Hi Stephen,

So now I’m planning to hire a car from LA airport and return same place. Now I need to find out what’s there to see,
That sounds like a decent plan ! Here are some links to some of our favorite threads in the West. You will find many more by using the search button but to give you a start a very popular and incredibly scenic and diverse route would look something like this LA > Grand canyon > Vegas > Death valley > Yosemite [via Tioga pass] > San Francisco > LA taking a couple of nights down the amazing Pacific coast highway. That would be well suited to an 11 day trip to get an overview of these great locations.