The wife and I had planned a trip a couple years back to go that route of the country, but a big storm moved in and ruined that plan so we just ran east and had a blast.
Our plan was to head up to Illinois (see the son) then hit Kansas (see some cousin), then hit Sturgis followed by, the devils tower, Laramie Wy (friend), Yellowstone, turn south hit Great Salt Lake, Grand Canyon, then turn back east to hit White Sands Desert (stationed at Holloman afb once), Roswell Nm (test my new tin hat design) and back thru New Orleans and home. Was going to take a total of two to three weeks....
Its kinda our bucket list too.... you going this year? or just something you might do in the future?
I am giving it some serious consideration
. I did a 1500 mile trip this fall and it was pretty darn good. It is only 1300 to SD and I'm not getting any younger.