-Yellowstone- The hot springs are breathtaking. Old Faithful is worth the wait. It erupts every 90 m

I'm a big roadtrip fan, and it looks like I'll finally be able to afford to add a few more states europe travel guides to my trip list this year I'm planning to rent a car and drive from Portland, OR to my family in Detroit, MI and then fly back. The trip will go through the following states, mostly via freeway:
I'm looking to hit the highlights in each state (i.e. Mount Rushmore) ; I know there's a lot to do in each state by itself, but this is more of a quick tour. I'm also driving mostly through Oregon and Michigan, since I've lived in both states for some time.
stantheman286: You could certainly could drive it in one week. If you really mean mainly a 'road trip' and not a 'stop everywhere and see lots' trip. The answers to emalloy's questions will help us give you better suggestions/advice.
My husband and I just drove from WI to Oregon (the reverse of what you are doing). It took us 10 days, but it felt a bit rushed... especially in Yellowstone. Here are some highlights from our trip. I'll skip Oregon assuming you are the expert!
-Missoula MT- If you like to fly fish and you are there during fishing season, it's a great place. They also have some top notch white water rafting. I lived in NYC for 15 years, but one of the top pizzas I ever had was at Bob's Biga in Missoula. Seriously. Add it to your list. That alone is worth the trip
-Big Sky, MT- It's a small community to the west of Yellowstone. The mountains are picturesque. The restaurants are fantastic. If it's winter, plan on skiing. If it's summer- fly fishing. The town square hosts events, so I would recommend staying as close to the center of town as possible.
-Yellowstone- The hot springs europe travel guides are breathtaking. Old Faithful is worth the wait. It erupts every 90 minutes or so. The color of the grand prismatic springs are so vibrant- it almost looks fake. Very cool.
Missoula is a fun town and so is Bozeman. Bozeman has the Museum of the Rockies which has a wonderful dinosaur display. europe travel guides Missoula has a great downtown, white water rafting on the Alberton Gorge, and good restaurants (for MT).
Badlands in S. Dakota is also a must-see. Browns has some good suggestions there, but I wouldn't drive through the area without seeing Mt. Rushmore, especially on the kind of trip you are describing.
Also "Driving Home" by Jonathan Raban brilliantly covers the State of Washington portion of this trip. Raban is an expat Englishman who has long lived in Seattle but can still bring a fresh eye to the American landscape and what we have done to it. He has also written europe travel guides a book on the Badlands that I have not read.
This spring my DW and I took the Empire Builder from Spokane to Chicago without any stopovers. From Chicago we took the Lakeshore Limited to Cleveland where we rented a car. Three consecutive nights on trains in coach is a bit tiring.
40 hours driving divided by 12 hours per day driving =3.33 days of nothing but driving. Rental cars breakdown, there are detours, etc. You will be driving past many, many photo opportunities. It really depends on what your vacation europe travel guides style is.
To everyone else, thank you so much for all of the tips, these all sound great. In terms of my style, I would like to take it a little slower, since I know this is easily 3-4 days of straight driving as @ziggypop points out. From what I've heard, I'd say a two week trip in summer is what I'd be shooting for, though europe travel guides with the amount the vacation I have this year, I might have to push it off.
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stantheman, Yellowstone is another National Park, but one of the most awesome of them all. Your only problem there will be finding lodging. If you want to stay in the park, you will probably find that it is already all booked. If you keep calling you may get lucky as people make reservations long in advance and then cancel when time gets close. Otherwise look at places like West Yellowstone or Cody or Gardiner and make a reservation that you can cancel in case you do get in park lodging.
If you do go to a few NPs, get the park pass ($80) at the first one you have to pay to enter. It is good for a year and good at all park service areas, since the entrance europe travel guides fee is $25 at some of them it pays for itself quickly.
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