Sunday, February 11, 2007

Planning Underway

We have started planning for the July trip to the States. Kevin bought a detailed map of the Western US from the Canadian border to the Mexican border and we have been looking at distances and routes. We will arrive in LA and the present plan is to hire a car and drive north to Portland, taking 4 days or so. I checked with my niece who lives in San Francisco and she said this was feasible. Unfortunately she won't be home in July so we won't see her, but she said we might be able to stay at her house - she will have a house sitter.

We are thinking of driving north along the coast to SF and the same as far as we can on our way to Portland. Then we will stay a few days with my friend Jenny after the wedding and head back south on an inland route. If it is feasible we will visit the Yosemite National Park on the way.

Our next door neighbours have just returned from a trip to the States and they say we must visit Las Vegas. If we go that far we might as well go on and take a look at the Grand Canyon. As soon as I work out how much time we need we will start booking fares and hire cars.

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