This summer John, the kids and I are planning a trip to Colorado and Arches State Park in Utah. We will be driving and camping and are deciding where to visit and where we want to stay. So I've started following @Colorado and @TravelUtah on Twitter and now like Colorado and Utah on Facebook. I have signed up for electronic newsletters for both states and have been to their state tourism websites. I also ordered hard copies of their travel guides from their websites. As we continue to plan, we will research campground options at RV park review websites and will make reservations in advance on-line. We will search travel forums and blogs and strike up conversations with people on Twitter to find out places we need to make sure we visit.
During the trip we will use the Droid for navigation and to find good restaurants and other places to stop along the way.
This is so much different from a 6 week trip my parents planned from Montana to the eastern United States in the summer of 1978. We took off in our pickup with the truck camper on back and had three basic destinations in mind: Ohio to visit Air Force friends of my parents; Boston to visit my Great Uncle and a visit to Washington, D.C. Other than that, we had no plans - no reservations - no timelines.
It was an awesome trip. We ate fresh lobster on Cape Cod, visited a miniature horse farm in Vermont, toured the Hershey factory in Pennsylvania, spent time in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country and rode up the St. Louis Arch. We visited Gettysburg, Philadelphia, D.C. and Boston. It's one of the best memories of my life.
When I asked my Mom how they planned for this 6 week trip, she said they didn't. They had the three destinations in mind and discovered things to do and places to camp as we went. She assumes they may have stopped at visitor's centers in states we visited but is not sure and knows they did not contact any place in advance via phone or snail mail. And they had to use maps, not a gps!
My how times have changed.
We are looking for suggestions of places to see and things to do in Colorado and southeast Utah this summer. Leave a comment if you have any ideas. Thanks in advance!
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