Self-drive USA Trip Advice Needed

[Ken4]

Thanks for all your replies folks, it was an unforgettable trip, here are some pics, enjoy!

Sunrise over the pacific

Peterson Museum - Twin Mill

Universal Studios - Crash site from War of the Worlds

Las Vegas Treasure Island - Lazy White Tiger

Las Vegas The Mirage - Volcano Erupting

Death Valley National Park

Sierra Nevada Mtns

Mono Lake

Mono Lake Tufas

Road to Reno

Road to Klamath Falls

Mt Shasta

Annie Creek

Snow!

Crater Lake - View from south

Crater Lake - Discovery Point

Crater Lake - View from north

Oregon Wildlife Safari

Noah's Ark spotted

Crescent City

Redwood Forest National Park - Drive thru tree

Drive thru tree - half inch clearance on the left

Drive thru tree - Half inch clearance on the right

Drive thru tree - Will we make in thru?

Drive thru tree - Yup

Napa Valley grapes

SF Lombard Street

SF Pier 39

7 year old Joshua's Birthday dinner at Vasalia

King's Canyon National Park

Canyon View

More Canyons

Nice Waterfall

Sequoia National Park - The Sentinel 2200 yr old 257' tall tree

Legoland California

Disneyland - Traffic Jam at Autopia, everyone get out, ride is closed

Home in LA

Rental Car Engine Pic

Tijuana - Donkey painted like a Zebra

Aquarium of the Pacific

Abalone Cove - Long Beach

My tool stash from USA

[ June 28, 2005, 09:17 PM: Message edited by: Ken4 ]

 

[tom slick]

Glad to hear you had a good time!

 

[Pablo]

Thanks for sharing! Nice family - you are blessed.

Those are pretty much my old tourist spots. I was born in Cali - strange thing, we just got home on Sunday from a 4 day visit to So Cal and also had a "rent-a-Impala" - not such a bad car in my opinion - how was yours?

It's funny that you went all the way to the USA to buy made in China tools!

 

[Ken4]

I rented the car from National and I could pick any full-size car from the parking lot! The keys were just dangling from the doors. So naturally I chose the one with the lowest mileage (3600miles). The Impala was pretty awesome. Huge interior space (better than a Lexus LS430), cavernous trunk, exceptional comfort (to soak up bad LA freeways), no interior rattles whatsoever, clever automatic headlights, impressive onboard computer (low washer fluid warning, beeps when turn signal left on too long, etc), car feels so happy cruising at 90mph (some wind noise but I guess thats normal at that speed), good grippy 225/65/16 tires, superb brakes, plenty of torque for a 3.4L base engine, 26.9mpg highway (not too shabby), 18.5mpg city using 87 gas, overall excellent touring machine for the 3500+ miles we made. Im glad I didnt rent a Taurus or a Camry.

 

[genie47]

The car in the Sierra Nevada Mountains picture looks awfully familiar.

 

[pastmaster]

Gee, Ken, thank you. I just went on vacation too! You have a very nice family and am happy you could enjoy each other on this memorable trip.

Yeah, the Chevy Impala is a dandy family sedan.

 

[moribundman]

I'm happy to see you stopped by at Mono Lake. Pretty cool, huh? Next time spend a couple days in Yosemite when you're in the area.