US Road Trip West Coast Travel Plans

Washington

Olympic National Park

Space Needle

Pike Place Market

Museum of Glass

Grand Coulee Dam

Mount Rainier

Saltwater State Park

Whatcom Falls Park

North Cascades Scenic Highway

Diablo Lake tour

Mt. St. Helens

Riverfront in Spokane

Kirkland

Capitol Hill

Joe Bar coffee

Fremont troll

Storyville coffee

Odd Fellows Brunch

Wandering Goose brunch

Queen Anne Kerry Park

Ballard Locks

Poquitos

San Juan Islands

Bain bridge

Walla Walla

Oregon

Crater Lake Nat. Park

Pittock Mansion

Oregon Trail Interp. Center

Lava River Cave

Lithia Park

The Grotto

Enchanted Forest

Multnomah Falls

Punch Bowl Farms

Block and Tackle-oysters

Porque No-tacos and margaritas

Blue Star Donuts

Powell’s books

Cannon Beach-Goonies rock and bakery

Haystack Rock tide pools

Tillamook Cheese Factory tour (Friday)

Netarts Bay salt factory and sunset

go crabbing

Rogue Brewers on Bay tour

Pig n Pancake

Hatfield Marine Science Center

Historic Bayfront

Mo’s clam chowder in Newport

Sky High drinks and view

California

Disneyland

Universal Studios

San Diego Zoo

Golden Gate Bridge

Sausalito

Yosemite

Alcatraz

Napa Valley

Griffith Observatory

Fisherman’s Wharf

Monterey scuba dive

Hollywood Walk of Fame

TCL Chinese Theatre

SF Cable Car

Hearst Castle

La Brea

CA Railroad museum

Queen Mary

Joshua Tree

Disney Concert Hall

La Jolla Cove

Redwood Nat. Park

LACMA

Hollywood Bowl

Rodeo Drive

Japanese American National Museum

Upright Citizens Brigade

Huntington Gardens

Pageant of the Masters

In n Out

Angel’s Camp

Pacific Coast Highway

Death Valley

Lake Tahoe

Lake Arrowhead

Pier 39

Ferndale, Humboldt Redwoods, abandoned lighthouse

Big Sur

Santa Cruz

Gaslamp district

Arizona

Grand Canyon and Skywalk

Old Tucson Studios

Chapel of the Holy Cross

Oak Creek Canyon

Meteor Crater

Hoover Dam

Cathedral Rock

Bell Rock

Wupatki Nat. Monument

Havasupai Falls

Antelope Canyon

Lava River Cave

Mogollon Rim Camping

Grasshopper Point

Tonto Natural Bridge Park

Flagstaff Extreme Adventure Course

Lake Powell

Monument Valley

Sedona jeep tour

Jerome

Canyon de Chelly monument

Antelope House

Mummy Cave

Lake Mead

Petrified Forest

Saguaro Nat. Park

Tumacacori Nat. Hist. Park

Montezuma Castle

Utah

Zion Park

Bryce Park

Arches Park

Big Cottonwood Canyon

Grand Staircase

Lagoon Amusement Park

Natural Bridges Monument

Gilgal Sculpture Garden

Salt Lake

Paria movie set-Western films

Golden Spike Nat. Hist.

Heber Valley Railroad

Nevada

Vegas

Fly Geyser

Ethel M. Chocolate factory

Graceland Wedding Chapel

High roller

Welcome to Vegas sign

Fremont St. Great Basin Nat. Park

Bedrock Canyon Park

Reno

Valley of Fire

Ghost town

Idaho

Roosevelt Inn

Boise central farmers market

Henry’s Fork

Clearwater Nat. Forest

Nez Perce- Heaven’s Gate

Julia Davis Park

Craters of the moon

Boise Greenbelt

Old Idaho St. Penitentiary

Hiawatha trail-cycle

Shoshone Falls picnic

Pend Oreille Lake

Capitol Dome

Emmett Orchard

huckleberries

Silver Mt. Gondola

Meridians Hungry Onion Dr.

