Hi guys,

There are six of us coming over from England to drive from Miami to Vegas in the first half of July this summer. Most of the trip is already planned out with accommodation booked at the start and the finish, so I'm just looking for a bit of advice for the massive middle section, as well as some travelling advice.

As there are six of us we plan to hire out an RV and use this as for sleeping as well as driving, so I guess my first question is how easy is it to park-up somewhere for the night and sleep? Are there any sort of specific areas that we should be looking to stop in or is it going to be harder than we imagine?

We're also a bit anxious as to the size of the RV, so if anyone has any advice or warnings or even words of comfort, on driving across the country in one of those beasts, then that would be very welcome.

In terms of places to visit we're pretty keen on New Orleans (hopefully we'll be there for independence day - will that be good?) and the Grand Canyon, but other than that we figured we'd just follow the road to Vegas and see what looks good whilst we're there... so any more imaginative thoughts would be brilliant.

Thanks a lot everyone,

Jack