tips to make your trip more enjoyable:
We have bugs, mosquitoes, black flies and ticks. Bring DEET and a headnet. With any luck you won't need the headnet, but bring one anyway. I don't think black flies exist out west; they are tiny biting insects. I hate black flies with a passion! With luck they'll be mostly gone when you get here.
We have Lyme disease and other tick borne diseases. Treat pants, shirt, sock tops and boots with permethrin (
https://www.amazon.com/Sawyer-Produc...rin+12+oz+pump , lasts a couple of washings). The permethrin makes the ticks drop off and helps with mosquitoes biting through thin clothes.
The last two summers and this summer so far have been very humid and sometimes very hot. If this keeps up I'd recommend going further north, VT, NH, ME. In normal summers northern CT into MA or N. MA to VT are nice. Also be prepared for cold rain (fleece+rain gear).
I'm very tempted to go out to the Wyoming area for the eclipse in August and do some hiking after.