Planning a fairly ambitious trip over there in October/November.
Will only be 15 days plus flight time.
A rough itinerary atm looks something like
NYC for 6 nights
Fly to vegas, then drive that arvo to Page, stay for 2 nights doing Canyon.
Drive to vegas, stay there two nights.
Drive to Yosemite, stay there two nights.
Drive to San Fran, stay there 3 nights and leave.
I am aware of the approximate travel times involved.
I think we are keen to lock in the 6 nights in NY and 3 in SF.
So my querie on the plan is obviously is there a better way to do it?
The 4 nights in Vegas/Canyon are pretty compact. I like the Page idea because it allows a full day in the area o do a proper tour and relax in the evenings. Th day of travel to get there (5.5 hour flight+4.5 drive) from NY via Vegas is potentially a killer but we are open to it.
The drive back to Vegas and two nights there seems pretty feasible to me.
The drive to Yosemite looks to be between 8-10 hours, depending on stops and also if the Tioga Rd crossing is open. We would be doing it very late October, and as far as I can tell it has closed no earlier than November 1 for atleast about a decade. If it does close I guess he just take the hit and go the long way round. I don't know if we aim to make it the whole way in one big go and then wake up in Yosemite for a day of looking around, or we aim to do 75% (so 6-8 hours) and then tick off the rest the following day.
I am aware of the usual stuff people will suggest:
-What are you going for?
-You can go back, why cram everything in like that?
-Can you go for longer?
-Would you be prepared to sacrifice a day or two in NY or SF to make the rest longer?
In answer to the above we want a mixture of parks and cities, one or two of us may want to go again but we general feel we want to get us much out of it as possible this time as our next few trips planned are all elsewhere for at last the next 5-10 years, cannot go longer, would maybe be ok with shaving off a night at either of the two end cities but generally reluctant unless it has a super big impact.
Will only be 15 days plus flight time.
A rough itinerary atm looks something like
NYC for 6 nights
Fly to vegas, then drive that arvo to Page, stay for 2 nights doing Canyon.
Drive to vegas, stay there two nights.
Drive to Yosemite, stay there two nights.
Drive to San Fran, stay there 3 nights and leave.
I am aware of the approximate travel times involved.
I think we are keen to lock in the 6 nights in NY and 3 in SF.
So my querie on the plan is obviously is there a better way to do it?
The 4 nights in Vegas/Canyon are pretty compact. I like the Page idea because it allows a full day in the area o do a proper tour and relax in the evenings. Th day of travel to get there (5.5 hour flight+4.5 drive) from NY via Vegas is potentially a killer but we are open to it.
The drive back to Vegas and two nights there seems pretty feasible to me.
The drive to Yosemite looks to be between 8-10 hours, depending on stops and also if the Tioga Rd crossing is open. We would be doing it very late October, and as far as I can tell it has closed no earlier than November 1 for atleast about a decade. If it does close I guess he just take the hit and go the long way round. I don't know if we aim to make it the whole way in one big go and then wake up in Yosemite for a day of looking around, or we aim to do 75% (so 6-8 hours) and then tick off the rest the following day.
I am aware of the usual stuff people will suggest:
-What are you going for?
-You can go back, why cram everything in like that?
-Can you go for longer?
-Would you be prepared to sacrifice a day or two in NY or SF to make the rest longer?
In answer to the above we want a mixture of parks and cities, one or two of us may want to go again but we general feel we want to get us much out of it as possible this time as our next few trips planned are all elsewhere for at last the next 5-10 years, cannot go longer, would maybe be ok with shaving off a night at either of the two end cities but generally reluctant unless it has a super big impact.