Baltimore to Oakland and back again
We are 70 and 61 and just retired in October. Planning our first long trip from the Baltimore area to Oakland to visit our two daughters and 4 grandchildren. We plan to leave in mid April, take the ...
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5-600 miles a day.....I suggest you start at 300 miles a day. See how you do.
I-10 seems to have the most campgrounds and the most campgrounds open all year.
At around 300-400 miles a day taking I-95...our first stop would be Florence, SC. Next day, the KOA, Ga.exit#1...St. Marys. From there, we found a old but neat overmight stay at the I-10 Campground in Theodore, Alabama. Stay in the up front sites. Then, Beaumont Texas...Gulf Shore (I think)...then thru Texas, Junction then Van Horn. All these are easy-on'easy-off the interstates. Plus, these that I've mentioned all have nearby gas stations that accommodate RVs.
Then...check your 5-600 mile a day thing. We leave around 7-8AM and pull in around 3PM. No hurry. Keep in mind, on-the-road campgrounds fill up around 5PM...so without reservations, end your day early. We never had problems. (Except for one year, the snows were so bad that RVs were coming down from I-40 and I-20 to I-10. Watch the Weather Channel. That was the only year we made reservations...but again, that was the 3rd year of a snowbird run to AZ, (January) so we knew where we were gonna be.)
On the way back, we've gone I-20 to Dallas (the Cowboy RV Park in Ft. Worth) (toured the NASCAR race track and the Cowboys' stadium) then up to Oklahoma City KOA to see the bombing memorial (well worth it), then, on I-40 quite a few places to see...then I-81 to home.
Suggestion: IMO, KOA has the interstates just about locked up. Convenient, clean and easy on, easy off. So you might want to sign up for the KOA membership. With their 10% off...by the 3rd or 4th nite...almost free. (LOL) Also, get the Trailer Life Directory available at Camping World. I think 9 bucks. VERY valuable publication.
I-10 seems to have the most campgrounds and the most campgrounds open all year.
At around 300-400 miles a day taking I-95...our first stop would be Florence, SC. Next day, the KOA, Ga.exit#1...St. Marys. From there, we found a old but neat overmight stay at the I-10 Campground in Theodore, Alabama. Stay in the up front sites. Then, Beaumont Texas...Gulf Shore (I think)...then thru Texas, Junction then Van Horn. All these are easy-on'easy-off the interstates. Plus, these that I've mentioned all have nearby gas stations that accommodate RVs.
Then...check your 5-600 mile a day thing. We leave around 7-8AM and pull in around 3PM. No hurry. Keep in mind, on-the-road campgrounds fill up around 5PM...so without reservations, end your day early. We never had problems. (Except for one year, the snows were so bad that RVs were coming down from I-40 and I-20 to I-10. Watch the Weather Channel. That was the only year we made reservations...but again, that was the 3rd year of a snowbird run to AZ, (January) so we knew where we were gonna be.)
On the way back, we've gone I-20 to Dallas (the Cowboy RV Park in Ft. Worth) (toured the NASCAR race track and the Cowboys' stadium) then up to Oklahoma City KOA to see the bombing memorial (well worth it), then, on I-40 quite a few places to see...then I-81 to home.
Suggestion: IMO, KOA has the interstates just about locked up. Convenient, clean and easy on, easy off. So you might want to sign up for the KOA membership. With their 10% off...by the 3rd or 4th nite...almost free. (LOL) Also, get the Trailer Life Directory available at Camping World. I think 9 bucks. VERY valuable publication.
