Greetings murcers.
I plan on taking a trip to the USA in September next year. This time it won't be with family but with a good friend of mine. He has been talking about going for years and after a recent bout of serious ill health (he is currently in remission from bowel and liver cancer) is finally getting around to it.
His trip will be about 3 weeks, I can only manage 2 of those weeks due to family and work commitments.
He has long talked about seeing some of the National Parks, such as those in Northern California and Yellowstone.
I would like to do Route 66 from Chicago down, but veer away to SF rather than head to L.A. as I have been there and done some of the final stretch already. I at least want to see some aspects of 'middle America'
It's probably best if I am there to do the lions share of the driving, and this is his trip so his preferences get priority.
I welcome suggestions for a trip that meets as much of our requirements as can reasonably be accommodated. I have read that open-jaw flights are quite common and affordable, perhaps even with a free stop-over in the middle. But I've also read that one-way car hire can be very expensive compared to returning to the pick-up point. He is probably not price-sensitive for this trip but I am as this is an extra trip over and above my family commitments which I don't want to compromise on.
We both want to see SF, but he also wants to do Vegas and the Grand Canyon which I have already done. You might think then that I could depart at SF and he go on to do that, but I wonder if they are places for a man on his own? My experience of Vegas was good but from a family point of view so it was mainly looking at the buildings and a flight over the GC plus a day trip to the Hoover Dam, none of which I feel the need to repeat. I suspect two 40-something blokes would typically have a different experience of Vegas although neither of us gamble and he doesn't drink.
So, fellow murcers, Americans and tourist visitors, do please pass on your suggestions for an interesting itinerary![Smilie](http://murc.ws/core/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Thanks,
Tony.
I plan on taking a trip to the USA in September next year. This time it won't be with family but with a good friend of mine. He has been talking about going for years and after a recent bout of serious ill health (he is currently in remission from bowel and liver cancer) is finally getting around to it.
His trip will be about 3 weeks, I can only manage 2 of those weeks due to family and work commitments.
He has long talked about seeing some of the National Parks, such as those in Northern California and Yellowstone.
I would like to do Route 66 from Chicago down, but veer away to SF rather than head to L.A. as I have been there and done some of the final stretch already. I at least want to see some aspects of 'middle America'
It's probably best if I am there to do the lions share of the driving, and this is his trip so his preferences get priority.
I welcome suggestions for a trip that meets as much of our requirements as can reasonably be accommodated. I have read that open-jaw flights are quite common and affordable, perhaps even with a free stop-over in the middle. But I've also read that one-way car hire can be very expensive compared to returning to the pick-up point. He is probably not price-sensitive for this trip but I am as this is an extra trip over and above my family commitments which I don't want to compromise on.
We both want to see SF, but he also wants to do Vegas and the Grand Canyon which I have already done. You might think then that I could depart at SF and he go on to do that, but I wonder if they are places for a man on his own? My experience of Vegas was good but from a family point of view so it was mainly looking at the buildings and a flight over the GC plus a day trip to the Hoover Dam, none of which I feel the need to repeat. I suspect two 40-something blokes would typically have a different experience of Vegas although neither of us gamble and he doesn't drink.
So, fellow murcers, Americans and tourist visitors, do please pass on your suggestions for an interesting itinerary
![Smilie](http://murc.ws/core/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Thanks,
Tony.
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