Enter Gadling's "Perfect Road Trip" Contest! {Gadling}

Jul 15th 2009 1:32PM The ultimate road trip has variety! Mine would start in Flagstaff, AZ at the haunted Hotel Monte Vista. A historic hotel where John Wayne, Gary Cooper and many other western greats lodged. At the crack of dawn drive to the Grand Canyon at watch the earth wake up. Follow roads along the famous Route 66 toward Holbrook, AZ and the Petrified Forest National Park. Continue to travel east to Gallup, NM. Then shoot north on every backroad that aims towards Colorado Springs. In September, the Aspen trees would be in their glory. Stop for the night near Wolf Creek, CO and find a log cabin with a hot tub! Day 2 is a scenic beeline for the "utimate road"....drive up to the top of Pikes Peak at 14,110 feet! Spend the final night at the luxurious Broadmoor Hotel. The Cadillac SRX would be right at home!