D1
7/10 Fri
Shanghai ✈ Los Angeles
UA199 PVG 20:10 → LAX 17:20. Cross the Pacific. Hilton LAX.
D2
7/11 Sat
Los Angeles · First Light
Jet lag buffer. Santa Monica Pier. Venice Beach. DTLA craft beer.
D3
7/12 Sun
LA ✈ Las Vegas
UA2741 13:12→13:34. Holiday Inn Express. Scout Mandalay Bay.
D4–6
7/13–15 Mon–Wed
Cosmoprof America ★
3 days. Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Clients. Trends. Competition.
D7
7/16 Thu
The Road · 460km
Hoover Dam → Route 66 → Sedona → Flagstaff. Desert to pines. 40°C to 25°C.
D8
7/17 Fri
Grand Canyon ✈ Houston
South Rim morning. PHX→IAH evening. The Post Oak Hotel. 3 nights.
D9
7/18 Sat
Houston Museum Day
HMNS. Butterfly Center. Dinosaurs. Toyota Center. Pappas Bros.
D10
7/19 Sun
NASA · Johnson Space Center ★
Saturn V. Apollo 11 Mission Control. Shuttle Independence. Space food.
D11
7/20 Mon
Houston ✈ Seattle
UA2487 IAH→SEA. The Edgewater Hotel. Pike Place Market.
D12
7/21 Tue
Seattle · Breathe
Chihuly Garden. Capitol Hill. Kerry Park sunset. Recharge.
D13
7/22 Wed
Boeing Everett · Pilgrimage
World's largest building. 747/777/787 assembly lines. Fremont.
D14
7/23 Thu
Sky Day
Museum of Flight. Air Force One 707. Space Needle. Sky View Observatory.
D15
7/24 Fri
Olympic National Park
Ferry → Hurricane Ridge → Hoh Rain Forest → Rialto Beach. 3 ecosystems.
D16
7/25 Sat
Seattle ✈ Los Angeles
AS446 SEA→LAX. Doubletree DTLA. Art District dinner.
D17–20
7/26–29
Los Angeles · 4 Days Deep
Getty. Griffith. The Broad. Santa Monica. LACMA. Beverly Hills. Pure freedom.
D21
7/30 Thu
Return ✈ Shanghai
UA198 LAX 13:15 → PVG 7/31 17:45. 22 days. One lifetime.