Albiecrazy we went to the Pacific but first at San Francisco because we wanted to cross the bridge and that night did sleep near the beach on the far side of the bridge (old army base). Your plan sounds fine to me.
We left from KY then hit IL, MO, KS, NE, SD (Badlands which took 32 hours from KY counting one night at WM in NE), Rushmore and near by NP's) then WY (Yellowstone (takes two days by bus tour to cover the major features) and did a sunset drive-by of Grand Tetons) and continued down 89 and slept at mountain top rest area over looking Bear Lake.
That took the kids breath then they went horse back riding at a place we learned about at the rest stop near by. That evening we swam in the Great Salt Lake and learned I had cousins 200 miles west on I-80 in Elco NV and that leg took us out on the Salt Flats. From Elco we crossed the bay bridge AFTER seeing Lake Tahoe. After kids swam early the next morning in the 'cool' Pacific we went to Yosemite then on to Kings/Sequoia Canyons to the General Sherman then we drove to Carlsbad CA for LegoLand and kids learned to surf for 14th birthday.
Then we did a Las Vegas drive-by at 11 PM at about 15 MPH for miles (finally road construction delays that was a blessing giving me time to point out the high points and we slept in a parking lot between LV and Hoover Dam which we drove across the next day before we did the Sky Walk over the GC then spent the evening in Williams AZ. After the train to GC and back and next day got to Monument Valley the then drove on to Four Corners, Ship Rock and stayed in Farmington NM. After Los Alamos we went to Roswell then Carlsbad Caverns NM before doing TX and heading home. Finished up in Dallas at 7 PM after 140 foot free fall and pulled in driveway at home at 7 AM. The kids and mom were happy to see each other on day 31 of our 8000 trip.
That was one wild trip and I returned in MUCH better physical/mental health.
No I am not saying anyone should do what we did. It just worked great for us and anyone interested can plot it on a map if they want to see what roads to take. As a REAL warning do not drive south out of Kings Canyon by way of Sequoia NP if you are over 22 foot. It CAN be done in a longer MH/TT but you WILL be on the other side of the road in the hellish switch backs.
We got our cross country MH trip in but ONLY by just taking off late on a Friday afternoon three days late with not one plan as to when and where we were going to sleep or or be on any day. With no toad to keep up with we routed on the fly because 100% of our stuff was in the MH at all times. It is amazing what you can see on short cuts. :B
