Los Angeles to ?
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Rollin

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6,244 posts

261 months

Friday 4th June 2010
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I'm off on a US road trip for 3 weeks starting late August. Starting point is Los Angeles for the Sunset Strip Music Festival. I'll be there for 4 days and then want to drive and fly home from another city. Trouble is, I can't decide where to go to. Possibilties so far are Colorado or Houston as final destinations.

Has anyone done either of these routes (recommended stops etc.) or can you suggest another destination? Not interested in big cities after LA, just a bit of scenery and one bar towns.


sawman

5,063 posts

246 months

Saturday 5th June 2010
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jump on route 66 and head east, you will get to chicago within 3 weeks probably allowing time to detour to interesting scenery

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Edited by sawman on Saturday 5th June 10:30

cs174

1,271 posts

236 months

Sunday 6th June 2010
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What about heading up Highway 1 to San Francisco, then onto Lake Tahoe, down through the Sierra Nevada taking in Yosemite National Park then Death Valley, on to the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley then Colorado?


5potTurbo

13,381 posts

184 months

Monday 7th June 2010
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sawman said:
jump on route 66 and head east, you will get to chicago within 3 weeks probably allowing time to detour to interesting scenery

Edited by sawman on Saturday 5th June 10:27


Edited by sawman on Saturday 5th June 10:30
It's 2,000 miles. My brother did it in 30 hours back in 1998, not 3 weeks! laugh

In 3 weeks you could easily go west coast to east coast
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Texas
- "deep south" for Baton Rouge, Big Sleazy
- Florida, right down to Miami?

Watch out for these 1 town bars, IMO!
Stayed a night in a small town in Nevada (Tonopah) some years ago. The collective IQ locally was very low - I'm not kidding!

Be sure to check the one-way car rental cost (picking up in 1 location, delivery to another)which can be very high depending on the company you rent from, usually $300-500 but can be much more.

Alternatively, see if you can find out about delivering someone's personal car betweem LA and somewhere of interest to you. A mate did this when he was at Uni - drove NY to LA in someone else's car as they were moving house. They paid for the fuel, he got a very cheap sightseeing tour.

Enjoy!





Edited by 5potTurbo on Monday 7th June 13:16

joe20vt

87 posts

239 months

Wednesday 9th June 2010
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The pacific coast highway up to san fran and swinging east to death valley, grand canyon, hover dam and Vegas is a stunning route or staying north and doing salt lake, Moab and into Denver.
Also heading straight east and south is fantastic, white sands in south New Mexico, Roswell, Cadillac ranch, San Antonio, Austin and New Orleans. Then home, north or south. I would head north in to the deep south, not so keen on Florida that’s before taking the current tragic oil problems into account also.
Yeah remember one way drop out of state charges can be quite high on uncommon route although last time there was no charge between LAX and LAS