coachellacanuck wrote:
I hope you will allow me to ask for suggestions as to the best route to take when I drive solo in my Ford Focus from Detroit (well, Windsor, Ontario, to be exact) to Palm Springs in July. I figure RVers are the best people to ask.
My TT will be parked in Alberta permanently, but long story short I have to drive Detroit to Palm Springs, then Palm Springs to Edmonton, before taking up residency in the unit for the rest of the summer.
I seem to have at least three options:
1. Across the top of the US and then south. I've travelled across the northern states several times from Detroit to Montana and then north to Edmonton.
2. Diagonally, but this would take me through Tornado Alley.
3. South and then across the country, which would take me through some states I have never seen.
I will be staying in motels rather than the trailer, but I would still like to take in as much scenery as possible. This will be the first road trip I have taken on my own in 25 years - no husband or kids, not even the dog for the Detroit - Palm Springs leg of the trip (that's why I have to go to PS; to pick up Pepper before heading to Edmonton).
In order of priority, I want to explore and be safe.
Suggestions please?
Suggestions:
1. buy a CB radio with weather function which will automatically give you warnings of tornados and sever weather by counties.
2. Buy a stand alone/battery operated weather radio that you can use when in your motel room
