re: Out west family trip: help me plan route/sights

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Th Day1 fly into Albaqurque, drive to Farmington, NM (3h driving)
Fr Day2 Farmington to Provo hitting four corners and monument valley (8h driving)
Sa Day3
Su Day4
Mo Day5 drive to Jackson Hole (5h driving)

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A couple of ideas to consider.
If your kids are into dinosaurs The Dinosaur National Monument Visitor Center is about 3 hours east of Provo near Jensen, UT.
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area is north of there, on the way to Jackson, WY. There is the Red Canyon Campground near Flaming Gorge in the Ashley National Forest that could be a good spot to stop for a night. The drive from Vernal, Utah to Manila is a fun drive in a car, don't know about an RV.

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A couple of pics from the Dino. Nat. Monument. near the visitor center. They enclosed part of a dig to show the bones.

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View of Flaming Gorge from a scenic overlook on the ride from Manila to Vernal. We went north to south from Yellowstone making our way to Rocky Mt. Nat. Park.

Mt. Rushmore is near Rapid City, SD and there are a lot of things to do near there; Custer State Park, Badlands, Deadwood, Sturgis (don't think much happens when it is not bike week), some caves, lots of scenic drives. It is a great place to visit. And Devils Monument is not far and on the way west. And Little Big Horn. The Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, WY is worth a stop if your interested in old west stuff.

Most of these places are a little farther east than I thought you planned to go but you asked about Mt. Rushmore and the Badlands.