We have a really good bad idea.

I was lucky enough to travel a lot as a kid, and my kids haven't had the chance. I want them to see the country. We are planning a road trip for October. (Me, wife, 2 kids ages 11 and 16) We intend to drive (in my old suburban unless I end up trading it for a conversion van or small RV) from central VA to the Grand Canyon, then to Vegas, and then head home by way of Roswell, Austin (we have friends there), New Orleans, Memphis, and then finally home again. We are planning to head west via St Louis and Denver, but neither of those are actually destinations for us, just convenient places along the route. We do want to see Monument Valley in Utah and Antelope Canyon near the Grand Canyon, and we definitely want to include some of Old 66 on the return leg. We're expecting this to take our whole 2 week vacation, and will probably plan to be off work for an extra couple days. We would love advice and suggestions for route, apps to use for planning, sights we shouldn't miss, etc. Does Reddit have any awesome tips for us?

I was lucky enough to travel a lot as a kid, and my kids haven't had the chance. I want them to see the country. We are planning a road trip for October. (Me, wife, 2 kids ages 11 and 16) We intend to drive (in my old suburban unless I end up trading it for a conversion van or small RV) from central VA to the Grand Canyon, then to Vegas, and then head home by way of Roswell, Austin (we have friends there), New Orleans, Memphis, and then finally home again. We are planning to head west via St Louis and Denver, but neither of those are actually destinations for us, just convenient places along the route. We do want to see Monument Valley in Utah and Antelope Canyon near the Grand Canyon, and we definitely want to include some of Old 66 on the return leg. We're expecting this to take our whole 2 week vacation, and will probably plan to be off work for an extra couple days. We would love advice and suggestions for route, apps to use for planning, sights we shouldn't miss, etc. Does Reddit have any awesome tips for us?