Don't travel across the South in the Spring, or at least leave a lot of flexibility in the plan due to tornado/storm danger. We got lucky this time, but there were bad storms in areas just before or after we passed through.
Bring a generator. This would have helped us out in places like Icefields Parkway where we had an amazing campsite, but had to depart early because power was running low and it got very cold and snowy and we didn't want our power to die and lose the furnace and such. In the second half of the trip, it would have helped a lot several times in Alaska since we were without power hookups more often.
Move slower overall. We averaged about 3 nights per stop, but 5-7 would probably be ideal if time weren't an issue. We wouldn't change the way our trip went because it was amazing, but a slower pace would have let us enjoy areas more before moving on. There was a lot more to explore, but this was meant to be a scouting trip to advise our future trips.
Itinerary tweaks:
Only go to Yosemite one time since the drive in and out takes more mental effort. We split it in hopes of getting to bike glacier point road without cars, which we did and it was awesome, but it made things more difficult with driving in twice.
Stay longer at Sequoia because of weather conditions and difficulty on the road getting to the campground. It was a steep and winding road with blind curves. Pretty stressful.
More than one night per stop along the Oregon coast. We got to see the coast, but not really sit and enjoy it.
More time at Redwood - we didn't realize there were so many different parts to it. We had to pick a couple of things to do and skip the rest for now.
More time at North Cascades and Olympic National Parks. We know there is more to do.
Cut out some driving distance with toddlers. We could have flown her across the long drive part of the country. We will do that in the future, especially now that she has seen those states.
More down time every month or so of traveling to allow for some mental decompression.
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