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I think you nailed it, Michael. Sounds exactly the same as our situation.

Thankfully we are home now. No disasters along the way, no car-crashes, no messed up hotel reservations, no flight...

Well we are still here. Just! It has been a hard trip in truth... teenage boy kicked off even before we left London and clearly doesn't want to be with us. The feeling, currently at least, is mutual!...

recreation.gov worked flawlessly this time so now have Mount Blue Sky tickets. Just Mesa Verde to go now next Friday.

Tagged on the end of the ticket was a text advising that the route is closing...

Yes it is far from perfect. Horrible thing to work with too!

Okay well fingers crossed it was a blip. I have to book the next tickets on Friday this week so hopefully it works better then :)

Was just playing around on Google My Maps and came up with this...

I fully expect it to have been a waste of time and energy but one less thing to worry about. Silly thing is it is basically apiece of paper with a passport photo stapled to it. Complete nonsense!

Well I finally tracked down a place that could do.menone of these ridiculous pieces of paper today. I don't mind the £5.50 I was charged but the visiting multiple places 10 or 12 miles between each...

Yes, that is what I always thought but the paperwork does seem to insist upon it. I guess I will have to try and get in touch to make certain as I can do without arriving there to find out it is a...

Just printing out various documents for this trip as we are getting closer and I note that the car rental company documents (Avis booked through Holiday Autos) require an International Drivers...

To my surprise we seem to be erring toward the Sequoia inland idea despite the earlier insistence that the coast was a must!. It confuses me sometimes it has to be said. So much easier planning for a...

Not sure if Google is showing blockage individually or if the road closure icons are arbitrary however it clearly doesn't look amazing out there right now!!

In relation to our own trip I have...

Yes, just been reading about the latest and figured we'll need to re-route away from CA-1. It is what it is and it just opens up other options. Mother nature cannot be out-manouvered.


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Thank you. Sadly I don't think we'd get to Oatman that early if we went. We'll definitely be going to the dam, for sure.

Thanks for the update, Mark, appreciated, will hold off on the tour tickets until we get there. Like the story too!

Do you know if they still do the daily 'gunfight' thing in Oatman? If we do...

Thank you for the input, Mark, I will try and report back on what we discover when we get there however, if anyone else has been on the big tour recently, perhaps they might like to advise if they...

Thanks Mark. I think we will definitely aim to upgrade our tickets when we arrive if we can as it seems silly to go all that way and not do something memorable. It still grates that I went all...

Hi davwill! It is certainly a consideration however we are aware that it's not possible for us to both see everything that we'd like and spend enough time at each stop to maximise our experience. ...

At my age I am thinking that any physical exertion is likely to lead to hypoxia type symptoms so we will certainly be taking it easy! In all seriousness, we will watch out for it and not try to be...

I've never been busted for it yet... amazes me given some of the things that we have gotten up to in a rental car. Then again I do recall being involved with a race team who was competing at...

Great, will definitely try and do that as it does sound good. I was just concerned about not being able to pre-book tickets for that. I finally found one mention on this website which suggests...

Thanks for the continued input, folks!

All hotels now booked and looks like the route is now largely locked in bar certain intentionally spaced days where we might choose to skip a visit or two...

Okay so I haven't managed to get away with that one. I have, however, got corporate to agree one extra night outside of Denver. So either one extra night somewhere between Durango and Denver or,...

hmmm, this somehow got me to thinking... the struggle with the last few days was all about accommodating the ball game which the kids wanted to get to. What would happen if this was not an option,...

Okay, here goes, version 2.0! I know that some will say it is perfectly achievable whilst others will say it is still too rushed and I have ignored all the advice. I don't think I have ignored...

Thanks for the beach tip, I will note that! The map showing the various mountain passes may be useful if we do not run down the PCH and I will revisit that when we talk over the options later.
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