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spankie
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Hello folks,
I am planning a ~15 day roadtrip in July @ the west coast of the USA and I need some tips from some USA people.
I planned a trip through some remote locations, so most of the hotels are booked in advance. So the schedule is quite fixed. There is no room to go to Seattle or Mexico 
The only thing that is open is what we actually will visit during our roadtrip. And with we, I mean, me and 5 others and our bad ass big ass rental SUV (which was shit cheap to rent btw, 600$ for 2 weeks  , gotta love the crisis ! )
So the schedule roughly goes as following
LA (2 days) - Six Flags
Coastal highway - Monterey - Santa Cruz
San Francisco (2 days)
Yosemite Park - Mono Lake
Death Valley
Las Vegas (2 days)
Zion Park
Grand Canyon
Havasu Lake
Joshua Tree National Park
Salton Sea/Slab City + salvation mountain
San Diego (2 days)
Anything epic or memorable in the vicinity or between any of the locations would be highly appreciated. Can be anything, nature, building, event, park, things to do/eat/drink etc.
Especially for the cities, I need some tips. I've been to San Francisco, LA and San Diego before, but only half or 1 day when I had to take a flight. So I have seen the major things. On the other hand, 2 days is too short to see everything. So I am looking for the small gems that are not that known, but are very cool to visit
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TSR69
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Jun 2012 13:20 Post subject: |
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Prepare for cavity search.
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Jun 2012 13:24 Post subject: |
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My bro enjoyed the Sequoia NP a lot.
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spankie
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Jun 2012 13:40 Post subject: |
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Easy, tell them you got a bomb up your ass.
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TSR69
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Jun 2012 14:21 Post subject: |
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Dunno, not being on a list helps a lot. Anyway I will never visit a country that makes me go through customs like that.
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spankie
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Jun 2012 14:38 Post subject: |
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I won't let some stupid customs spoil my experiences in the national parks. Can't blame nature for having retarded people living in its neighbourhood.
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Horrordee
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Jun 2012 14:43 Post subject: |
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I did half of that trip (Reno -> Yosemite -> San Fran -> Down Highway 1 -> LA -> San Diego -> TJ -> Pheonix -> Las Vegas
My tips:
Stop at lovely places along highway 1 - I enjoyed Seaside, Santa Cruz, etc. Look for whales at Monterey - you should be able to see them!
Don't visit TJ - it's horrible.
Magic mountain is the best theme park I've ever been to - it's AMAZING. Go on a week day and you won't queue more than 5 minutes, you'll be ill before 1pm (I have been, both times)
Visit the saddle ranch on Sunset Bvld while doing the Hollywood thing - great bar, good food, good drinks. Bucking Broncho there quite a lot too. Very "hip" place to be.
See as much of Yosemite as you can - don't just go to the lake. The valley with the amazing waterfalls is sweeeet. Visit the mega massive trees too!
Make sure you go to Grand Canyon on your way past. It's awesome. While visiting, stop in Williams and find the mega bbq ribs place - they're awesome. Williams is a weird little dusty "route 66" town, but the BBQ ribs at the ribs place kick ass.
In Vegas, if you're into clubs, do a VIP party bus club tour. They work out much cheaper than the entry costs to a single club, and are ALOT of fun. And no queueing to get into bars / clubs.
Fuck dem bitchez in Vegas!!1111one
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Monterey Bay Aquarium is a must see!!! Then you have Disneyland, Yosemite, Lake Tahoe off the top of my head... If you're looking to go clubbing/nightlife, DON'T. It's all crap outside of San Diego/Las Vegas. The crazy stuff here happens in private parties, not clubs ^^
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| iconized wrote: | | Prepare for cavity search. |
Just wondering was this a joke or not checking your ass on the border for immigrants or banned fruit? |
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TSR69
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| Posted: Thu, 5th Jul 2012 01:36 Post subject: |
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Booooo! I'm on the East Coast. 
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I'm curious as to when the cavity search will take place? Last time I looked, you don't get searched visiting any of the locations that are planned.
Would love to give you some travel tips but first we need to know what is your agenda. In plain terms, put your list in the order of travel.
The Grand Canyon is going to blow you away. Too bad you didn't plan on a burro ride to the valley, it is better than any ride at Magic Mountain.
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| Posted: Tue, 10th Jul 2012 14:16 Post subject: |
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| CompuGeek wrote: | I'm curious as to when the cavity search will take place? Last time I looked, you don't get searched visiting any of the locations that are planned.
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Seriously?
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TSR69
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if you like wine, make sure to visit wine country, sonoma/napa county 1hr north of frisco, also has many great places to eat
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| Posted: Tue, 10th Jul 2012 22:43 Post subject: |
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im from la and wondering why would you go to six flags at 110F temperature? have fun standing in lines with mexicans hahahaha
fuck ...
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| Posted: Tue, 10th Jul 2012 23:35 Post subject: |
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| bxrdj wrote: | | im from la and wondering why would you go to six flags at 110F temperature? have fun standing in lines with mexicans hahahaha |
quit the racism
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Horrordee
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| Posted: Wed, 11th Jul 2012 16:51 Post subject: |
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Six Flags is fine in Summer assuming it's not a weekend or the school holidays.
The lines are dead during the week and they all have steam / shade too.
GO TO MAGIC MOUNTAIN!
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sorry I love my mexicans, half of people or more here are spanish in some way 
