I did a 6 week summer road trip a couple years ago - from Ventura up to Tahoe, then Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Banff, Glacier Natl Park, Montana, Idaho, Salt

I did a 6 week summer road trip a couple years ago - from Ventura up to Tahoe, then Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Banff, Glacier Natl Park, Montana, Idaho, Salt Lake City, then finishing up in Vegas. If you have a truck then maybe a camper shell will come in handy. In a pinch you can always sleep at a truck stop or walmart parking lots. Geographically, the coast of Oregon is amazing - recommend some beach camping. Olympic National Forest is interesting - the only rainforest north of the equator. The Montana / Idaho area is nice but only if you are into the outdoors / nuclear powered aircraft (http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/ID/Airfields_ID_N.htm http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/ID/Airfields_ID_...). Salt Lake City is great for skiing and mormon watching (I found it interesting). And everyone knows what Vegas is about. Denver is probably too far out of your way to be worth it - plenty of good skiing all over CA and Utah.