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I’m looking for some ideas for routes and places of interest for an upcoming road trip. We’ll be taking the Xterra but I expect we’ll stick to pavement most of the time, since we will be travelling alone, and don’t have that much time. We also plan to stay in motels rather than camp, and want to avoid Interstate highways when possible. For us the journey is the adventure, we like to stop and look around, hike, photograph, etc. along the way.
Leaving from San Diego around Sunday 27 May, our first set destination is Missoula, Montana the afternoon of Thursday 31 May. We do want to go through Salmon, Idaho, but won’t need a lot of time there. We plan to depart Helena, Montana the morning of Monday 4 June, and want to be in Phoenix, Arizona the evening of Thursday 7 June.
We are looking for ideas for the portions of the trip from San Diego to Missoula, then from Helena to Phoenix.
Some of the ideas I have so far:
Hwy 395 north from southern California into northern Nevada. Mono Lake and the ghost town of Bodie are on that route.
Hwy 93 up from northern Nevada into Idaho and over to Montana. Alternately, skip Hwy 395 and go north through central Nevada on Hwy 93, maybe even detour through the ET Highway.
Hwy 89 from southern Utah, around the east side of the Grand Canyon and down towards Flagstaff. It looks like a good portion of that route runs through the Navajo Reservation, not sure what services, if any, are available.
Thanks in advance for your ideas and suggestions.
I’m looking for some ideas for routes and places of interest for an upcoming road trip. We’ll be taking the Xterra but I expect we’ll stick to pavement most of the time, since we will be travelling alone, and don’t have that much time. We also plan to stay in motels rather than camp, and want to avoid Interstate highways when possible. For us the journey is the adventure, we like to stop and look around, hike, photograph, etc. along the way.
Leaving from San Diego around Sunday 27 May, our first set destination is Missoula, Montana the afternoon of Thursday 31 May. We do want to go through Salmon, Idaho, but won’t need a lot of time there. We plan to depart Helena, Montana the morning of Monday 4 June, and want to be in Phoenix, Arizona the evening of Thursday 7 June.
We are looking for ideas for the portions of the trip from San Diego to Missoula, then from Helena to Phoenix.
Some of the ideas I have so far:
Hwy 395 north from southern California into northern Nevada. Mono Lake and the ghost town of Bodie are on that route.
Hwy 93 up from northern Nevada into Idaho and over to Montana. Alternately, skip Hwy 395 and go north through central Nevada on Hwy 93, maybe even detour through the ET Highway.
Hwy 89 from southern Utah, around the east side of the Grand Canyon and down towards Flagstaff. It looks like a good portion of that route runs through the Navajo Reservation, not sure what services, if any, are available.
Thanks in advance for your ideas and suggestions.