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Houston, United States
Day 1:
- land in the evening and chill (jetlagged)
Day 2:
- visit Houston space center
- Livestock show and rodeo in evening
Day 3:
- leave in the morning to San Antonio
Restaurants/Bars:
- Pinkerton / Truth BBQ
- The pit room
- Ninfa's texmex
- Taste of Texas
- El tiempo cantina
- Goode company seafood
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San Antonio, United States
Day1:
- arrive in afternoon and check into hotel
- visit alamo fort
- historic market square
- river walk in the evening / pearl district
Day 2:
- missions natural park in the morning before leaving for Austin
restaurants/bars:
- Mi tierre cafe
- Reese bros BBQ
- Buckhorn saloon / musuem
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Austin, United States
Day 1:
- Arrive in afternoon and check into hotel
- lunch @ Franklin's BBQ
- South congress avenue
Day 2:
- Barton springs pool
Day3:
- leave @ 10am to drive to fort worth
restaurants/bars:
- Franklin BBQ
- Comedor
- Veracruz all natural
- Home slice pizza
- Buckhorn saloon / musuem
- The continental club
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Fort Worth, United States
Day 1:
- Arrive in early afternoon and check into hotel
- grab lunch @ sundance square
- water gardens
Day 2:
- head to stockyards
- watch the cattle drive
- livestock show and rodeo
Day 3:
- drive to Amarillo
restaurants/bars:
- goldee's BBQ
- woodshed smokehouse
- Billy bob's
- white elephant saloon
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Amarillo, United States
Day 1:
- arrive in the early evening and check into hotel
- grab dinenr at big texan steak ranch
Day 2:
- combine city
- cadillac ranch
- leave to dive to Santa Fe
restaurants/bars:
- big texan steakhouse
- bomb city distillery
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Tucumcari, United States
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Santa Fe, United States
Day 1:
- arrive santa fe early afternoon
- explore town
- bandelier national monument
Day 2:
- visit Taos
Day3:
- leave early to drive to Sedona (stopping in Grants and Gallup on the way
restaurants/bars:
- the shed
- cafe pascal's
- tia sophia's
- Tomasita's
- golden crown panaderia
- secreto lounge
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Grants, United States
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Gallup, United States
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Sedona, United States
Day 1:
- arrive early evening and check into hotel
- red rock crossing or airport mesa for sunset
Day 2:
- Cathedral rock trail or devil's bridge trail
Day 3:
- leave in morning and drive through oak creek canyon towards grand canyon
restaurants/bars:
- mariposa latin grill
- the hudson
- elote cafe
- hideaway house
- cowboy club grille
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Grand Canyon, United States
Day 1:
- mather point
- south rim trail
Day 2:
- havasupi / hopi trail
Day 3:
restaurants/bars:
- El tovar
- Harvey house cafe
- Arizona steakhouse
- Yvapai tavern
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Monument Valley, United States
Day 1:
- scenic valley drive
- john ford point (horse photo/riding)
- dinner
Day 2:
- forrest gump point (sunrise!)
