Docwagon 856 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 I just got back from a family vacation. I took my wife and son on a big tour of US National Parks out west. We flew into Los Angeles, spent some time there, then did the tour. It ended up something like this: Los Angeles: Whale Watching boat tour. Kayaking with sea lions. Petersen car museum. La Brea Tar Pits. Hollywood sign from the observatory. Sequoia National Park/King's Canyon National Park (they connect): Hiking, exploring the giant trees and some mountain views. Death Valley: Driving the unpaved trails, some light hiking, star gazing, general sight seeing. Las Vegas area (including towns featured in Fallout: New Vegas. We went to Goodsprings and visited the bar the saloon is modeled after, went to Primm and saw the casinos and got some chips from Whisky Pete's, drove through the Mojave Preserve) St. George Utah/Zion National park. Canyon hiking, dinosaur track spotting, desert hiking Joshua Tree National Park: Light hiking, 107 degree weather Los Angeles: Autry Museum of the West, LA Zoo, Aquarium of the West, some light hiking. Santa Monica pier. Long Beach. Insert massive amount of visits to various taco trucks, Armenian bakeries, doughnut shops (seriously, LA has a butt ton of them from cheap-o to gourmet), and In N Out. LA traffic SUUUUCKS. I'm in no hurry to return to LA (or go through LAX again) but the trip was worth it and was a lot of fun. phil bottle, Plumbers Crack, Diddums and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/8969-10-days-out-west/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaGarratt 11,037 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Please tell me you were thee for about a month, as if that was a daily update per line i'd be frickin shattered Doc! On 6/17/2021 at 2:52 AM, Docwagon said: Hollywood sign from the observatory. How close can you get to this btw? I've always seen pics from afar. Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/8969-10-days-out-west/#findComment-139590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docwagon 856 Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 On 6/21/2021 at 9:03 AM, GazzaGarratt said: How close can you get to this btw? I've always seen pics from afar. That depends on how willing to trespass you are and how much you like hiking inclines. If you don't mind hills and aren't concerned with trespassing, you can walk right up to them. We didn't, largely because up close they are just sheet metal on a frame and aren't really impressive in anything other than size. We also just aren't that into media culture, so while we saw it because you can't skip it if you're a tourist in LA, it was kind of meh. We had about 10 and a half days on the ground. We spent 1-3 days at most places. I think it was: Day 1: Land at 10:00-ish in the morning in LA. Do stuff that afternoon Day 2: LA stuff. Day 3: Labrea tar pits, then straight to Seqouia, afternoon and evening there. Day 4: Full day at Sequoia/King's Canyon Day 5: Trail run (just me) at sun up, then drive to Death Valley, have most of the day there Day 6: Death Valley until early afternoon, afternoon doing the Fallout: New Vegas tour, evening in Las Vegas, complete drive to St. George Utah (late night) Day 7: St. George Utah hiking Day 8: Zion national park, then drive to Joshua Tree (stopping off at Primm again on the way through), evening at Joshua Tree Day 9: Most of the day at Joshua Tree, then drive to LA Day 10: LA stuff Day 11: LA stuff until 11:45 PM flight GazzaGarratt 1 Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/8969-10-days-out-west/#findComment-139701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil bottle 9,743 Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 The Fallout: New Vegas tour sounds brilliant 🙂 GazzaGarratt and Docwagon 1 1 Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/8969-10-days-out-west/#findComment-139708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaGarratt 11,037 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 22 hours ago, phil bottle said: The Fallout: New Vegas tour sounds brilliant 🙂 You ain't wrong there! 😄 Sounds an amazing 11 days, Doc. Death Valley sounds like an amazing place to visit too. Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/8969-10-days-out-west/#findComment-139751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docwagon 856 Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 16 hours ago, GazzaGarratt said: You ain't wrong there! 😄 Sounds an amazing 11 days, Doc. Death Valley sounds like an amazing place to visit too. Some Fallout photos GazzaGarratt, phil bottle and Plumbers Crack 2 1 Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/8969-10-days-out-west/#findComment-139764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docwagon 856 Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 phil bottle, GazzaGarratt, Plumbers Crack and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/8969-10-days-out-west/#findComment-139765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Docwagon 856 Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 Death Valley Plumbers Crack and GazzaGarratt 1 1 Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/8969-10-days-out-west/#findComment-139768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GazzaGarratt 11,037 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Awesome photos, thanks for sharing Doc! I wonder if that ol' rackety rollercoaster actually still works 😄 Link to comment https://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/forums/topic/8969-10-days-out-west/#findComment-139883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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