How far South is 'south'?

NMDriver wrote:
1600 miles to San Antonio. 3-5 days depending on driving style. 60F days and 40 nights, (18C and 5C) on average. Colder weather can strike but is unlikely.

You will likely hit above freezing weather around the OK/TX border region (1100 miles). Typical nights will be right around freezing but it warms up during the day.

This is really your only option with a limited timeframe. It's a straight shot from Winnipeg and it'll be your first decent weather but golly, that's a really long drive with a RV through the northern states with a deadline. Good luck!

90 deg south been there done that

Just keep going until somebody sees the block heater plug and asks "Whazzat for?"

1600 miles to San Antonio. 3-5 days depending on driving style. 60F days and 40 nights, (18C and 5C) on average. Colder weather can strike but is unlikely.

You will likely hit above freezing weather around the OK/TX border region (1100 miles). Typical nights will be right around freezing but it warms up during the day.

From your location, if I wanted to 'go South for Christmas', I'd forget the fiver and book a flight to New Orleans or Miami and enjoy a lovely cruise!! JMHO!!

Here's a link to "Weatherbase". It shows historic weather data by month, by town within each state over many years. Temps default to "C" degrees, but you can select "F" if you wish. It's a free app. On Streets and trips, I selected Winnipeg to Tampa, FL. and exclusively expressways. Looks like a little over 2,000 miles. Even Nashville, TN averages below freezing temps and one or two days of snow in Dec. and Jan. And if it doesn't snow anywhere along your route, coming or going, finding a CG along the way that's open will be like rolling dice, hoping for a 7. If you get past all that, you still have to find a CG in Florida with an opening. Good Luck.

You never know what condition the roads are in. However, looking at 2 weeks, you proabably could make North Carolina or Tennesse. Pigeon Forge, TN is nice and has great shows as well as Dollywood lite up for Christmas. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is in the area and beautiful. We plan to make a return trip during December. I know we should not have to travel through snow as you may. Just a thought on your time and distance.

We Cant Wait wrote:
Don't know how far is far enough but, my first thought would be towing the 5th wheel thru the snow and on salty roads to get there and back. Sure something I wouldn't think to do.

Ditto on that. I see that the western states are already getting up to 12 inches of snow over the next day or two. If I wanted to reduce the amount of snow on the roads that I crossed I'd aim more to the east where the altitudes are lower.

It's impossible to predict snow this far ahead of time. I haven't seen any winter 2015 forecasts yet. Ah here is one:

Weather forecast

That one is already out the window since the upper west it has marked as warmer and less snow is the region getting 12" right now. And of course 'warmer' in Montana means a whole different thing than in Florida. Maybe -10F instead of -30F.

BK

Yah.. I agree with We. That's going to be scary towing.

Don't know how far is far enough but, my first thought would be towing the 5th wheel thru the snow and on salty roads to get there and back. Sure something I wouldn't think to do.