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I visited Glacier when I was about 15 years old. It was pretty cool, we visited around July 4th and they had just opened Going to the Sun Road.
This may I went on a road trip from the Midwest to Utah to look at National Parks. On the second night we made it to Black Canyon of the Gunnison just before sunset which was awesome. We went on a hike and I don't remember the elevation being so exhausting compared to when I went backpacking in New Mexico.
The next day we visited Arches which was pretty busy in mid-May. We made it to Canyonlands southern portion which was underwhelming without a good hike. We camped on Bureau of Land Management lands just outside Canyonlands because it was full. The next day we went through Capitol Reef on the way to Bryce Canyon. The drive took a long time but had magnificent views. Some of the mountains reminded me of up North in Minnesota and it was even snowing a bit. We got lucky at Bryce Canyon and got a campsite in the park before they were full. Last day we went through Zion national park which was also very busy. We lucked out and didn't have to take the shuttles INTO the park which was a relief but the shuttle up to the Narrows wasn't bad at all.
We really wanted to visit the Grand Canyon so we're thinking of coming back in the spring sometime. Anyone have any recommendations on other neat places to visit out there? Also thinking of hitting Sequoia as a relative worked there for a summer out of high school but I'm not sure how much is open due to snow.
