Hurrikane
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Hi...as many of you may or may not know I'm getting married to the amazing Zoe Richards on June 21st and on the 9th of July we will be heading out on our 6-month, long-awaited-get-away-from-it-all honeymoon.
I am not writing to incur jealous wrath; this is the "backpacking" trip we never took as students, mixed in with a bit of mid-life crisis. It's not a luxury jaunt, it's much needed therapy through escapism. I've worked hard enough I reckon. No-one's gravestone will ever read "wish I spent more time at work" and this trip will be the start of many changes; including a much lesser work-load and more time for, well, time.
So to the purpose of this post;
Here's where we're passing through if all goes to plan; please let us know anything you can about anywhere you know about We'll be staying in a DayVan on Campsites for most of the trip.
July 9th:
Salt Lake City, Yosemite, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Juneau, Fairbanks, Anchorage, Calgary, Glacier Nat. Park, Yellowstone, Wyoming, SLC again (sep 30th)
...then 3 weeks in Peru (yes, Macchu Picchu) to allow for visa requirements...
Then back to... SLC (Oct 22nd), Grand Canyon, Amarillo, Route 66 to Chicago, the Great Lakes, Quebec, Montreal, Boston, New York, HOME (New Year's Day).
Bits we'd love info on are Wyoming in general, the trip from Vancouver up to Alaska, the bit between Chicago and Quebec, where to stay in New York within a decent distance of Times Square (I know it's a tourist trap but hey, we'll be tourists) at New Year's... and where to sell the Van... and any other parts. I must stress we are not passing through Amarillo for any reason connected to the recent comedy chart hit of the same name; we just need to pass through northern Texas on the way to Route 66 and it's on the way
Thanks for any advice/things to see (we like a nice view), walks to go on, stuff to do... low-cost stuff in particular
I know I posted a similar thread before but now it's looming ominously I thought I'd better get all the preparation I could.
Hurrikane
I am not writing to incur jealous wrath; this is the "backpacking" trip we never took as students, mixed in with a bit of mid-life crisis. It's not a luxury jaunt, it's much needed therapy through escapism. I've worked hard enough I reckon. No-one's gravestone will ever read "wish I spent more time at work" and this trip will be the start of many changes; including a much lesser work-load and more time for, well, time.
So to the purpose of this post;
Here's where we're passing through if all goes to plan; please let us know anything you can about anywhere you know about We'll be staying in a DayVan on Campsites for most of the trip.
July 9th:
Salt Lake City, Yosemite, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Juneau, Fairbanks, Anchorage, Calgary, Glacier Nat. Park, Yellowstone, Wyoming, SLC again (sep 30th)
...then 3 weeks in Peru (yes, Macchu Picchu) to allow for visa requirements...
Then back to... SLC (Oct 22nd), Grand Canyon, Amarillo, Route 66 to Chicago, the Great Lakes, Quebec, Montreal, Boston, New York, HOME (New Year's Day).
Bits we'd love info on are Wyoming in general, the trip from Vancouver up to Alaska, the bit between Chicago and Quebec, where to stay in New York within a decent distance of Times Square (I know it's a tourist trap but hey, we'll be tourists) at New Year's... and where to sell the Van... and any other parts. I must stress we are not passing through Amarillo for any reason connected to the recent comedy chart hit of the same name; we just need to pass through northern Texas on the way to Route 66 and it's on the way
Thanks for any advice/things to see (we like a nice view), walks to go on, stuff to do... low-cost stuff in particular
I know I posted a similar thread before but now it's looming ominously I thought I'd better get all the preparation I could.
Hurrikane