Yes. It’s decided. We are going. This year. We are finally going. For the first time since we’re together, I’m letting the boyfriend decide where we are going for our big holiday. I’m not letting him decide what we are going to do or see. But… he could choose the destination. And he chose. And it’s decided. But to make this long story a lot shorter: we are going to the USA. For the first time in forever (there’ll be music, there’ll be light).

We plan on visiting California, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Nevada. Some states we only pass through though. I’m giving you our itinerary down below, together with some of the highlights that I’m looking forward to. Some are higher on the list than others, but who cares, right? We are ready for THE one and only road trip everybody should do (or so they say), the one through the west coast of America. Originality: zero. Epiceness: going through the ceiling.

Day 1     Brussels – (San Francisco) – Monterey
Day 2     Monterey
Day 3     Monterey – Santa Maria
Day 4     Santa Maria – Los Angeles
Day 5     Los Angeles
Day 6     Los Angeles – Kingman
Day 7     Kingman – Grand Canyon Village
Day 8     Grand Canyon Village – Page
Day 9     Page – Tropic
Day 10  Tropic – Salt Lake City
Day 11  Salt Lake City – Jackson
Day 12  Jackson– Canyon Village
Day 13  Canyon Village
Day 14  Canyon Village
Day 15  Canyon Village – Salt Lake City
Day 16  Salt Lake City – Springdale
Day 17  Springdale
Day 18  Springdale– Las Vegas
Day 19  Las Vegas – Panamint Springs
Day 20  Panamint Springs – Mammoth Lakes
Day 21  Mammoth Lakes – Mather
Day 22  Mather
Day 23  Mather– San Francisco
Day 24  San Francisco
Day 25  San Francisco
Day 26  San Francisco – Brussels
Day 27  Arriving in Brussels

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It’s a busy schedule, but we only have so much days to spend. And I only wanted to go to America, if I could include Yellowstone in the itinerary. Just because… it’s Yellowstone! Come on!

A more detailed post on the cities, parks and sceneries can be found here:

California
Arizona
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Nevada

My top ten of the highlights of this spectacular roadtrip:

  1. Grand Teton National Park & Yellowstone National Park
  2. Lower Antelope Canyon
  3. Whale watching in Monterey
  4. Monument Valley
  5. Yosemite National Park
  6. (Horseback riding in) Bryce Canyon National park
  7. Death Valley National park
  8. The Narrows in Zion National Park
  9. Helicopter tour over the Grand Canyon
  10. The Food (and actually the people as well)