Contributor III
I'm in the beginning stages of planning a fairly big cross country and back trip (4-5ish weeks) with my 7 1/2 yo daughter. We will be combining camping, hotel stays and family hosted accomodations. We plan to leave the Philly / Bucks County area on June 21 or 22, head to Ohio (Dayton - Family), Chicago, Minneapolis, South Dakota (Wall Drug / Badlands, Mt. Rushmore & Black Hills, then Bozeman, MT (Family again), Yellowstone (N Entrance, Lamar Valley, East side (did west side 2y ago)), Grand Tetons/Jackson, Idaho Falls, Salt Lake City, then on to Duck Creek Village, UT for the night of June 30 (Family). We will then head over to Lake Powell (Family still) for two weeks on a Houseboat. The wife will join us on July 7/8 - 15 on the houseboat. We will disembark on July 15, and likely either head to Phoenix to take wife to Airport, or else she will fly from Page, AZ to Phoenix & home and we will go back to Duck Creek for the night. Then we need to plan the trip homeward. I'm thinking AZ, NM, Colorado & that's about as far as I have gotten. What are the must sees & do's, good campgrounds, etc on the route. We will be taking the '17 Tacoma DCSB Off-Road, Tent/Sleeping bags, Cooler (Yeti), porta potti, Camp Stove, Warm & Cool/Cold weather stuff, etc. Have a tonneau & bedrug in back. Still Stock wheels/tires & no lift. May try to take bikes too(if she gets better riding)? TY in Adv. for ideas!