>>1554748My wife and I did this two summers ago driving all the way from Alaska down the west coast and back up through the southwest. I have a few pieces of advice:
>We ended up just tent camping most of the time.Sleeping in a van in the summer gets HOT without air-conditioning on.>Avoid the most popular National Parks and instead spend more time around the State Parks and National Monuments. Example: Cedar Breaks in Utah is a hidden gem. >Don't camp in campgrounds, that's lame. Instead look at maps to find isolated public roads and make your own camp site. This works great in the Southwest in BLM land. 