USA Road Trip - from Australia (incl route 66)

Judy - thanks for your suggestion that sounds like a really good idea!

Here's an article about Oatman and other things to see on the way. And, yeah, you could stay at Williams AZ instead of going into Flagstaff as well. it saves you a few miles.

Alissha,
I'm new to the forum and just saw your post and this thread. You have a great plan ahead of you.

Enjoy.

Cheers
Mike

Upon popular demand.... here is Mike's site about a trip along the length of Route 66 that he took with his son.... Lots of resources for Route 66 fans therein.

Be sure to look at the blog links for data like this:
Mileage Driven
Route 66 Out - 2474
Highest Mileage Day Out - June 11 - 500 miles
Return Trip - 2485
Highest Mileage Day Back - June 19 - 895 miles
Total Miles - 5210 (incl. drive to Chicago and drive around LA)

Fuel & Oil
# of Fill Ups - 30
Most Fill Ups in One Day - tie - June 17th & 19th - 5 fills
Fuel Consumed - 350.1 Gallons
Avg. MPG - 14.9
Oil Consumed - 9 quarts

Mike,

Welcome to the Great American RoadTrip Forum -- We look forward to hearing more about your motoring expertise

Mark

Hey Mike,

Thanks for looking at my post. Am getting excited about the trip now! We're going 2010 because the Aussie dollar against the US dollar is not so flash at the moment!
Regards
Alissha

we did this drive last year, our first time to US. you are gonna luv it. Must do Alcatraz in San Fransisco - book ahead.
we drove the PCH Highway 1 - stunning views really amazing. not scarey as published.
carmel and Monterey - take in the 17 mile drive along Pebble Beach.
drive along the Big Sur and stop for lunch at Nepenthe Restaurant.
its seal pupping so will see them at Morro Bay
fpr a great laugh stay at THe Madonna Inn san obispo- each room themed every room on their web site. this is a good mid way point between san fran and santa monica.
santa monica watch for car parking charges in some hotels!

hope you enjoy it as much as we did, we continued our journey to San Diego.

Hey, i need some help with planning a road trip going from Connecticut to LA. Im going with my friend and we're in the USA for 3weeks. Can anyone suggest a good route to take. We want to see things, but have a time limit. any suggestions???? We're also planning on hiring a car, ages are 21yrs and 20yrs.

Hello and welcome the R.T.A. forums ellie.

There are thousands of possibility's and it just wouldn't be possible to start listing them without having any idea of your interests, what time of year you are traveling and if this is a one way trip or a return trip.

You know your start and finish points so I would get a map out and look for things of interest to you between your start and destination points. You can search the forums and road trip planning pages using key words and the search button.

When you have some more idea of what you want to do post up questions as you go and we can help you to piece it together.

We generally reccomend no more than 9-10 hours on the road which equates to about 500-550 miles per day and 5-6 days to cross the country.

I expect you have already discovered that renting a car at your age will mean some pretty hefty surcharges.

Also, the 20 year old will not be allowed to drive a rental car.

Just read over this thread and found some good information. I'm planning to stay in several of the hotels/motels listed by alissha. As suggested by one smart Roadie, I'll be traveling sans reservations for most of my trip, as a great part of the fun of this Road trip will be to stop along the way when something interesting catches the eye. Most of the time, I'll be living on luck, and sometimes camping at will, too. It's going to be an adventure!

I checked the prices of hotels/motels along the road and nearby, the only ones who've cut prices at this time are in Las Vegas. I was stunned to see such low prices across the board for that city. I guess it's true, LV is struggling.

I've done the Arizona stretch of Route 66 previously, including Hoover Dam, the drive from LV to Kingman, and on to Oatman and loved it. That winding drive to Oatman is my favorite part. It's gorgeous out there, all the lovely red mountains and the wide open spaces - a real treat for any cityslicker.

Thanks for all the great suggestions, even though they weren't officially directed to me. Happy travels, everyone!