West Coast USA Trip Part 2 - Recommendations

[Riskins]

my wife and I had a trip to the west coast in 2013 with the following itinerary;
San Francisco - 3 nights
Yosmite National Park - 2 nights
Death Valley - 1 night
Bryce Canyon - 3 nights
Vegas - 3 nights (stayed in Venetian)

It was by far the best holiday I have ever had and thoroughly enjoyed every moment, even the 48hr delay in Vegas at the end which extended our stay to 5 nights in Vegas.

We are planning to go back next year and trying to work out a trip which will start in Vegas for a couple of nights so we can shake off the jet lag and then start travelling.

Thinking 12-14 nights, would like something form the Hertz Adrenaline Collection ( we had a V8 Toyota Sequoia last time) and want to see a mix of city and scenic landscape.

Initial thoughts are travelling west ( via Yosemite again which I loved) to pick up the coastal road and driving down to San Diego. My wife fancies travelling inland towards Monument Valley.

Any experience which can be offered or recommendations on a trip which is a second time around would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Riskins]

Thanks guys, will have a look at the map and Google tomorrow.

[Riskins]

I did say to the wife that the road trip on bikes would be great, but as neither of us has ever ridden a bike not sure we would be safe or even legal to do it.

I agree that Bryce blew my mind, the sheer beauty and enormity of it was epic. We were there in June too with crystal clear blue skies and the contrast of the sky against the orange rock was stunning.

Lots of options, thank you.

[Riskins]

Thanks for your help, I think we have sorted our trip;

Fly into Phoenix - 2 nights
Flagstaff - 2 nights
Grand Canyon - 3 nights (looking to do a quad bike tour and river rapids)
Monument Valley - 1 night
Lake Powell - 1 night
Zion NP - 2 nights
Vegas - 3 nights (Aria)

Think we are going to stick with a large SUV like we had before just as it was so comfy for cruising about in and the extra space.