Re: Advice Wanted - Visit to Northern US

Posted by ewrecks On 2019/6/17 21:56:38

If you are leaving San Francisco and heading north , I would include some of the National Parks . If you head East you can go to Yosemite National Park ...possibly the most spectacular entrance is through the tunnel from the West. From there you can head north east and visit Lake Tahoe which is reasonably empty in Summer, then head to Carson City( home of the Comstock Silver lode) and end up in Reno. Heading north from there you can hit Yellowstone Park from the south which will take you through Jackson Hole and the Grand Tetons. Yellowstone may have some crowds but clearly worth the visit.
From Yellowstone the route back to San Francisco has loads of exciting towns and parks.
One caveat-- if you have not traveled in the American West before, the distances are HUGE!!!! I assume people visiting Australia think that you can take a casual day trip from Sydney to the Outback too.
I had friends from Australia who wanted to see New York City and then drive to the Grand Canyon...All in the same day. They were shocked to learn that it was a multi day drive.
Wherever you go there is some of the most spectacular sites in the world in the western states. I hope you get to squeeze in a few and hope the citizens are civil to strangers.
If you opt to head south to Los Angeles, there is an amazing Packard museum where they allow people to drive/ ride in the cars. I visited to see the Howard Hughes 55 Caribbean which may be the lowest mile Caribbean in existence. They had a terrific collection of other Packards.
Watch out for the bison in Yosemite....especially on a motorcycle.
RJR