I road-tripped to 4 national parks in a week. It was stunning and surprisingly cheap, but I wouldn't do it again.

I went on a road trip to four national parks in six days.

Daniel Lu

In June, three of my friends and I embarked on a long, ambitious, and, at times, tiring road trip from Wyoming to Seattle. We had planned to stop at four national parks in six days, spending a few hours in each.We knew from the start that we wouldn't be able to see everything in any of the parks, and we were fine with that. When else were we going to fly to Montana or Wyoming?We wanted our trip to include a mix of national parks, state parks, urban exploration, and open roads.When we went to Yosemite National Park last October, we wished we could have stayed forever, but we had no regrets about spending one night there, so we assumed the same would be fine this time around.Seeing four of the most stunning national parks in one week — Grand Teton, Yellowstone, Glacier, and Mount Rainier — was hard to put into words.However, I felt overwhelmed by how much there was to see and knew I would likely have to return to get the full experience.We didn't have enough time to explore each place

There was so much to see with so little time.

Daniel Lu