Hello all! We are planning a road trip from Long Island, NY to Founders Ranch in Edgewood, New Mexico in June of 2021. We would like to spend a week traveling to NM and sight seeing along the way, maybe try out using some BLM land for camping. We will be in NM for a week then we would like to take a different route home where we will spend a week sight seeing on the way home. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated We are traveling with 3 RVs, 2 Class A motorhomes and 1 Travel Trailer THanks!!!

Unless you take off very early each day, a 300 mile per day average won’t allow for much sightseeing. Join our club...stop at 2:30 p.m. or 230 miles. Dues are nonexistent. “Convoy” travel is even slower. Yes, you can see some of New Mexico in a week...some...you will be enchanted.

I agree with Lwiddis. You'll not have time to sight-see travelling that distance in just a week. Also, New Mexico (my home state) is a very large place. You'll be able to see one very small part of it in a week.Rob

Yep they all are correct. LI to NM is a three to four day drive in a car!

Gotta say wow, we usually drive a lot further than that daily. Our last trip was to Phoenix, Arizona for a competition and stopping every night we probably drove for 12hrs or so a day. This is why we figured 7 days would give us some time to see some sights. Every time we made long trips we’ve always driven then stopped when we got tired and then hit the road in the am after breakfast. The week in New Mexico will be at a competition

danewguy wrote:Hello all! We are planning a road trip from Long Island, NY to Founders Ranch in Edgewood, New Mexico in June of 2021. We would like to spend a week traveling to NM and sight seeing along the way, maybe try out using some BLM land for camping. We will be in NM for a week then we would like to take a different route home where we will spend a week sight seeing on the way home. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated We are traveling with 3 RVs, 2 Class A motorhomes and 1 Travel Trailer THanks!!!Couple things that can Help - get off the Island EARLY and beat the traffic - maybe on Friday after work - everyone is packed and ready to go on Thursday, you have no idea how big this will be.With Three(3) vehicles the chances of all three making it to NM without some issue is Slim - so you need to have a plan for that!Most likely the closest thing you will have to BLM is a Wal*Mart, until you get to New Mexico. Sorry but the drive out is that A Drive ...a long 2,100 miles - so if you can get 200 miles on that first Friday that will leave you with 1,900 miles in 7 days - your average speed will be closer to 50 than 60 mph so think about that when you plan. Eight Hours in the Saddle is a long day.What we will usually do with Kids is the Friday drive out - Wal*Mart - as long a day as possible to a CG with a Pool for the Night and the Early Morning then two more long days - before giving the kids a break again.Route is one of Many so just use your Mapping choice to get to where it thinks is easiest. We use Zoom, or Bing Maps over google as it works better for us.Give us more details and maybe we can help more with specifics.Hope this is of some help,edit; just saw your post - 12 hour days will work if you can handle them and will get you there sooner - there is where you want to spend time - so get there and then look for spots - where in NM? It's a big and Varied area - Mountains and Desert - if you are looking to find and enjoyable stop as you drive across the flyover States look for a reservoir with a CG often they are nice.NY to Founders Ranch in Edgewood, New Mexico in June of 2021 - missed that:S - more info will still help. :)

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danewguy
Explorer
Mar 09, 2020
Gotta say wow, we usually drive a lot further than that daily. Our last trip was to Phoenix, Arizona for a competition and stopping every night we probably drove for 12hrs or so a day. This is why we figured 7 days would give us some time to see some sights. Every time we made long trips we’ve always driven then stopped when we got tired and then hit the road in the am after breakfast. The week in New Mexico will be at a competition
pitch
Explorer II
Mar 09, 2020
Yep they all are correct. LI to NM is a three to four day drive in a car!
Second_Chance
Explorer II
Mar 09, 2020
I agree with Lwiddis. You'll not have time to sight-see travelling that distance in just a week. Also, New Mexico (my home state) is a very large place. You'll be able to see one very small part of it in a week.

Rob
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Mar 09, 2020
Unless you take off very early each day, a 300 mile per day average won’t allow for much sightseeing. Join our club...stop at 2:30 p.m. or 230 miles. Dues are nonexistent. “Convoy” travel is even slower. Yes, you can see some of New Mexico in a week...some...you will be enchanted.

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