Rockies Road Trip Itinerary!


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Saturday 14th June
Manchester - Seattle

9:00 Arrive Manchester Airport, Park
11:00 Depart Manchester
18:48 Arrive Seattle, pick up hire car Holiday Autos Drive Time 5min
21:00 Check In Hampton Inn & Suites Seattle-Airport/28th Ave

Sunday 15th June
Seattle

9:00 Free Breakfast Hampton Inn & Suites Seattle-Airport
10:30 Parking Republican
11:00 Space Needle
12:00 Chihuly Gardens
13:00 Lunch Pike's Place Market / The Crab Pot (pick up snack for later)
16:00 Vista Point Kerry Park
18:00 Back to hotel. Pool and snacks

Optional Activities: Woodland Zoo, Museum of Flight, Washington Park Arboretum
Monday 16th June
Seattle - Vancouver

9:00 Free Breakfast Hampton Inn & Suites Seattle-Airport
10:00 Check out (by 12pm) Drive Time 3h 20min (allow time for border crossing avoid 3-6pm)
12:00 Cafe Rumba
14:00 Capilano Suspension Bridge Park ($5 parking, open until 8pm)
17:00 Check in Times Square Suites (after 3pm)
18:00 Supermarket - buy 3 Meals. Dinner Self Catering

Tuesday 17th June
Vancouver

9:00 Breakfast Self Catering
10:00 Stanley Park, Hire Bikes, Cycle Sea Wall (Spokes Bicycle rentals corner of Denman St on Georgia St $20 each for <6hr)

Wednesday 18th June
Vancouver - Revelstoke

9:00 Breakfast Self Catering Nero Belgian Waffle Bar (Robson St) / Joe's Grill (Denman St)
10:00
Check out Times Square Suites (11am). Drive Time 5h 56mins
10:30 Supermarket – buy snacks
16:00 Check In Swiss Chalet Motel (2pm)
16:30 Drive up Mt Revelstoke Drive Time 45mins one way
19:00 Dinner Village Idiot on Mackenzie Av / The Taco Club pink van

Thursday 19th June
Revelstoke - Lake Louise

10:00 Free Breakfast. Check out Swiss Chalet Motel (11am). Drive Time 2h 44mins
13:00 Lunch Buffet Lodge at 10 Peaks. Gondola Ride
16:00 Check in Paradise Lodge (4pm)
17:00 Drive to Morraine Lake
18:00 Tea Fairmont Château Deli/General Store - buy breakfast & lunch

Friday 20th June
Lake Louise - Jasper

10:00 Self Catering Brunch. Check Out Paradise Lodge (11am) Drive Time 40mins
11:30 Visit Peyto Lake. Drive Time 1hr
14:00 Columbia Icefield Excursion Drive Time 1hr 40mins
16:00 Check In Bear Hill Lodge (4pm)
18:00 Dinner Downstream Restaurant / Bear Paw Bakery

Restaurant roads: Patricia St, Pyramid Lake Rd, Connaught Dr
Saturday 21st June
Jasper
10:00 Free Breakfast Bear Hill Lodge
11:00 Jasper Tramway
13:00 Lunch Restaurant/Deli
17:00 Hike Patricia & Pyramid Lake

Optional: 1hr drive to Malign Lake (Boat tour expensive)

Sunday 22nd June
Jasper - Banff

10:00 Free Breakfast Check Out Bear Hill Lodge (11am) Buy Snacks Drive Time 3h 52min
11:00 Vista Point Horseshoe Lake Paddle, Goat Lick, Athabasca Falls, Sunwapta Falls, Beauty Creek/Stanley Falls
16:00 Check In Banff Boutique Inn (4pm)
18:00 Dinner Beaver Tails 120 Banff Avenue

Optional: Visit Lake Minniewanka

Monday 23rd June
Banff - Calgary

10:00 Free Breakfast Check Out Banff Boutique Inn (11am). Drive Time 1h 23min
12:00 Spruce Meadows (take a picnic), Heritage Park Historical Museum
15:00 Check In Best Western Plus Suites Downtown (3pm)#
18:00 Dinner pick on 17th Avenue

