My wife Lyn and I recently drove from Massachusetts to northern California to attend the IRG5.0 event. Afterwards she flew home from Reno and I headed to Yellowstone for several days and then on to Michigan to attend a music festival on the way home.
It was an 8,000 mile month-long northern route trip. We visited a number of state and national parks and monuments, and I think every night but two was spent in the teardrop.
If you're interested here's a link to a slideshow of the trip: http://www.jonweinberg.com/irg2014/ - press the big Slideshow button/triangle on the right to begin, and after each Yellowstone video clip resume the music by clicking on the audio play button on the top right.
Hope you enjoy it.
Thanks.