Riviera Dr

runninggirl asked:


Usually we travel on the South/South East Coast, or we cruise the Caribbean. We are staying closer to home this year …i.e. in the USA. We’ve cruised the W, E, and S Caribbean so we are going to give that a break, since flights are so expensive and we’ve visited many of the islands already.

I was thinking of traveling on the West Coast, as we have never been (except for a quick business trip).

Any one have ideas of cities to visit and things to do? Thinking of visiting N. California, Oregon, Washington, maybe crossing over to Canada. I’ve always been fascinated with Alcatrez and San Francisco. I don’t know much about Oregon & Washington.

Other thoughts were visiting Southern California for a few days (my son really wants to visit LA), and then take a 4-7 day Mexican Riviera cruise.

The trip will be for myself, and my 16 year old son in June 09.

Any feedback on vacation ideas or destination cities would be appreciated. I’m pretty open as far as budget. Would like to stay around $2-3K if possible not including airfare & car rental.

Thanks