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With 3 nights, visit Colorado's spectacular Rocky Mountain National Park. Hike to high mountain lakes and visit a historic guest ranch, now part of the park. Drive Trail Ridge Road up to 12,183 feet, the highest continuous highway in the United States. Wildlife sightings include elk, deer, moose, bighorn sheep, black bears and coyotes. Wildflowers dot the meadows and hillsides in the summer months. Try kayaking on your own or saddle up for a horseback ride with one of the park outfitters. Nearby Estes Park has good restaurants, July 4th fireworks and a late July Rodeo.

Head down the Big Sur Coast for 4 nights from San Francisco to walk the beaches, hike in the coastal redwoods and see the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Get out on the ocean on a wildlife Zodiac tour or sea kayaking trip, or take a horseback ride on the beach.

Start your trip in legendary Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where shootouts still happen daily (mock, of course). Spend a couple of days in the shadows of the magnificent Grand Teton Mountains, then head to Yellowstone, America's first national park, for buffalo, bears, wolves and the geysers and hot pools you've only seen in pictures until now.

From granite mountains to giant sequoias, this trip hits the highlights of 3 of California's most spectacular national parks. Start your tour in the Bay area, then head east to Yosemite with its impressive waterfalls, towering cliffs, rounded domes, and massive monoliths. Visit the country's second oldest National Park, home of the Giant Forest where four of the world's five largest sequoias are found. Top it off with an incredibly scenic drive into Kings Canyon, "a rival to Yosemite" according to famed naturalist John Muir.

Take the incredible Beartooth Highway scenic drive from Billings, Montana into Yellowstone National Park. Spend a few days in the park watching wildlife, horseback riding, geyser gazing and touring with your own private guide for a day. Try biking, rafting, and fly fishing in the Grand Tetons. Visit the fun western town of Jackson, Wyoming and take in the rodeo action. Return to Billings following the Yellowstone River.

Fly into Phoenix. Visit the renowned Heard Museum before heading for trendy Sedona with its beautiful red rocks. Ride the range on a cowboy cookout or ride the "Iron Horse" (train) through scenic Verde Canyon. Cool off in Mother Nature's water park at Slide Rock State Park. Take in the magnificent Grand Canyon by foot and/or air. Visit ancient Puebloan dwellings of stone, climb an extinct volcano and view the night sky as never before.

From the Pacific Coast to giant sequoias and granite mountains, this trip hits the highlights of California's most spectacular scenery. From San Francisco down Pacific Highway 1, you'll travel along the scenic coast before heading inland to the Giant Forest where four of the world's five largest sequoias are found. Another scenic drive awaits you into Kings Canyon and then on to Yosemite with its impressive waterfalls, towering cliffs, rounded domes, and massive monoliths.

For those who crave mountain scenery and don't mind doing some hiking, you'll visit some of the west's most incredible landscapes on this trip. Get up close to one of Glacier National Park's 27 glaciers by boat and foot. Tour in a historic Red Jammer Bus, or take a cultural tour with the Blackfeet Indian tribe, who've been watching over this area for centuries. Visit Yellowstone, America's first national park, with its geysers, bubbling mudpots, steam vents and waterfalls. The wildlife watching is diverse, with good chances of seeing bears, elk, bison, deer, mountain goats and big horn sheep, along with eagles and other birds of prey. A day with your own private guide will give you a look at "hidden" Yellowstone. Head into Grand Teton National Park & Jackson, Wyoming for rafting, canoeing, rodeos and more. Return to Billings via the incredible Beartooth Highway Scenic Drive.

Start in Salt Lake City in the shadow of the Wasatch Mountain Range and head north into America's first national park. Visit the western town of Jackson, Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park. With swimming in high mountain lakes and hot springs, hiking, rafting, fishing, rock climbing, wildlife viewing, horseback riding, geyser gazing, sea kayaking and more, there's something for everyone to enjoy.

Explore from the foothills of Denver to the canyons of eastern Utah. You'll see a variety of terrain including the Rocky Mountains, ancient cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, and the deep canyons and sandstone arches in Canyonlands and Arches National Parks. Soak in hot springs, raft, jeep, ride a steam train, hike, horseback ride, or step back in time on a stagecoach ride - the choices are endless.