...Since this morning I'm back in the fabulous city called New York. Yesterday we had a long day at the SFO airport, because we went there earlier to watch the XLIII Super Bowl. The game was super fun and the fans at the airport were as crazy as usual when US people watch football ;)
Check out below the overview of our most important stops during our road trip. All in all we drove a bit more than 3,318 miles (5,340 kilometers) in 19 days which was quite a lot. The guy at the rental office was also excited when we returned the car, but we had unlimited miles and therefore it was fine. During the trip we had no major problems with the car and no speeding tickets, just one time we've got a parking penalty at the Berkeley University Campus ($75) - but it was not our fault ;)
Most important stops:A) San Francisco, CA
B) Muir Woods National Monument, CA
C) San Francisco, CA
D) Berkeley University, CA
E) Yosemite National Park, CA
F) Fresno, CA (was not planned, but we had to go there, because one exit from the Yosemite National Park to the Death Valley was closed during the winter time)
G) Lone Pine, CA
From there we started our trip through the Death Valley National Park
H) Beatty, NV
I) Las Vegas, NV
J) Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
K) Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
L) Flagstaff, AZ
M) Los Angeles, CA
N) San Diego, CA
O) La Jolla, CA
P) Del Mar, CA
Q) Newport Beach, CA
R) Santa Barbara, CA
S) Santa Maria, CA
T) Cambria, CA
U) Monterey, CA
V) Santa Cruz, CA
W) San Jose, CA
X) Mountain View, CA and Palo Alto, CA
Y) San Francisco, CA (car return)
Anyone who wants to make a tour like this and has some questions should contact me. We were already at the time limit but it was still okay - so the more time you have the merrier. There were still spots along our route which we did not visit due to the lack of time.
One important note regarding lodging:We did not book all our stays in advance, because there are so many good and cheap motels next to the highways and there was not high season and so we never had a problem to get a room for one night. We did only book our hotel (The Excalibur) for Las Vegas in advance.
Now, I have four more nights in the US. Then I'm catching my flight back to Munich on Friday evening, where I should arrive on Saturday morning!
