Bye Bye West Coast

Leaving the West Coast I feel like I should try and sum the sites and places up:
I visited and stayed in the large cities:

Seattle, WA
Portland, OR
San Francisco, CA
Fresno, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Los Angeles, CA
San Diego, CA
Yuma, Az

as well as in some smaller places:

Tonopah, NV
Fort Bragg, CA
South Lake Tahoe, CA/NV
Ridgecrest, CA
Grand Canyon, Az

Only once did we sleep in the car between Redding & Mineral, CA.

The place I liked the most might have been Rachel in Nevada because of the fantastic experiences we had there. Otherwise noteworthy location where the great national parks; Death Valley, Red Wood, Yosemite and Grand Canyon as well as, in lack of a better word the "ski-resort" Lake Tahoe. The windmill park at Monolith was also a sight to behold.
Salvation Mountain was something, more like a good road trip with an old friend than fantastic in it self.
Legoland was not as memorable, especially because of the price.

Seattle, San Francisco and San Diego are cities to visit for sure. Las Vegas is something else, rather than a city we could probably call it an attraction or thrill-ride. Worth seeing but not much more. Plan your trip wisely and do not over stay.
Fresno and Yuma gave to little impression on me to talk about while Portland was a nice long stay for me. But this one was with friends so it got very different finding oneself in a context and hanging out in peoples homes and at parties. Los Angeles was as I have already mentioned a big let down, for several reasons already written about.

I regret that I did not make it to Canada or Mexico but time is running out, the USA immigration rules does not help at all and having a rental car made us uncomfortable to cross.
My gold this trip was hanging out with my own Cowboy, go driving ATV in the sand dunes and probably best of all: to just let go of reality and make this trip.