Four weeks of car camping and hiking in May/June. Our plan is (has to be) flexible. Two destinations: Santa Fe/Bandelier NM and Sunset Crater Vulcano/Wupatki NM are no longer viable due to big wildfires (Cerro Pelado NM and Tunnel AZ).
Planned itinerary
| 1 | IL-MO | Cahokia Mounds SP-Bennett Spring SP |
| 2 | TX | Palo Duro SP |
| 3 | TX | Palo Duro SP |
| 4 | NM | ? |
| 5 | NM | ? |
| 6 | NM | ? |
| 7 | NM | Chaco Culture NHP |
| 8 | NM | Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness |
| 9 | NM | Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness |
| 10 | AZ | Petrified Forest NP |
| 11 | AZ | Petrified Forest NP |
| 12 | AZ-UT | ? |
| 13 | UT | ? |
| 14 | UT | Road to Paria Canyon |
| 15 | UT | Wire Pass trailhead (start 5-day hike) |
| 16 | UT | Paria Canyon |
| 17 | UT-AZ | Paria Canyon |
| 18 | AZ | Paria Canyon |
| 19 | AZ | Lees Ferry-Marble Canyon (hike end) |
| 20 | UT | Cottonwood Canyon Rd Wilderness |
| 21 | UT | Burr Trail Rd-Capitol Reef NP |
| 22 | UT | Notom Rd-Horseshoe Canyon Wilderness |
| 23 | UT | San Rafael Rd Wilderness |
| 24 | UT | Canyonlands NP The Needles |
| 25 | UT | Canyonlands NP The Needles |
| 26 | UT-CO | Canyonlands NP-Colorado NM |
| 27 | NE | Pawnee SRA |
| 28 | IL | Chicago |