Hi Peter, Since you're willing to camp try this site:
www.reserveamerica.com It let's you reserve campsites so you can be sure of getting a place to pitch your tent. Look forward to meeting you in San Francisco. Regards, Gautam > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Lacus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 10:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Southwest suggestions > > > Hello friends, > > I've been quite busy for some time so I was not very visible on the list > (still about 20k messages to go). In the meantime I spent quite some > time planning my trip to the southwestern parts of the USA. As this will > be my first trip to the USA I welcome any suggestions regarding: > > 1. destinations: Yosemite (El Capitan), Bryce, Zion (Angels Landing) and > San Francisco are must see for me. I'd like to see also Grand Canyon and > historical Route 66 if time allows. Las Vegas is also on the route, but > generally I don't like big cities. Ann San also suggested Arches and > Monument Valley IIRC. All this should be done within 3 weeks. Do you > think it's feasible? Any other must see places, scenic roads, view/photo > points? > > 2. accomodation: in the national parks I will prefer to stay close to > the nature so camping is a natural choice for me. Do you have any > preferences regarding the campgrounds in the above-mentioned national > parks? Also are there any rest places around the roads? > > 3. food: I saw a documentary about bears breaking windows on parked cars > searching for food. So I need a suggestion how to prevent bears damage > our (rented) car and don't stay hungry at the same time. Is it possible > to buy or at least safely store food inside a national park? If > not, where? > > Some facts: I will arrive on 15th September together with my colleague > who is also (lurking) on the List. I will bring my MX and some of my > beloved Pentax glass (M28/3.5, M50/1.4, M75-150/4) with me. Last days of > our trip (Oct 3rd-5th) we plan to stay in San Francisco - what about a > nice little PDML meeting there? ;-) > > Bedo. > >
