A friend and myself (18 yrs and 17yrs) are going to go on a road trip leaving in about a week. We are starting from MN, and will first be heading towards LA. I have read all of the forums below, but was just looking for more specific advice. Mostly in regards to where to stay from night to night. The first night we will be staying with my family in KS. Beyond that I need advice. We are definately not going to be paying for a hotel room. If we want to drive about eight hours a day, that would mean about two more nights before we hit LA. WHERE SHOULD WE CAMP??? and should I plan ahead enough to reserve a camp site now? I'm thinking I will take advice I read below and wait till we get to the welcome centers, and just plan it out then, but will that be too late?? And I don't think we will have enough time to check out all the cool sites, so which are the musts? Once we get to LA we have a friend to stay with, but on our way to Seattle, trouble again. Where in Oregon is a good place to stay? Seattle again, we have a friend to stay with, but the same problem on the way back to MN from there. We want to see Yellowstone and the black hills on the way back, so where should we stay each night??

Food advice would be appreciated also, if needed, we could cook at a campsite, and we could eat dinners out of a cooler, but if we don't want to, is it worth it?

Thanks!