Tuesday 24th June
Calgary - Glacier NP

9:30 Free Breakfast Check out Best Western Plus Suites Downtown (11am) Drive Time 4h 44min
12:00 Hike Grinnell Glacier Trail Hike at Many Glacier Hotel
15:00 Drive along “Going to the sun road”, Vista point St. Mary Lake
16:00 Hike Virginia Falls (easy hike, along the road)
18:00 Logan Pass
20:00 Check in Glacier Guides Lodge (3pm) Restaurants along route 2

Wednesday 25th June
Glacier NP - Missoula

11:00 Free Breakfast Check Out Glacier Guides Lodge (11am) Drive Time 2h 43min
12:00 Visit Lake McDonald
13:00 Hike Avalanche Lake (short hike, back up the road)
17:00 Check In Holiday Inn Express (3pm)
18:00 Dinner Bob Marshall's Biga Pizza 241 West Main St

Thursday 26th June
Missoula - Yellowstone NP

10:00 Free Breakfast Check Out Holiday Inn Express (12pm) Drive Time 4h 9min
14:00 Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Centre
15:00 Check In Three Bears Lodge (3pm)
16:00 Firehole Canyon Road
17:00 Midway Geyser Basin / Grand Prismatic Spring
18:00 Dinner Beartooth Barbeque Canyon St. Buy Picnic for next day.

Friday 27th June
Yellowstone NP

9:00 Breakfast Check Out Three Bears Lodge (12pm) Drive Time 2hr50min
10:00 Norris Geyser Basin, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Artist Point, Hike Falls of the Yellowstone, Hayden Valley, Yellowstone Lake
16:30 Check in Old Faithful Inn (4:30pm) (1 bed). Dinner

Optional: drive north to Saphire Pool area for more Geysers.

Saturday 28th June
Yellowstone NP - Grand Teton NP

8:00 Old Faithful, Upper Geyser Basin
10:00 Breakfast Check out Old Faithful Inn (11am). Drive Time 1h 13min
13:00 Hike Jenny Lake, Cascade Canyon & Inspiration Point
15:00 Check In Quality Inn & Suites 49'er (3pm)

Sunday 29th June
Grand Teton NP - Salt Lake City

10:00 Free Breakfast Check Out Quality Inn & Suites 49'er Drive Time 4h 35min
15:00 Check In Hampton Inn Salt Lake City Downtown (3pm)
16:00 Temple Square

Monday 30th June
Salt Lake City - Bryce NP

10:00 Free Breakfast Check out Hampton Inn Salt Lake City Downtown (11am) Drive Time 3h 56min
11:00 Navajo/Queens Garden Loop, Inspiration point
16:00 Check In Best Western Plus Bryce Canyon Grand Hotel (4pm)

Tuesday 1st July
Bryce NP - Zion NP

10:00 Free Breakfast Check Out Best Western Plus Bryce Canyon Grand Hotel (11am) Drive Time 1h 50min
11:00 Hike Zion Shuttle → The Narrows
15:00 Check In Quality Inn & Suites Montclair (3pm)

Wednesday 2nd July
Zion NP

10:00 Free Breakfast Quality Inn & Suites Montclair
11:00 Hike Main Canyon

Thursday 3rd July
Zion NP - Las Vegas

11:00 Free Breakfast Check Out Quality Inn & Suites Montclair (11am) Drive Time 2h 33min
16:00 Check In Wyndham Grand Desert (4pm)

Friday 4th July
Las Vegas

10:00 Breakfast Hash House a Go-go

Saturday 5th July
Las Vegas

8:00 Check Out Wyndham Grand Desert Drive Time 5min
10:00 Breakfast Airport
11:30 Flight departs

Sunday 6th July
Manchester

08:50 Arrive Manchester

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