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USA Road Trip

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    #32
    The J Stands for Jay
    Registered Users Posts: 5,650 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    I enjoyed the drive from LA to Vegas. It's been in so many movies, it felt like an adventure. And it was interesting seeing signs and sights from Fallout New Vegas.

    After that, we drive back to LA. On the way back we went along some of Route 66.

    Driving up the coast is unmissable. After Monterey we went inland for Yosemite. That drive was a bit boring.


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    #33
    chicorytip
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    Aer Lingus flies direct to San Francisco from Dublin and direct from Los Angeles to Dublin. 10 - 12 hour flights. You would need to stopover in Boston if flying from Dublin to Las Vegas. So, I would fly to San Fran and spend a night or two there if you wish. The Golden Gate bridge is certainly worth seeing. Then, drive the Pacific Coast Highway to LA - a 400 mile journey but can be done in one day. Driving in America is easy, done on mostly great roads and not exhausting as long as you have a functioning Air Conditioning system!! Be sure to rent a compact sized vehicle like a Ford Focus so you won’t be skint from buying gasoline.


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    Muahahaha
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    Wondering has anyone here ever diverted from the San Fran to LA coastal route and gone inland to Sequoia National Park? And is Sequoia the one that has a tree in it you can drive a car through?


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    #35
    salmocab
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    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Wondering has anyone here ever diverted from the San Fran to LA coastal route and gone inland to Sequoia National Park? And is Sequoia the one that has a tree in it you can drive a car through?

    Pretty sure that you can’t drive through it, think it’s closed off now.


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    #36
    él statutorio
    Registered Users Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭él statutorio


    chicorytip wrote: »
    Aer Lingus flies direct to San Francisco from Dublin and direct from Los Angeles to Dublin. 10 - 12 hour flights. You would need to stopover in Boston if flying from Dublin to Las Vegas. So, I would fly to San Fran and spend a night or two there if you wish. The Golden Gate bridge is certainly worth seeing. Then, drive the Pacific Coast Highway to LA - a 400 mile journey but can be done in one day. Driving in America is easy, done on mostly great roads and not exhausting as long as you have a functioning Air Conditioning system!! Be sure to rent a compact sized vehicle like a Ford Focus so you won’t be skint from buying gasoline.

    Get something comfortable, CA gas is about $3.60 a gallon at the moment. So you're looking at about $60 for the average tank on an SUV.

    It's expensive by US standards but still have the price of Irish petrol.

    If you want to drive a big truck or SUV, do it, rent something you can't get at home. The MPG on the V8's is still around 20 MPG so not terrible.


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    whippet
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    I'm in the middle of a road trip .. started in San Fran and went out to Yosemite. Leaving her now for Monterey and then on to Pismo, LA and San Diego.

    san Fran is somewhere I wouldn't bother going back to ..just not a nice city. Haight street was lovely but the centre is a total kip and fisherman's warf / piers are just tack tourist traps.

    yosemite is spectacular and really worth battling the traffic for a couple of days

    the price of petrol is about $7 a US gallon so not far off Irish prices ... and when driving a 3l SUV you tend to use a lot of it!

    prices for everything is expensive mind you



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    #38
    The Nal
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119227589#Comment_119227589

    Lovely. Would recommend stopping in Nepenthe in Big Sur for a bite, even just for the views.

    Alvarado Street Brewery is nice in Monterey. And the big street market is on Tuesdays.



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