WESTWORLD 2017

Parks, Canoe and Solar Eclipse

August 2017

LA (CA)

SF (CA)

2800 Miles

25 Days

6 States

Westworld, that’s the nickname we picked to describe the first trip we did together. In a certain way it was a classic Western USA trip. We enriched with a nice 3-day canoe trip in the Green River Canyon (UT). And we didn’t miss the opportunity to witness the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse! Quite a challenge to enjoy it in complete solitude, as Americans had been preparing for it for years. But we made it!

The journey and the vessel
Resources
Pictures and Video

Focus on stages

The journey and the vessel

Begin your journey ! Click on the map bellow to get informations about each stage and stop

For this trip we rented a fully equipped Dodge Grand Caravan from Lost Campers.

Let’s say it barely did the job, and didn’t leave us with great memories.

Indeed, it had a lot of miles and broke (engine KO) at some point of the trip (had to wait 24h to get someone replace it).

But it was “cheap” (compared to other know solutions such as Jucy , Escape Camper etc.), and it was the only solution available ! (as we booked quite late for an August trip)

Resources

Useful sites

Recreation
The most useful site to get information about the parks and to book campsites

Moab Rafting and Canoe
The rental company we used for our canoe trip; you can also find various information about the area of Moab (UT) – more informations here

NASA Solar Eclipse site
We found a lot of information on the eclipse; still, very useful for anyone interested in these unusual events

Guides and maps

Rand McNally
Full and large Road Atlas with large scale. A bit huge to travel with, but it’s worth it.

Garmin GPS Map
We prefer “old school” traveling with paper maps, although the GPS one (City Navigator North America) was useful to prepare the trip with Garmin Basecamp