![]() But after crying, calling AAA, my mechanic and my editor, and then looking up rental cars with the help of my wonderful co-worker Chris, we decided it was too late to call it quits.Īfter picking up a rental, we agreed that heading to Death Valley - where it was 116 degrees - was probably not worth the extra hours on the road. My beloved car Marshmallow had broken down on the 405, and though that would’ve sucked on a normal day, it was especially upsetting at the start of a huge road trip. Hopefully you're not doing this trip during the peak of summer heat like we did, but it's vital to have extra water with you in the more remote areas of this trip.Īfter loading up my car and filling the gas tank, we found ourselves waiting for a tow truck by the Getty Center, just seven miles into our ambitious journey. ![]() Some of these roads (and nearly all of these national parks) have spotty cell service, and you can't ask for directions if you don't know where you're going.īring along a cooler and (at least) one case of bottled water. Write down essential addresses in advance. It costs $80 for the year, and visiting all these national parks would've cost us $325 in individual fees. To make your own trip as smooth as possible, here are a few crucial tips:īuy the America the Beautiful National Park Pass. Read more: Swimming holes, stargazing and mesmerizing rock towers? This Southwest road trip has it all ![]() (If you’d rather just cut to the chase and see the route we took click here.) ![]() This is an exhaustive recap of our 300-or-so hours on the road, chock-full of small joys, roadside eats and things we should’ve planned better. We would’ve happily spent an extra day in each place to break up the driving, as the quick pace of our trip made us feel absolutely loopy during the last few days when we spent hours in the car forcibly listening to every radio station play the Luke Combs version of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car.” (For scale, that distance is similar to driving from L.A.’s Santa Monica Pier to the easternmost point of the contiguous U.S. Over the course of 12 days, we were able to fit in nearly a dozen national parks, 3,350 miles of driving, thousands of photos and a shameful amount of roadside hamburgers. ![]()
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