What’s your starting point?
OK I’ll give one >and yes I have driven all of it
Get a Rand McNally Road Atlas and try this
LAX >Fresno CA > loop it thru Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP and come out at Visalia CA >Bakersfield CA>Weldon CA>Olancha CA>Furnace Creek CA >Shoshone CA>LAS=> do a quick trip over to Hoover Dam and bak to LAS
Then LAS>Mount Carmel Junction UT > Jacob Lake AZ> GCN > Cortez CO/Mesa Verde NP >Mexican Hat UT >side trip thru Monument Valley
Then Moab UT/Arches NP
Two ways to do that trip
1) The way that most normal people would do it which is straight up US 191
2) The really turn you on and really scare the crap out of you at the same time way, which is to take SR 261 up Moki Dugway >Google it if you don’t want it to be a surprise >to the junction of SR 95 make right and then back to US 191 to Moab UT
From Moab UT>Hanksville UT >Torrey UT>Idaho Falls ID >West Yellowstone MT >Jackson WY>Twin Falls ID>Wells NV>Truckee CA>South Lake Tahoe>Lee Vining CA >Yosemite Village CA>Modesto CA >Vallejo CA> SFO>Santa Cruz CA> Monterey CA>San Simeon CA via the PCH of course & finally LAX
Since i just routed you thru about 8 National Parks you will find an $80.00 National Parks pass to be a very handy item to have
http://www.nps.gov/fees_passes.htm
Safe trip

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