay, but comes at a higher rate. Flagstaff is a lovely town. Go and find the SoSaBa noodle shopin the city centre: best food we had during our road trip!
7:00 - 21.0 km / 18 minuuttia - 7:19
8:19 - 25.3 km / 31 minuuttia - 8:51
9:21 - 10.5 km / 14 minuuttia - 9:36
10:06 - 3.3 km / 48 minuuttia - 10:55
Hike to the Devil's Bridge, a stone arc. Take the Mescal Trail to avoid the crowds and have a peaceful walk until you cross Vultee Arch (Dry Creek Road).
13:55 - 3.3 km / 42 minuuttia - 14:38
15:08 - 56.6 km / tunti - 16:09
Päivä 12
All day drive to Saint George, visiting Page and Lake Powell.
Very nice and clean place to stay, but comes at a higher rate. Flagstaff is a lovely town. Go and find the SoSaBa noodle shopin the city centre: best food we had during our road trip!
7:00 - 215.4 km / kaksi tuntia 10 minuuttia - 9:11
9:26 - 0.8 km / 10 minuuttia - 10:37
12:07 - 16.7 km / 18 minuuttia - 12:26
Refresh a little bit with a wonderful view over Lake Powell.
14:26 - 60.0 km / 37 minuuttia - 15:04
15:19 - 183.2 km / tunti 53 minuuttia - 17:13
Päivä 13
Visit Zion National Park
Howard Johnson Inn And Suites Saint George Hwy I-15 Exit 6
Good value for its price.
7:00 - 69.3 km / 58 minuuttia - 7:59
Hiking in Zion Canyon. If you're an experienced hiker, make sure you take one of the following trails:
- Angels Landing
- Observation point
- The Narrows (take an extra pair of socks and shoes for this one, because you'll be wading trough the river)14:59 - 69.2 km / 56 minuuttia - 15:56
Päivä 14
Visit Bryce Canyon - Day 1 (Hiking)
Päivä 15
Visit Bryce Canyon - Day 2 (Horseback riding + hiking)
Päivä 16
All day drive to Las Vegas via Valley of Fire.
Päivä 17
Departure from Las Vegas