N80
Super Member
Our 30th anniversary is coming up this summer and my wife wants to go on a trip. We both like to travel but don't get to do it a lot. Once every couple of years. We have been to Italy, New York, a road trip through the deep south for blues festivals. Now she has the idea that she would like to go to the Grand Canyon or a couple of other National Parks. She visited many of them when she was a small child. I've never been west of central Texas.
So I'm wondering how you folks who have experience with the big famous National Parks would rank them and what you would suggest if you could only pick one or two.
But, there are some criteria. 1.) I'm not fond of being a tourist in blistering hot weather and we would probably go in the spring. Yes, I have lived all my life in the hot steamy south but when I'm on vacation I prefer not to be in the heat. 2.) I'm not fond of simply being a tourist. I don't like crowds of tourists. I don't like being in tourist traffic on the roads. 3.) We don't mind going off the beaten path. When we went to Italy we hardly had an itinerary. We mostly just went wherever the mood took us and it was mostly to places where people didn't speak English and there were no English menus (which, by the way, is how you get the best Italian food!). 4.) We don't mind hiking, walking or driving out of the way to see good stuff that the tourists might miss. 5.) I am into photography and that would be an integral part of what I would enjoy on the trip.
So, with those things in mind I'd love to hear what you folks have to say. I know it isn't tractor related but I also know you guys will give me a wide range of good solid advice and opinion. You always have.
So I'm wondering how you folks who have experience with the big famous National Parks would rank them and what you would suggest if you could only pick one or two.
But, there are some criteria. 1.) I'm not fond of being a tourist in blistering hot weather and we would probably go in the spring. Yes, I have lived all my life in the hot steamy south but when I'm on vacation I prefer not to be in the heat. 2.) I'm not fond of simply being a tourist. I don't like crowds of tourists. I don't like being in tourist traffic on the roads. 3.) We don't mind going off the beaten path. When we went to Italy we hardly had an itinerary. We mostly just went wherever the mood took us and it was mostly to places where people didn't speak English and there were no English menus (which, by the way, is how you get the best Italian food!). 4.) We don't mind hiking, walking or driving out of the way to see good stuff that the tourists might miss. 5.) I am into photography and that would be an integral part of what I would enjoy on the trip.
So, with those things in mind I'd love to hear what you folks have to say. I know it isn't tractor related but I also know you guys will give me a wide range of good solid advice and opinion. You always have.