Hey everyone, thanks for the input so far!!! Leaving things soooo wide open you've already given me more ideas than I had thought of.. I realize that this is an extremely ambitious plan involving a lot of miles and options, and no, we don't have any unrealistic goals of seeing everything we want to see on this trip. What I do expect will happen is that we will learn enough to know where the next trip will be and what to expect along the way..
As far as time frames, we were looking at a 3 month round trip, give or take. We don't want to be in Florida during Peak tourist times, so we would plan as best we can to avoid that.
We are not planning to visit places like Disney World or any of the big theme parks, etc, did that when the kids were younger. I am thinking that this trip will be just my wife and I, so a much slower pace. We are more interested in scenic routes but am not opposed to putting a few miles on the Interstates to get to where we need to be.
To narrow things down a little bit, hmmm, that's hard... I left that open intentionally to see what others have done, like to do, etc, in hopes of finding places or things that to do that we would never think of... That being said, there are some things that are pretty much out of the question. For example, we like to hike but can no longer adventure very far due to my wife's physical limitations, so this limits us to short relatively easy sightseeing type hikes.
We will definitely take in the historical stops and museums along the way, and we love a good cup of coffee. Ghost towns are a must, at least for me. We also like to do the touristy things in resort towns or parks checking out the little shops and scenery.
I had also mentioned that we are set up for boondocking. To clarify on that a little, this is only to open up options in what type of camping we can do. We are not looking to strictly boondock, we love a good full hook up site with a pool and amenities.
I will spend a bit of time using some of the info provided in the above posts to narrow down a couple potential routes. This should make things a bit easier.
Thanks again for your input
Mike
