In planning this journey, I just picked up a map (Google maps, to be specific) and started looking for anything and everything that looked like a place I’d want to stop. After much research and deliberation, these are my intended destinations, in chronological order.
California
Yosemite
Mono Lake
Nevada
Nothing but the open road
Utah
Zion National Park
Arches National Park
Colorado
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
Mesa Verde National Park
Denver
South Dakota
Wind Cave National Park
Jewel Cave National Monument
Mount Rushmore
Wyoming
Devil’s Tower National Monument
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Teton National Park
Idaho
Craters of the Moon National Monument
Oregon
Smith Rock
Portland
Washington
Bellingham
Canada
Vancouver
Washington
Bellingham
Seattle (?)
Oregon
Portland
Ashland
California
Santa Clara