Coming Soon.....An Epic Adventure
We are exactly a month out from a holiday that has been 3 years in the planning. That is due to COVID and thanks to the interminable Melbourne lockdowns, there has been no shortage of time in which to plan! So with 30 days to go, this is the post you’ve all been waiting for: the itinerary!!
We start out with 11 days in California which includes Los Angeles, a 2 day drive up the coast to San Francisco and 2 days in Yosemite. I think the highlight is going to be Yosemite but I’m also really looking forward to the drive up the coast - this part of the itinerary ticks all the obligatory personal holiday boxes of bridges, trains (this time of the steam variety) AND a power station Diablo Canyon Power Plant
The next 5 days are going to be spend travelling across Nevada, Idaho and Montana to get to Yellowstone National Park where we spend 4 days in what might just turn out to be the highlight of the entire holiday. From Yellowstone, we spend 6 days going through the square states of Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and into Illinois where we spend Christmas in Chicago
Chicago is where we give the car back and fly to Toronto to spend time with family for four days. From Toronto, we hop on Amtrak and head to New York in time for New Year’s Eve and the first 4 days of the new year then it’s on to Philadelphia for 2 days and finally to Washington D.C. to finish out the holiday. So 42 jam packed days travelling from one side of the continent to the other by plane, train and automobile!
You can read a summary of what excitement and adventures are planned for each day by scrolling through the itinerary below.