USA 2009 - The Southwest
Tour facts
Hotel review
Date of the tour: End October - Mid November 2009
Start and end point: Salt Lake City
Flight: Nuremberg - Frankfurt - Chicago - Salt Lake City (United/Lufthansa)
Car: Booked IFAR (Midsize SUV) with Alamo through the travel agency - we got a GMC Acadia
Duration of the tour: 20 days
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Very good, everything fit here
Good, we felt comfortable
Complies with the standard
Very simple but clean
Never again
Tour details
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Day 1 |
Travel to Salt lake City |
Due to a flight delay, we missed our connecting flight to Salt lake City in Chicago. But luckily there was still a flight later in the evening. |
Marriott Downtown, Salt lake City/Utah**** |
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2.-4-Tag |
The three days Salt lake City were due to a business stay, otherwise one day in the city would have been enough for us. |
Marriott Downtown, Salt lake City/Utah**** |
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Day 4 |
Pick up car and drive from Salt Lake City to Springdale. |
Quite a long drive, but we want to get to red stone country as soon as possible. |
Best Western Zion Park Inn, Springdale/Utah**** |
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Day 5 |
Had I known what to expect, I probably would not have done the hike. So it was super exhausting, but one of the greatest hikes we've ever done in the Southwest. |
Best Western Zion Park Inn, Springdale/Utah**** |
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Day 6 |
Zion NP – Northgate Peak Trail, Scenic Drive (damals durft man noch mit dem eigenen Auto fahren) |
Best Western Ruby´s Inn, Bryce City/Utah*** |
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Day 7 |
Today is our first real dirt road experience with an SUV in the US and it was fun. |
Best Western Ruby´s Inn, Bryce City/Utah*** |
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Day 8 |
Super nice day, the Hole in the Rock Road shakes us very hard because of extreme washboard. |
Best Western Ruby´s Inn, Bryce City/Utah*** |
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Day 9 |
Without having visited Bryce Canyon, we just couldn't go on. That's why we were in the park all day today. |
Best Western Ruby´s Inn, Bryce City/Utah*** |
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Day 10 |
Burr Trail, Modi Dugway, Monument Valley (drove by) very very long drive through some insanely beautiful scenery. |
Holiday Inn, Page/Arizona*** |
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Day 11 |
Erster Versuch kein Erfolg. Bei der Fahrt zu den Wahweap Hoodoos bleiben wir an einem Wash hängen und laufen von da an. Leider haben wir kein GPS und deswegen keine Ahnung wie lang der Weg eigentlich ist. Es werden über 20km…. |
Best Western Plus Lake Powell, Page/Arizona*** |
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Day 12 |
Second attempt no success. Super nice, long day. We are lucky that the North Rim is still open. |
Best Western Plus Lake Powell, Page/Arizona*** |
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Day 13 |
Two great canyons make up for the frustration at the Wave Permit draw. |
Best Western Plus Lake Powell, Page/Arizona*** |
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Day 14 |
Super beautiful canyons and we can enjoy them without crowds, unfortunately that is not possible anymore now. |
Best Western Plus Lake Powell, Page/Arizona*** |
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15. Tag |
Paria Ranger Station Wave Permit Verlosung Nr.5 – Waschtag in Page |
We didn't believe in it anymore, but on the 5th try we actually win wave permits for tomorrow. |
Best Western Plus Lake Powell, Page/Arizona*** |
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Day 16 |
An absolute highlight of the vacation. Not only the Wave is great, but the whole hike. |
Best Western Plus Lake Powell, Page/Arizona*** |
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Day 17 |
Grand Canyon NP, Hoover Dam, Stroll the Strip in Las Vegas. |
Paris, Las Vegas/Nevada**** |
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Day 18 |
Bummel durch Las Vegas, Abend sehen wir uns eine Show an. „O“ ist echt ein Erlebnis. |
Paris, Las Vegas/Nevada**** |
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Day 19 |
Drive from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City |
Fahrtag mit einem kleinen Abstecher in den Kolob Canyon/Zion NP. Leider ist das Wetter eher bescheiden… |
Best Western, Salt lake City/Utah*** |
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Day 20 |
Return flight |
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