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Originally Posted by chazola
Hi, I had a holiday in Arizona/Nevada a few years ago and loved the areas I visited and the long drives on desert roads- I was in Sedona/Grand Canyon/Flagstaff/near Area 51 (also did Vegas and it wasn't for me), I'd like to go back next year if funds allow and see some bits of Arizona I missed last time and go on to California. My idea is to fly into Phoenix and hire a car, drive to Tuscon to visit the PIMA air and space museum, up to Sedona again, Mojave, Death Valley, then ending in San Francisco hopefully seeing the Redwood forests too.
I'll be on a bit of a budget, and travelling solo... probably driving a bland eco sedan so not quite as fun as in an old Merc but staying in the cheapest cheerful hotel/motels I can find and eating diner food 
If anyone has any must-sees/good places to stay on this route and general advice I'd appreciate it, I'm into nature/scenery and interesting/geeky stuff... |
If possible get a small SUV and take the senators HwY from nw of pheonix to Prescott,-it was a stage coach road--the main route at one time, its still there and not supprisingly ends up right in the old historic section of Prescott( elchiveto's granddad ran a mule train up and down it). JT area I could tell you of stuff to fill in a week if you got 4wd. besides giant rock and the Integratron theres little known canyons like ruby canyon -(ever see the movie with Robert Redford and Robert Blake -"Tell em Willie Boy is here"-
Willie is planted back in ruby-I never did find the little monument but the 10 mile jeep trail is got 5 miles of whoop-t-do's and a blast the day after a rain- splash splash splash,which only happens in winter. Theres a real cool mining camp back in Burnz canyon....... if you do go see Joshua Tree dont miss 49 palms oasis-right off 62, it's not in a regular entrance to the national park-but is inside.