[Al Skierkiewicz]

We need a little more info. Advice will be different for camping than for hoteling. National parks are the best you will ever find in this country. Plan on staying at least one night in each park. This may require some advance planning to get your reservations set up. Each park is set up around a natural attraction or is near other attractions. The thing is to go to the library and get some books on the parks you wish to visit. Plan a few things to see and then plan in some time for stopping to see things that look interesting from the road. The world's largest ball of string jumps to mind. We did the Yellowstone/Grand Teton trip this summer and it takes a few days. Talk to the rangers when you get there. If you can only stay a day or two, ask them what you should see. They will give you a list of ideas. Pick interesting routes that may take longer but reward you with spectacular scenery. Driving Needles Highway into Mt. Rushmore is better than the quicky road in from the highway. The Beartooth Highway from Billings, MT down to the Northeast entrance to Yellowstone is one of the most beautiful roads I have ever driven. It is easy to get to the Grand Canyon from Flagstaf but the trip from Pueblo, CO through Durango to Tuba City will take you across the Great Divide at Wolf Pass. It will allow you to take a trip on a steam train through the most wonderful canyon to Silverton from the Durango Station (with a stay at the Iron Horse Inn in Durango). You can visit Meas Verde and skirt Monument Valley, stop at Four Corners National Monument (the only place four state borders come together in one place) and then enter the Grand Canyon from the east entrance. The Grand Canyon is the one place to stop along the rim and watch the sunset, the single best place on the planet.