The Perfect Family Trip: West Coast Edition
We're back! If anyone has followed our other "Perfect Family Trip" installments, you will know that although we don't have years of full timing under our belts, we have done 5 other major summer road...
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Jumping in here, if only to subscribe and then copy your itinerary when we do this :)
My two cents:
- Like that you added TR NP, with our trip to Yellowstone next year I just had to plan a stop to experience some of Teddy Roosevelt. Call me sentimental, but guys like him and Mather were so instrumental, they deserve the time.
- Our meter for driving was 3 days of about 550 miles each. After that I had to stop for a pool day, hike day or something other than sitting in the motorhome and hammering down the interstate. Kids were the same. They were fine to hang out for a few days in anticipation of where we were going, but only so much of it.
- My most comfortable speed on straight interstate was 62mph. If there was a lot of wind, it was a toss up. Slow down and it's easier to maintain, but then the trucks blow by and mess you up - so sometimes I'd find a truck to follow and increase speed, just to reduce the differential to passing semis. That really only happened in OK and TX on I-40 last year (on the way out, not on the way back), maybe it was just a few days of high winds...
- Have you tried Roadtrippers? It's a great way to see what destinations are near your route.
- I may have missed it, but why not go around Chicago?
- Your Fit would be a great toad. Our VW is about as "heavy" as I'd like to go, and it's probably 1k lbs heavier than a Fit. True that a Jeep would be more fun, but are there places to rent a Jeep where you're going if you wanted? If you think you'd have a Jeep as well, I'd look into a setup that will move with the vehicle. For example, a base plate is needed for each vehicle and then an RVI3 can be moved between each.
All I can think of for now :)
My two cents:
- Like that you added TR NP, with our trip to Yellowstone next year I just had to plan a stop to experience some of Teddy Roosevelt. Call me sentimental, but guys like him and Mather were so instrumental, they deserve the time.
- Our meter for driving was 3 days of about 550 miles each. After that I had to stop for a pool day, hike day or something other than sitting in the motorhome and hammering down the interstate. Kids were the same. They were fine to hang out for a few days in anticipation of where we were going, but only so much of it.
- My most comfortable speed on straight interstate was 62mph. If there was a lot of wind, it was a toss up. Slow down and it's easier to maintain, but then the trucks blow by and mess you up - so sometimes I'd find a truck to follow and increase speed, just to reduce the differential to passing semis. That really only happened in OK and TX on I-40 last year (on the way out, not on the way back), maybe it was just a few days of high winds...
- Have you tried Roadtrippers? It's a great way to see what destinations are near your route.
- I may have missed it, but why not go around Chicago?
- Your Fit would be a great toad. Our VW is about as "heavy" as I'd like to go, and it's probably 1k lbs heavier than a Fit. True that a Jeep would be more fun, but are there places to rent a Jeep where you're going if you wanted? If you think you'd have a Jeep as well, I'd look into a setup that will move with the vehicle. For example, a base plate is needed for each vehicle and then an RVI3 can be moved between each.
All I can think of for now :)
