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Me and some friends are planning a road trip this summer for about a week, were starting in San Diego and heading upstate to yosemite and back. Any cool places to go around there or on the way? we may want to back track around through nevada and down to the grand canyon. when would be the best time to go as well knowing gas prices will change. how much should we expect to pay for this? we'd be tent camping rather than hotels each night, possibly up to 10 people in 2 cars. also any good tips in general? ive gone on road trips in an RV before, but not car camping
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If it is only 10 people going maybe you could get a mini van? that may be cheaper to pay for a rental mini van everyday then driving with 2 cars as far as gas. . . .it would be really hard to find out the exact cost as gas prices are never steady, but this summer would be a great time to go on a trip because gas is generally lower and now with that bush out of the office, gas prices have steadily been going down. And im sure will get around only 190 or so a gallon hopefully very soon!
Make sure have a us road atlas with you, dont rely on other peoples directions. Before a long trip make sure you have all the safety stuff etc, also because you are camping. It would be very very smart to plan ahead and know where you are camping each night.
I go to yahoo driving directions and just print the driving directions and keep them in my atlas,. The grand canyon is definately worth the drive, I hope to go back soon again myself, but that is a far way from your initial destination, this trip even though you will be staying in tents and not hotels, will set you back at least 800 bucks even more with food and gas, and personal items.
The more you plan the more you will be able to expect in cost. If you gave me alil more info i could be a lot more precise. . .
As far as some cool places to stop, I love wine country, lived there for many years, like santa rosa. There is alot of good food and great weather there. Its always nice to drive along the coast and stop at the beach whenever you feel like it.. . Maybe if you decide not to go to the grand canyon, you could take the coastal way back towards home. . .its always an awesome drive. . . i lived many years growing up in California, Santa rosa and Grass valley, CA.. .. and now i live in Oregon and i must say The oregon coast is soooo nice. . .i enclosed a few pics, the waves are aesome, the water can get dangerous, but its absoloutley beautifull but i know thats a ways out of your way, but the coast here is amazing. . . Id say if you took around 8-10 people, i would have each of you guys save up about 100 a peice just to be on the safe side!
I hope you have a great trip!
Kel
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If it is only 10 people going maybe you could get a mini van? that may be cheaper to pay for a rental mini van everyday then driving with 2 cars as far as gas. . . .it would be really hard to find out the exact cost as gas prices are never steady, but this summer would be a great time to go on a trip because gas is generally lower and now with that bush out of the office, gas prices have steadily been going down. And im sure will get around only 190 or so a gallon hopefully very soon!
Make sure have a us road atlas with you, dont rely on other peoples directions. Before a long trip make sure you have all the safety stuff etc, also because you are camping. It would be very very smart to plan ahead and know where you are camping each night.
I go to yahoo driving directions and just print the driving directions and keep them in my atlas,. The grand canyon is definately worth the drive, I hope to go back soon again myself, but that is a far way from your initial destination, this trip even though you will be staying in tents and not hotels, will set you back at least 800 bucks even more with food and gas, and personal items.
The more you plan the more you will be able to expect in cost. If you gave me alil more info i could be a lot more precise. . .
As far as some cool places to stop, I love wine country, lived there for many years, like santa rosa. There is alot of good food and great weather there. Its always nice to drive along the coast and stop at the beach whenever you feel like it.. . Maybe if you decide not to go to the grand canyon, you could take the coastal way back towards home. . .its always an awesome drive. . . i lived many years growing up in California, Santa rosa and Grass valley, CA.. .. and now i live in Oregon and i must say The oregon coast is soooo nice. . .i enclosed a few pics, the waves are aesome, the water can get dangerous, but its absoloutley beautifull but i know thats a ways out of your way, but the coast here is amazing. . . Id say if you took around 8-10 people, i would have each of you guys save up about 100 a peice just to be on the safe side!
I hope you have a great trip!
Kel
map of oregon coasthttp://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Doregon%2Bcoast%2Bmap%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501&w=625&h=776&imgurl=www.oregonvacationinfo.com%2Fvacation%2Fncencoast.gif&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oregonvacationinfo.com%2Fhtml%2Fmapncoast.php&size=48k&name=ncencoast+gif&p=oregon+coast+map&oid=b83a2883648f8b92&fr2=&no=1&tt=5404&sigr=11k82n6r0&sigi=11hk30nkv&sigb=12csetjod
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What are good places to camp near Los Angeles?
heyseuss
I'm looking to go tent camping within 3 hours drive of LA, I want to car camp, I don't have reservations and it's a holiday weekend, and I'd like to be near trees (as opposed to beach). Best would be any national forest or similar area where I have a lot of options to camp without a lot of commercial traffic, RV's, etc. or a place you need reservations. Maybe Big Bear or Idlewild?
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If you don't have reservations, you are probably completely out of luck. Check the National Parks Website, to see if there are any open spots; I would be surprised if there are. There are some KOA campgrounds off of I-10 out towards Palm Springs, but those may be full as well.
You might want to try Ventura County; the areas around Ojai and Santa Maria are really picturesque, and do not get the traffic that Idlewild, Arrowhead, and Big Bear get. Ojai is about an hour's drive out of LA, so it's not too far.
If you don't have reservations, you are probably completely out of luck. Check the National Parks Website, to see if there are any open spots; I would be surprised if there are. There are some KOA campgrounds off of I-10 out towards Palm Springs, but those may be full as well.
You might want to try Ventura County; the areas around Ojai and Santa Maria are really picturesque, and do not get the traffic that Idlewild, Arrowhead, and Big Bear get. Ojai is about an hour's drive out of LA, so it's not too far.
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