Travel in U.S.A.  07/02 ~ 08/26 /2007

Date

week

destination  schedule and photos

7/02 MON Taipei (MH15:45)→ Los Angeles (12:55)
7/03 TUE Los Angeles → 10 , 15  138mil (2:41) →  Barstow → 15 ,69mil  Baker → Lake Mead (Boulder Beach  campground.)
7/04 WED Boulder Beach  campground → Alan Bible Visitor center → 93 3mil Hover Dam → 93 41mil Dolan Springs → Pierce Ferry Road  28mil → Diamond Bar Road 24mil → Sky Walk (Grand Canyon West Rim) → Lake Mead  lake side scenic load → Boulder Highway  → Las Vegas  ( Motel 6.)
7/05 THU Las Vegas .→ St. George → Kolob Canyon ( Zion National Park west rim ) → Cedar city (shopping) → Cedar Break N.M.
7/06 FRI Cedar Break N.M.( Trail hiking )
7/07 SAT Cedar Break N.M.→ Parowan → Salt Lake city ( Kennecott's Bingham Canyon (Utah copper) Mine → Temper Square ).→ (KOA North Temple st. camping )
7/08 SUN Salt Lake city → Golden Spike National History Site → Brigham city → Garden city (Bear Lake State Park) → Fossil Butte N.M. → Coke Ville ( Hide out Motel )
7/09 MON Cookeville → Jackson → Grand Teton National Park ( Signal Mountain campground )
7/10 TUE Grand Teton National Park (→ → → → → → )
7/11 WED Grand Teton National Park (→ → → → → → )
7/12 THU Grand Teton National Park →  Yellow Stone National Park
7/13 FRI Yellow Stone National Park (→ → → → → → )
7/14 SAT Yellow Stone National Park (→ → → → → → )
7/15 SUN Yellow Stone National Park (→ → → → → → )
7/16 MON Yellow Stone National ParkWest Yellow Stone  [Yellow Stone IMAX Theater ] ( KOA campground )
7/17 TUE West Yellow Stone  → Mesa Upper Falls Mesa Lower Falls  → Idaho Falls → Craters of the Moon N.M.( campground )
7/18 WED Craters of the Moon N.M. →Bellevue → Hailey → Ketchum → Redfish Lake (Saw tooth N.R.A.) ( lake side Glacier view campground )
7/19 THU Redfish Lake → Stanley → Sunbeam (Dam) → Challis → Salmon → Big Hole Battle Field → Divide → Butte ( KOA campground )
7/20 FRI Butte → Berkeley Pit ( copper Mine ) Bozeman ( Museum of The Rockies ) → Livingston → Gardiner → Mammoth Hot Spring campground
7/21 SAT Mammoth Hot Spring campground → cliff → Roosevelt → Tower Fall → Roosevelt → Northeast Entrance Yellow Stone National Park  → Bear tooth Hwy → Red Lodge → Laurel → Billings → Hardin → Bighorn Canyon N.R.A. North Yellowtail Dam (can't enter )( Afterbay campground (free ))
7/22 SUN Yellowtail Dam → Lodge Grass → Sheridan → Buffalo → Gillette → Moorcroft ( Exit153 ) → Devil Tower Jct. →  Devil Tower → Sundance → Spearfish ( KOA campground )
7/23 MON Spearfish ( KOA campground ) → Rapid city → Badland National Park →  Rapid city ( KOA campground )
7/24 TUE Rapid city ( KOA campground ) → Keystone → Mount Rushmore N.M. → Custer → Jewel Cave National Park   Crazy Horse Memories ( Heritage Village campground )
7/25 WED Heritage Village campground → Jewel Cave National Park ( 12:00 Cave tour )→ Wind Cave National Park ( 16:20 Fairground tour ) ( ELK Mountain campground)
7/26 THU Wind Cave National Park Custer state park ( Sylvan Lake campground )
7/27 FRI  Hiking Harney Peak ( 3.5hr round-trip 6mil )( Sylvan Lake campground )
7/28 SAT Sylvan Lake campground → Wildlife Loop → Wind Cave → Hot Spring → Mule Cr Jct. → Lusk ( Prairie View campground )
7/29 SUN Lusk → Cheyenne → Fort Collins → Loveland (outlet shopping mall)→ Estes Park ( KOA campground )
