Vacation/Road trip

[Otahyoni]

I'm planning a two week vacation/ road trip to visit some friends in CA and MI to take place about late Oct/ early Nov 2011.

Any recommended stops? I plan on hitting a few parks (I love the photo opportunities).

Anyone want me to come see them (I might request food )?

I'll have about 14 days to get back home, so i can't do everything in one trip...

So, fire away!

Also, i need recommendations on a GPS...

[Otahyoni]

Wow.... no one?

[Otahyoni]

bumpbumpbump

[RiponredTJ]

I would be a lot more helpful if you were heading North East.

[bisjoe]

Am I reading it right that you are going to California and Michigan? Not exactly close together, 30+ hours each way to CA. Coming from there, you will still have decent weather but cold nights at Lake Tahoe and Yosemite which are no-miss destinations when visiting CA.

As for the GPS, look for one with free updates. I love my Garmin but they want $69 to update the maps, though the whole thing cost only about $100. May as well buy a new one.

What is the gas price where you are? You may find it to be a lot more out here in the west, we're running $3.20+/gallon now and CA is usually higher.

[havasu]

Just got gas today at Costco, and the cheap stuff was $3.17.....yikes!

[RiponredTJ]

Price up here is 1.22 per liter. That's close to 5.00 per gallon.
Yikes is right.

[bisjoe]

Originally Posted by havasu

Just got gas today at Costco, and the cheap stuff was $3.17.....yikes!

That is higher than us, Shell and Chevron are that much but Costco is $2.98
if you don't mind waiting in line behind 20-30 other cars. I figure it saves $3 a tank so not worth it.

[Otahyoni]

I filled up today at $2.74

This is the 'first draft' of my route...



It's still subject to change...

[Jake7]

Around here gas is around $3.50! Good ol' Oahu!

On GPS, I've got a Nuvi, and it's awesome.