4 - 6 month trip around USA

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  • BK0

    You should rent an RV (or motorcycle if you roll like that) and just cruise west of the Rockies. Def. check out as many National Parks & camp as much as possible.

    If you want to take trains I'd save that for visiting East Coast cities (DC-->Baltimore-->Philly-->NYC... Then fly west and rent your vehicle.

    Most of the middle part of the country can be skipped unless you like looking at corn and flatness. No hate, just probably not too interesting for a tourist.

    • There are a million little towns, and a vast slowly changing landscape. You'll find the story of America here more than the..mikotondria3
    • ..tourist highlights. Nothing spectacular or monumental, but for a sense of scale do the x-country drive at least once.mikotondria3
    • thanks BK. we do long train holidays for that reason miko. see the changing lanscape, people, ways of life.lowimpakt
    • Right on. It really helps consolidate the idea of the country when you see and live how, eg the deserts of western..mikotondria3
    • ..Texas gradually give way to the hills of forests of the east coast. Those places don't seem as separate any more.mikotondria3

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