7/30 MON Estes Park ( KOA campground ) →  Rocky Mountain National Park → Estes Park ( KOA campground )
7/31 TUE Estes Park ( KOA campground ) →  Rocky Mountain National Park → Estes Park ( KOA campground )
8/01 WED Estes Park ( KOA campground ) →  Rocky Mountain National Park → Grand Lake Entrance Station → Winding River Resort ( camping )
8/02 THU Winding River Resort → Grand Lake ( Adam Falls ) → Granby →  Steamboat Sprs. → Craig → Canyon Area visitor center → Utah welcome center Dinosaur N.M. ( Green river campground )
8/03 FRI Dinosaur N.M.  → Fossil Discover trail → Harpers Corner Drive → Dinosaur City → Rangeley ( Camper park camping )
8/04 SAT Rangeley → Loma → Fruita → Colorado N.M. → Delta → Montrose ( Montrose RV resort camping )
8/05 SUN Montrose RV resort → Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park → Cimarron → Lake Fork Bridge → Middle  Bridge → Elk Creek visitor center ( Elk Creek campground )
8/06 MON Elk Creek campground → Gunnison → Johnson village → Florissant Fossil Bed N.M. → Divide → Cascade → Pikes Peak → Cascade →  Manito Spring  ( Pikes Peak RV park and campground )
8/07 TUE Pikes Peak RV park and campground → Garden of The God → Canon City  → Royal Gorge KOA campground
8/08 WED Royal Gorge KOA campground → Royal Gorge  → Poncho Springs → Great Sand Dune National Park  ( Pinyon Flats campground )
8/09 THU Great Sand Dune National Park
8/10 FRI Great Sand Dune National Park → Alamosa →Monte vista  → Pagosa Springs → Durango → Cortez (KOA campground)
8/11 SAT Cortez (KOA campground) → Hove weep N.M. → Aneth → Mexican Water → Chinle → Canyon De Chelly N.M.( Cotton word campground. It's free.)
8/12 SUN Canyon De Chelly N.M. → Tasile → Round Rock→ Mexican water → Bluff ( Navajo Twin Rock ) → Gooseneck State parkMonument valley Navajo tribal park →Goulding ( campground )
8/13 MON Goulding ( campground ) → Kayenta → Navajo N.M. Lower Antelope CanyonHorseshoe Bend →  Page → Big Water visitor center → Paria Station → Paria Canyon Guest Ranch ( campground )
8/14 TUE Paria Canyon Guest Ranch ( campground )  → Paria Station → 89 west 5mil → Horse Rock valley road 8mil →  The Wave ( parking lot ) → Hiking to North Coyote Buttes The Wave (Guest Ranch  campground )
8/15 WED Paria Canyon Guest Ranch ( campground )  → Kanab → Fredonia → Pipe Spring N.M. →  Hurricane → La Verkin →  Springdale → Zion National Park ( South campground )
8/16 THU Zion National Park
8/17 FRI Zion National Park  → LaVerkin → Cedar City → Minersville → Garrison → Baker → Great Basin National Park ( Lehman Cave visitor center ) → Wheeler Peak scenic Drive ( Wheeler Peak campground full ) → Upper Lehman Creek campground
8/18 SAT Great Basin National Park → Baker → Ely → Tonopah → Mammoth Lakes ( Visitor center ) ( Mary Lake campground )
8/19 SUN Mammoth Lakes  → Devil Post pile N.M.shuttle bus  → Mammoth Lakes ( Twin Lakes campground )
8/20 MON Mammoth Lakes  → Lee Vining ( Mono Basin Scenic area visitor center ) → Mono Lake south Tuta →  Yosemite National Park ( Tuolumne Meadows campground )
8/21 TUE Yosemite National Park ( Braidalveill Creek campground )
8/22 WED Yosemite National Park → Fresno → Visalia ( KOA campground )
8/23 THU Visalia → Santa Clarita → Venture Malibu Malibu state park ( camping )
8/24 FRI Malibu state park → Los Angeles
8/25 SAT Los Angeles (1:40A.M.) → Taipei
8/26 SUN Taipei (6:25 A.M.)