Hi All, I discussed all your comments with my husband and a few other points and we have decided to make some major changes. We are eliminating Nashville, Texas and Las Vegas area freeing up quite a bit of time for the other things. Here is my tentative itinerary which I feel pretty good about, but would still appreciate any comments as I did this late at night.
May 13th Depart New Jersey
May 14th Arrive Chattanooga, TN some time during the day (meeting my brother here so a definite stop)
May 16th Depart Chattanooga, TN in the afternoon head to Memphis
May 18th Depart Memphis and startw heading west to Grand Canyon via 40 and Route 66 area along the way taking our time and enjoying the road.
May 23rd Arrive at Grand Canyon (possibly day before)
May 25th Depart Grand Canyon head to Monument Valley
May 27th Depart Monument Valley head to Page, AZ area
May 29th Depart Page area and head to Zion
May 31st Depart Zion and head to Bryce
June 2nd Depart Bryce and head to Canyonlands
June 4th Depart Canyonlands and head to Arches
June 6th Depart Arches and head to Grand Tetons
June 9th Depart Grand Tetons and head to Yellowstone
June 14th Depart Yellowstone and head to Cody, WY
June 16th Depart Cody and head to Custer, SD
June 19th Depart Custer and start heading towards NJ via Badlands area
June 23rd Arrive NJ
I've added 50% more driving times to anything Google Maps told me that driving times would be since I know with a Class C, people and dogs, traffic, stops etc that my driving time will be longer. If I've over compensated then all the better. I've tried to allow a couple of days between driving for the most part, but some days it will be unavoidable, mainly driving out and back. I really want this to be more of a leisurely trip with out having stress of having to be at a particular point at a particular time. The only place we needed to have a definite reservation is if we ant to stay within Yellowstone. The dates are guidelines depending on our driving times an where we end up at the end of the day. But it's a start. So how did I do this time?