restaurants/bars:
- the view restaurant
- Goulding stagecoach dining room
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Page, United States
Day 1:
- arrive and check into hotel
- glen canyon dam / national park
- lake powell
Day2:
- antelope canyon / canyon X
- horseshow bend
Day 3:
- welcome to Utah sign on enroute to Zion park
restaurants/bars:
- Birdhouse
- Fiesta Mexicana
- ranch house grille
- Big Johns texas BBQ
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Zion National Park, United States
Day 1:
- canyon overlook trail
- check into hotel
- riverside walk
Day 2:
- the narrows hike / angels landing hike
- zion-mount carmel tunnel / highway
Day 3:
- drive to Las vegas
restaurants/bars:
- bit and spur saloon
- zion canyon brew pub
- meme's cafe
- King's landing bistro
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Las Vegas, United States
Day 1:
- arrive midday and check into hotel
- explore the strip / freemont street
- bellagio fountain show
- casinos / gambling
Day 2:
- hoover dam
- nelson ghost town
- the sphere
Day 3:
- leave 6am and drive through death valley
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Death Valley, United States
- badwater bsain
- Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
- Furnace Creek
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Sequoia National Park, United States
Day 1:
- arrive late evening and check into hotel
Day 2:
- giant forrest
- General Sherman tree
- tunnel log
- moro rock
Day 3:
- check out and drive to LA
restaurants/bars:
- Tony's taverna
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Los Angeles, United States
Day1:
- arrive midday
- Beverly hills / rodeo drive
- Hollywood boulevard
- walk of fame
- Griffiths observatory for sunset
Day 2:
- downtown LA
- grand central market
- santa monica pier / beach / venice beach
Day 3:
- open top celebrity homes and hollywood hills tour
- dodgers stadium for baseball game
- music event at hollywood bowl
Day 4:
- Hollywood sign
- universal studios or warner bros studio
Day 5:
- leave early and stop in Malibu for the morning enroute to Santa Monica
Restaurants/bars:
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Malibu, United States
- spend the morning in malibu
- grab brunch
- Zuma beach
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Santa Barbara, United States
Day 1:
- arrive early afternoon and check into hotel
- walk down the beach
- stearns wharf
- santa barbara pier
Day 2:
- whale watching
- wine tasting / vineyard
Day 3:
- leave early in the morning to head to carmel
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Morro Bay, United States
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McWay Falls, United States
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Bixby Creek Bridge, United States
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Carmel-by-the-Sea, United States
Day 1:
- arrive late afternoon and check in
- ocean avenue
- explore village
- carmel beach at sunset
Day 2:
- point lobos national park
- 17 mile drive
Day 3:
- Monterey aquarium
- cannery row
- pacific grove
Day 4:
- leave early in the morning to yosemite
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Yosemite National Park, United States
Day 1:
- arrive midday
- tunnel view
- el capitan meadow
- check into hotel
- lower yosemite falls / cooks meadow
- sentinel bridge at sunset
day 2:
- mist trail
- glacier point
- sentinel dome
- taft point for sunset
Day 3:
- mirror lake
- Valley view
- drive to san francisco
Restaurants/bars:
- The ahwahnee
- The deck
- Degnan's Kitchen
- the mountain room
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San Francisco, United States
Day 1:
- arrive in afternoon and check into hotel
- fisherman wharf / pier 39
- lombard street
- golden gate bridge
- marshall or baker beach at sunset
Day 2:
- alcatraz
- north beach
- telegraph hill / coit tower
- chinatown
Day 3:
- battery spencer at sunrise
- the painted ladies / alamo square
- haight street
- Japanese tea garden or mission dolores park
- twin peaks for sunset
Day 4:
- leave and drive up to eureka
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Point Reyes National Seashore, United States
- cyprus tree tunnel
- point reyes lighthouse
- leaning tree
- point reyes beach north
allow for 1 - 2 hours stop here
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Mendocino, United States
stop here for lunch
visit glass beach in fort bragg
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Eureka, United States
Day 1:
- arrive early evening and check into hotel
- see carson manion
- dinner and drinks
Day 2:
- leave early to drive to brookings
- spend day in redwoods park and fern canyon
Restaurants/bars:
- Humbolt bay provisions
- phatsy lounge
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Redwood National and State Parks, United States
spend 3-4 hours exploring redwoods park and fern canyon before continuing onto brookings
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Brookings, United States
Day 1:
- arrive 2pm and check into hotel
- diamond viewpoint
- samuel H boardman scenic corridor
- natural bridges
- secret beach
- arch rock
