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Over three weeks in the summer of 2006, I took a road trip from Madison, WI through the following places (in order): Mitchell, SD Rapid City, SD Sheridan, WY Ye

Over three weeks in the summer of 2006, I took a road trip from Madison, WI through the following places (in order): Mitchell, SD Rapid City, SD Sheridan, WY Yellowstone National Park Missoula, MT Coeur d'Alene ID Spokane, WA Grand Coulee Dam (awesome - tours are free!) Lake Chelan, WA -> take highway 2 into Everett/Seattle. It's the most beautiful thing you'll see! Seattle, WA (spend more time here - see Pike Place, the public library, which is a beautiful, tall and extremely modern building downtown) Olympic Peninsula (skip this - stay in Seattle longer) Portland, OR (Seattle is way better - but if you're in there, go to Saburo's - http://www.saburos.com/ http://www.saburos.com/ - you might have to wait an hour, but the sushi there is incredible.) Driving down PCH is a great plan. I like the northern better. I saw a bunch of other stuff, but Oregon's not nearly as impressive as Washington or Northern California (don't miss the Bay Area, of course, but don't bother driving any further south.) We went from LA to Vegas, and it's skip-able. Utah was OK, and from there we went to Denver and then back home. The whole trip was over 7,000 miles. Anyway, focus on the pacific northwest. It's just beautiful. I was just in San Diego for a week last fall, and it's awful. You'll just wish you were in SF, so stay away from San Diego. And if you're into Canada, try visiting Banff. I'm going there next (on a trip that will take me to Alaska and then to Hawaii by ferry.) You're probably going to hate your truck. I would get something sleeker.

ssanders82 18y ago
Cool, a lot of people have mentioned trying to see the smaller towns. What makes you not like San Diego? I think the weather would be much better than SF.
- maxharris 18y ago
  Smaller towns can be great. But food in San Diego's downtown is incredibly expensive given the (bad) quality. The whole place is a giant tourist trap, but this is especially true for the "gaslamp district". If you go anyway, don't say I didn't warn you! And I'm really serious about Saburo's - the place is amazing. For $20 you can get more sushi than you can possibly eat in an evening. Every piece of fish they give you is about 4x larger than you'd find anywhere else.
  - fizz 18y ago
    Agreed on downtown San Diego. But there are tons of other good areas in San Diego. Old Town has great places to eat like Casa de Pico and La Pinata. Hillcrest has lots of culture and I'd recommend the Park House Eatery. Pacific Beach has some great crusty hang outs and bars. La Jolla is beautiful. And you have to go to the big tourist attractions at least once like the San Diego Zoo and Sea World.

ssanders82 18y ago

Cool, a lot of people have mentioned trying to see the smaller towns. What makes you not like San Diego? I think the weather would be much better than SF.

maxharris 18y ago
Smaller towns can be great. But food in San Diego's downtown is incredibly expensive given the (bad) quality. The whole place is a giant tourist trap, but this is especially true for the "gaslamp district". If you go anyway, don't say I didn't warn you! And I'm really serious about Saburo's - the place is amazing. For $20 you can get more sushi than you can possibly eat in an evening. Every piece of fish they give you is about 4x larger than you'd find anywhere else.
- fizz 18y ago
  Agreed on downtown San Diego. But there are tons of other good areas in San Diego. Old Town has great places to eat like Casa de Pico and La Pinata. Hillcrest has lots of culture and I'd recommend the Park House Eatery. Pacific Beach has some great crusty hang outs and bars. La Jolla is beautiful. And you have to go to the big tourist attractions at least once like the San Diego Zoo and Sea World.