(spend nite in missoula/butte/bozeman) butte has motel 6, etc (motel 1 nite) or try for bozeman
day 1-butte/bozeman-yellowstone (tour part of yellowstone) from livingstone-cody- arrive late (sleep here)
day 2- tour cody (sleep here)
day 3-cody-yellowstone loop to old faithful/grand tenton-jackson (sleep here)
check out elk reserve at jackson(sleep here)
day 4- jackson-287 kms>rock springs-114 kms>dutch john (flaming gorge)-280kms>fruita co 682kms total (sleep here?)
day 5- fruita-moab (via scenic 128 via cisco)>145kms
stay in dead horse sp 3 nites (sleep here)
day 6-tour canyonlands in the sky np (near to dead horse sp) (sleep here)
day 7-pothash rd (native pictographs)-jet boat tour of colorado river? (sleep here)
day 8-9-moab-monticello-mesa verde np (2 nites)
day 8- tour needles np ( newspaper rock) pictographs on way to mesa verde np-hole in rock (sleep here)
day 9- tour mesa verde- (sleep here)
day 10-11-12-mesa verde-hovenweep nm-blanding-natural bridges nm-hanksville-torrey (drive day) (3 nites)
day 10-travel from mesa verde-hovenweep nm-bluff
(quick detour to check out old town of bluff)-natural bridges nm-hanksville-torrey (sleep here) arrive later
day 11-tour capital reef np-fruita (sleep here)
day 12-tour boulder/anasazi nm/burr trail (sleep here)
day 13-14-torrey-bryce canyon (2 nites)
day 13- sightsee from boulder to bryce canyon (sleep here)
day 14- sightsee bryce canyon (sleep here)
day 15-bryce canyon >35kms>panguitch>beaver>359kms> ely nv>
sightsee along way leeman caves in great basin np, migill drugstore museum, cave lake
day 16-ely nv>via wendover-montello- 93-30-15>604kms>pocotella id>409kms>butte mt>194kms>missoula mt long drive day! Or go ½ way and stay someplace