Ketchum-The Kneadery

Highway 12

Corner Drug (in Driggs)-soda fountain

Twin Falls-ghost tour

Idaho Potato Museum

Spud Drive-Highway 33

Trudy’s Kitchen-pie

Salmon-Sacagawea birthplace

Goldbug Hot Springs

Rocky Mountain Oyster

Silverwood theme park

North Idaho mine tour

finger steak and fries with sauce

Rexburg Carousel

Soda Springs Geyser

Shoshone Ice Caves

Sun Valley Lodge

Rainey Creek Country Stone ice cream

Forest Fire lookout-spend the night

Yellowstone

Snake River adventure

Montana (summer)

St. Francis Xavier Church

Flathead Lake-pick cherries

Glacier Park Lodge

Giant Springs

First Peoples’ Buffalo Jump Park

Kerr Dam

Moonlight Basin

Whitefish Lake Park

Whitefish Mt. ski lift and zipline

  1. A. Clark Mansion

Berkeley Pit

Glacier Nat. Park-red bus, stay in Chalet, huckleberry pie

Lewis and Clark Trail and caverns tour

Cut Banks 27 foot penguin

Living History Museum

Indian Days

Slippery Ann Elk Viewing

Fort Benton

Virgelle

Sweet Grass Hills

Chico Hot Springs

talk to 4-Hers animals at the county fair

Highway 2 into North Dakota

pan for gold

Sleeping Buffalo Rock-stand in silence

talk to old timer

Crazy Mountain Inn

Pictograph Cave State Park

Intersection of Hwy 1 and 569: north-opportunity, south-wisdom

Old Fashioned Community Dance

Montana Legislature in session

Ringing Rocks of Pipestone

Koocanusa bridge

Missouri River

Wyoming (July)

Cheyenne Rodeo

Flaming Gorge

Bridger Valley byway

Buffalo Bill Center

Weidner Wildlife exhibit

Hobo Pool

Sweetwater County Library

Sheridan Ice-free ice skating

Tecumseh’s Old West minis

Pilot Butte Wild Horse scenic loop

Bighorn river

Gov. Mansion

Independence Rock

Medicine Mountain

Castle Gardens

Pikes Peak

Mystic Falls

Fort Bridger

Oregon Trail ruts

Old Trail Town

Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve

Nat. Hist. Trails Interp. Center

Hot Springs State Park

Jackson Hole-Teton

Old Faithful Geyser

Devil’s Tower

Grand Teton Nat. Park

Colorado

Rocky Mountain Nat. Park

Garden of the Gods

Denver Botanic Gardens

Manitou Cliff Dwellings

Capitol

Elitch Theme Park

Seven Falls

Molly Brown House

Royal Gorge Bridge

Downtown Aquarium

Georgetown Loop Railroad

Fish Creek Falls

Maroon Falls

Hanging Lake

Rocky Mountain Dino Center

Mt. Bierstadt climb

Red Rocks concert

Mesa Verde

Strawberry Park Hot Springs-naked after dark, stay in train caboose

Picketwire Canyonlands-touch dino tracks

Moraine Park-Elk Bugle

Mt. Evans scenic byway

stock show

stay in a yurt

festival

New Mexico

Carlsbad Caverns

Whitesands Nat. Monument

Sandia Peak tramway

Palace of Governors

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

Los Alamos

Pecos Nat. Park

Rio Grande Botanic Garden

Cathedral Basilica St. Francis of Assisi

Aztec Ruins Nat. Park

San Felipe de Neri Church

San Miguel Mission

El Santuario de Chimayo

Coronado Historic Site

Lensic Performing Arts Center

Bandelier interpretive trail

Chaco Nat. Hist. Park

Cumbres-Tottec Scenic Railroad

Gila Cliff Dwellings

Billy the Kid Museum

Very Large Array (satellites)

 

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