day 1: San Francisco bay area to Fallon, 5 hours 317 miles, visit petroglyphs at Grimes Point at Fallon
day 2: Fallon to Baker, 5 hours 319 miles; visit Great Basin NP
day 3: Baker to Grand Junction, 5.5 hours 374 miles; taste cinnamon rolls at Dream Cafe, Pablo’s Pizza (Q: Grand Junction seems to have high Covid cases)
day 4: Grand Junction to Durango; drive million dollar highway, visit Ouray, Black Canyon of Gunnison NP, Silverton (Q: any danger of mudslide?)
day 5: visit Mesa Verde NP, stay at Far View Lodge (Unfortunately the tours at Mesa Verde are sold out)
day 6: Mesa Verde to Santa Fe, stay at La Fonda, driving time 4.5 hours 273 miles; visit Pagosa Springs, Chama railyards, Los Alamos National Lab and Museum
day 7: Santa Fe to Lubbock, 5 hours 313 miles; visit Buddy Holy Center
day 8: Lubbock to Austin, 5.5 hours 364 miles
day 9: visit campus and some local sights in Austin (do not plan to spend a lot of time here as we expect to come back often in the future)
day 10-16: fly back (may stay in Austin house and WFH for a few days)
选择1:打算开车送孩子去大学,把车卖了再坐飞机回来,顺便住在Austin刚买的房子里看看工人修得怎么样。
选择2: 飞机来回,老二就不去了,我们大人可能只去一个。
主要担心疫情,泥石流,山火。我们全家都已打了疫苗。
这是我们选项一的行程,大家有什么建议?是开车去还是飞机?大家有出行的经验吗?如果开车打算自带床单枕头。
day 1: San Francisco bay area to Fallon, 5 hours 317 miles, visit petroglyphs at Grimes Point at Fallon
day 2: Fallon to Baker, 5 hours 319 miles; visit Great Basin NP
day 3: Baker to Grand Junction, 5.5 hours 374 miles; taste cinnamon rolls at Dream Cafe, Pablo’s Pizza (Q: Grand Junction seems to have high Covid cases)
day 4: Grand Junction to Durango; drive million dollar highway, visit Ouray, Black Canyon of Gunnison NP, Silverton (Q: any danger of mudslide?)
day 5: visit Mesa Verde NP, stay at Far View Lodge (Unfortunately the tours at Mesa Verde are sold out)
day 6: Mesa Verde to Santa Fe, stay at La Fonda, driving time 4.5 hours 273 miles; visit Pagosa Springs, Chama railyards, Los Alamos National Lab and Museum
day 7: Santa Fe to Lubbock, 5 hours 313 miles; visit Buddy Holy Center
day 8: Lubbock to Austin, 5.5 hours 364 miles
day 9: visit campus and some local sights in Austin (do not plan to spend a lot of time here as we expect to come back often in the future)
day 10-16: fly back (may stay in Austin house and WFH for a few days)
1. 自家的车开去 留车给孩子。 以后毕业再开回来或卖了。
2 租车,选择单程异地还车
3. 自带睡袋比较方便 简单。 尽量订门对户外的那种旅馆 确认旅馆的消毒程序。
大雪。
去看总统山,算是度假呢。你们开一趟也可以算是度假road trip了。大一新生行李多,开车能运更多的东西去。
以前租车2星期中型车三百以下就能拿到。现在不知道多贵了。
孩子把行李箱搬上出租车,然后挥手告别。老两口再目送一下,出租车远去,镜头拉远,音乐起。。。
真送进学校,画面感觉就差多了。。
第二天再check out, 也没啥时间再开5-7个小时, 还有心思玩第二个景点
挺考验孩子们的组织能力的。
再观察下大家都带了些啥也特好玩,通常姑娘们要夸张些。
子坦假大空风气不改, 早晚要有人受到伤害。。。
小姑娘也很会做牛排。那一年她特别有口福。那个小姑娘是美国父母从中国收养过来的华裔。看得出,父母对她很疼爱。那个老爹说女儿可能不喜欢睡宿舍的小床。担心她半夜从床上掉下来。
睡袋比带枕头被套的方便。
洗澡要的吧 衣服到了再洗吧。
还有一招 要房间自带空调的旅馆。
一个地方停留两三天再move,会感觉好的多。赶上疫情年,大学新生的家长孩子都不容易。小孩第一次出远门,就要遭遇这么大的防疫压力。家长护子心切,不得不出此下策。可怜天下父母心。