Day 2:
- Chetco point park
- drive to Bandon beach enroute to florence
Restaurants/bars:
- hungry clam
- black trumpet bistro
- irish pub
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Bandon, United States
- stop for lunch
- visit beach
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Florence, United States
Day 1:
- arrive in florence 3pm and check into hotel
- sand dunes for sunset
Day 2:
- leave at 9am to go to portland
- stop at sea lions cave and lighthouse enroute
Restaurants/bars:
- waterfront depot restaurant
- The Pono Hukilau
- little brown hen cafe
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Depoe Bay, United States
stop for lunch
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Portland, United States
Day 1:
- arrive in portand at 4pm and check into hotel
Day 2:
- nob hill / pearl district
- visit cannon beach for sunset
Day 3:
- leave early in the morning to go to forks
- stop at Olympia and Port Angeles
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Forks, United States
Day 1:
- arrive and check into hotel at 4pm
- welcome to forks sign
- la push / rialto beach for sunset
Day 2:
- twilight locations
- Hoh rainforrest (hall of mosses trail)
- ruby beach
Day 3:
- sol duc falls
- lake crescent
- hurricane ridge
Day 4:
- stop in port townsend enroute to seattle
Restaurants/bars:
- westend taproom
- dusk BBQ
- The in place
- Blake bar and gril
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Seattle, United States
Day 1:
- arrive 2-3pm and check into hotel
- pike place market
- relax
Day 2:
- space needle
- seattle waterfront
- kerry park
Day 3:
- drive through north cascades to Winthrop
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North Cascades National Park, United States
stop 1 hour for lunch at Diablo lake vista point
stop at washington pass observation point
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Winthrop, United States
Day 1:
- check into hotel about 3pm
- explore town and have dinner
Day 2:
- Maple loop pass
- visit wellness centre
- go to glassworks
Day 3:
- check out shafer museum
- have breakfast before leaving for spokane
resturants/bars:
- Jupiter
- fainting goat
- Meza
- sheree sweet shop
- three finger saloon
- old schoolhouse brewery
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Spokane, United States
Day 1:
- arrive around 3pm and check into hotel
- Spokane falls / river front park
- explore downtown
Day 2:
- leave and drive to whitefish (stop in sandpoint for lunch?)
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Whitefish, United States
Day 1:
- arrive 3/4pm and check into hotel
- explore downtown whitefish
- sunset at whitefish lake
- have dinner and a drink
Day 2:
- lake mcdonald
- trail of the cedars
- avalanche lake / creek
Day 3:
- going to the sun road (if open)
- logan pass / highline trail (if open)
- wild goose island
- st mary falls / virginia falls
Day 4:
- drive to bozeman
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Bozeman, United States
Day 1:
- stop in philipsburg for lunch on route
- arrive around 2pm and check into hotel
- explore downtown bozeman / shopping
- hot springs
Day 2:
- museum of the rockies
- hyalite canyon / reservoir
- palisade falls
Day 3:
- leave and drive to yellowstone
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Yellowstone National Park, United States
Day 1:
- Mammoth hot springs
- lamar valley
- check into hotel in grand canyon
Day 2:
- artist point
- lower falls
- upper falls
- hayden valley (wildlife spotting) for sunset
Day 3:
- stop at norris geyser basin
- grand prismatic spring overlook/boardwalk
- arrive at old faithful in afternoon
- check into hotel
- explore surrounding geysers
Day 4:
- drive to yellowstone lake enroute to grand tetons
- west thumb geyser basin
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Grand Teton, United States
- oxbow bend
- mormon row (close to sunset)
- jenny lake
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Jackson, United States
Day 1:
- arrive in evening
Day 2-7:
- stay on ranch
Day 8:
- leave to drive to salt lake city
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Salt Lake City, United States
Day 1:
- arrive in the afternoon and check into hotel
Day 2:
- drive to Moab
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Moab, United States
Day 1:
- arrive in Moab midday a
- Arches national park in afternoon
Day 2:
- canyonlands
- dead horse point park
Day 3:
- leave in morning and drive to Telluride
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Telluride, United States
Day 1:
- arrive midday and check into hotel
- explore telluride
- go on gondola
- mountain village
Day 2:
- Bear creek trail
- bridal veil falls
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Aspen, United States
Day 1:
- arrive in afternoon and check into hotel
- explore aspen / shopping
Day 2:
- Maroon bells
- maroon lake
- independence pass drive
- ghost town
Day 3:
- drive to Denver
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Denver, United States
Day 1:
- arrive midday
- return car hire
- check into hotel
- explore downtown denver
- catch show at red rocks amphitheatre
Day 2:
- Fly home!