<p>Hi.I live in New York City and plan to take a road trip with my two kids (10 and 12) in July for about two weeks.My plan is to fly from New York either to California or Arizona and the rent a car .I always do it at a slow pace stopping 1-3 days in more interesting places and moving around from there .I was thinking starting in San Francisco and going down to San Diego either on route 1 or making some detours to places like Yosemite or Joshua National Park,but I got very lost ,there are many many ways .Some ,like Death Valley looks too hot in July and probably Grand Canyon is extremely crowded .Maybe I find here some suggestions of nice little towns (for example along route 66) .<br>
I apologize being too vague ,I am not very familiar with the western US .Many thanks,<br>
Mihail</p>