November Honeymoon trip suggestions

Alternate plan: How about New Orleans for a week instead of knocking yourselves out on the road going west. Take in the Civil War battleground at Vicksburg, MS either coming or going.
Save the western trip for sometime when you have at least a month.

Weather will be a big factor that late in the year. Mid November after last year would make me worry.

What exactly are you looking for? Urban exploration, restaurants ect? Or natural wonders.

I any case you may want to head south or south west for better weather prospects. A 36 ft fiver will exclude most national park cg and a lot of other federal cg with the exception of COE sites.

I'm not sure if you are aware of this but most people hold the speed down to 60 mph or so when towing. Higher speeds can lead to bad surprises. Blown tires if nothing else.

An 800 mile day will make the next day, even if you don't travel less than pleasant. Off hand I don't know of a lot of places to visit within 600-800 miles of Chicago. We strictly prefer natural sites our self and avoid cities. So I would push a couple of 400+ mile days in to get to more interesting areas.

Just an off the cuff suggestion, Big Bend would be good that time of year followed by Southern New Mexico and Arizona. However Big Bend is 1400 miles. If the weather cooperates southern Colorado may work. But Grand Sand Dunes is 1100 miles. Followed by Mesa Verde and the UT parks. Zion BTW is 1800 miles.

I'd opt to put on some miles (500-550 is plenty for one day) until you reach somewhere you'd like to explore/enjoy, then stay there (or close to there) 2 or 3 nights.

Driving I-70 through Colorado in the first week of November would, I suspect, give you spectacular views of snow-covered peaks. Spend a day at Colorado National Monument. 2 days at Arches. Maybe a day at Canyonlands, especially if you want to Jeep the trails. Loop up to I-70 and west to Hwy 24 so you can visit Goblin Valley SP. Spend a day at Capitol Reef. Then south to Kodachrome, Bryce, and/or Zion (all fairly close together); I've never been to Koodachrome so I don't know how it compares timewise, but Bryce and Zion are each worth at least 1 day. Of course you have time constraints by this time. So at some point you have to break off and head east; go south to I-40 (by then you will surely want the southern route due to weather) and hotfoot it toward home, but plan a half-day or a day in Santa Fe to see the art and the buildings.

All of this assumes that you prefer outdoors and wild scenery. If you would rather spend time in cities looking through museums or checking out wineries or microbrews or shopping, others will have to speak to that.

We tend a lil bit different than your choices. About 300 maybe 350 miles and stop for at least 2 nites before moving again.
From Chicago, maybe to the Ozarks, down into hot springs Arkansas and further south if you wish.

I vote for Option 1...reason take your time see the sights and enjoy the trip.

Don't worry about the setup and tear down...it's fairly easy and shouldn't take more than a half hour for each.