Planning a 6 week trip from middle of January to March and the SOuthwest is where we want to spend most of our time. We have some stops planned in florida, lousiana and texas for the way out but was looking for some recommendations on cool places to stay and must sees in New Mexico or Arizona. Was contemplating swinging by the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and maybe seeing it in the snow. Any one have experience with that?

The last full week of January is RV week in the tiny town of Quartzsite, AZ. It's the Meca of RVing. The land surrounding Quartzsite is BLM land. It's estimated over 100,000 RVers find their way to Q for RV week when the Big Tent is open. https://www.quartzsitervshow.com/https://www.tysonwells.com/It's the RVers' version of Sturgis where bikers gather once a year.We stay at La Posa South where there's a dump, fresh water and trash dumpsters. The cost is $40 for two weeks. Pull in, pay your camping fees (cash or check) and pick a spot. We always pick a spot where we can see the dump station - when the line is short just before sundown, we do our business with little or no waiting.

We've done a similar trip a couple times but with 5-6 months not 6 weeks, I would suggest picking the SouthEast or the SouthWest, not both. A loop from Illinois (aurora) to Floria west to Arizona and back...is upwards of 5,000miles, if you don't make too many detours. To do that in 42 days, you are looking at 3 hr per day travel (every day) or a full day of travel every other day. That gets old real quick.As far as things to do: What type of things do you find interesting?

Stay in Williams and take the train to the South Rim.

It will be “cool” at the Grand Canyon January through March. 18 to 21 F lows. Are you experienced driving and camping in those temperatures?

In the beginning of your trip in January you will have to stay pretty far south or at low elevation to avoid really cold weather. Boondocking? or campground.

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Dick_B
Explorer
Jul 18, 2019
Stay in Williams and take the train to the South Rim.
valhalla360
Navigator
Jul 18, 2019
We've done a similar trip a couple times but with 5-6 months not 6 weeks, I would suggest picking the SouthEast or the SouthWest, not both.

A loop from Illinois (aurora) to Floria west to Arizona and back...is upwards of 5,000miles, if you don't make too many detours. To do that in 42 days, you are looking at 3 hr per day travel (every day) or a full day of travel every other day. That gets old real quick.

As far as things to do: What type of things do you find interesting?
DFord
Explorer
Jul 18, 2019
The last full week of January is RV week in the tiny town of Quartzsite, AZ. It's the Meca of RVing. The land surrounding Quartzsite is BLM land. It's estimated over 100,000 RVers find their way to Q for RV week when the Big Tent is open.

https://www.quartzsitervshow.com/

https://www.tysonwells.com/

It's the RVers' version of Sturgis where bikers gather once a year.

We stay at La Posa South where there's a dump, fresh water and trash dumpsters. The cost is $40 for two weeks. Pull in, pay your camping fees (cash or check) and pick a spot. We always pick a spot where we can see the dump station - when the line is short just before sundown, we do our business with little or no waiting.

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