4 - 6 month trip around USA
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The RV option is great. I borrowed my moms RV last year and my wife and I travelled around for 2 months. It's really pricey though, both in the rental (~$2,500/wk), the gas you'll use and the sites (figure $30/night avg). If you've got the money then that's your best bet.
I LOVE the Amtrak. It's a good and affordable option. It's also safe, unlike the Greyhound. You can cover a lot of ground on the train without wearing yourself out by driving. Problem is that you're limited to the cities it goes to. For instance I live about 250 miles (4hr drive) from Tucson, AZ.. but to take the train there I have to go all the way to LA and then catch a train back (~20 hrs).
If it were me I'd do a hybrid RV and Amtrak. Use the Amtrak Rail Pass to make long distance trips but still see the country and then rent the RV (or a car) to see the details.
As far as can't miss places:
Southern Utah is great, I highly recommend it. Bryce, Zion, Escalante, and Moab. Capital Reef is a really cool National Park and almost no one goes there (http://www.capitolreef.org/). Bring your own beer.. Utah has a 4% abv cap on beer.
Northern California: Patricks Point in Trinidad, CA. is so fucking magical. Mt Shasta is a cool little city with a ton of snow in the winter. While you're there hit up Dunsmuir, it's this great little train town that's stuck in time.
Eastern Sierras (California): Amazing views. Drive up highway 395 and you can drive into Yosemite, Mammoth, Tahoe, and about a hundred other places. If you're into hiking you can't miss this part of the country. The mountains in Colorado might be taller, but the mountains in the Sierras are way more dramatic and beautiful.
Northern Arizona: Sedona, Flagstaff (where I live), Grand Canyon, Lake Powell area, where you could rent a houseboat (Antelope Canyon is really great:
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Colorado: Tons of places to go. I've never been there but Durango, CO is supposed to be very cool.
Good luck, man! The trip sounds like a lot of fun.
- durango is really cool. mesa verde is close by too.johnny_wobble
- thanks so much for this.lowimpakt
- you from Flagstaff! I saw this military parade in may. great place!sureshot
- Yeah.. we LOVE it here! Great little college town. Super nice people and tons of outdoors stuff.mathinc
- fuck yeah I want to move there! had great eggs at the Downtown Diner in the morning too.sureshot
- haha let me guess, MartAnnes? It's a mexican breakfast place? Soo good. If you ever come back for a visit hit me up.mathinc
- yeah I believe it was martannes. Best breakfast eva! and Yeah will do!sureshot