Have road-tripped in the States since the '70s but the last 20 or so years mostly in the SW (CA, AZ, UT, NM with the odd trip over the border) .... my cousin lived in Palm Springs and a month on the road down there in November really shortened the Scottish Winters! 🙂.
Have a bit of a thing for Total-Eclipses, having viewed a few ......so flew to Denver in 2017 then up through Colorado to Wyoming to wild camp out in the Gros Ventre Wilderness for an uncrowded and unlit view (was outstanding, perfect weather, quite a long totality and the backdrop of the Grand Tetons) ... loved it ... then a month of wandering around the byways .... easy-going people, interesting small towns and great roads (sadly, in a rental jeep rather than the Morgan) ... would recommend it to anyone!
My take on the US ... ignore the politics, avoid cities like the plague, hire a jeep and wander the back-roads and small towns ... don't bother to book, just wing it and grab a motel by phone in whatever small town is next up the road when you fancy a stop ... they all have a motel and diner (or two) .. just get out and do it and don't be precious about it 🙂
K
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