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Roy_Lynne
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Oct 31, 2018

Does a snowbird travel around the 'warm' or

is a snowbird someone who finds a warm home and just stays put. We are leaving sometime after Thanksgiving but we have no destination in mind except the road, making a huge loop down thru California, around Arizona, New Mexico, into Texas, and and then back into New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and finally Oregon and Washington.(Well maybe we have a hundred destinations in mind) We plan to do a mixture of booddocking, and full service camping, depending on when the clothes need washed and tanks need filled.
The only thing that I worry about is that I might pass up something cool to see or do, just because I didn't know it was there so I've asked a million questions and gotten some great advise from folks on this site.
So if your a traveler, what do you plan to do, go, see.
  • Your route sounds fantastic and the kind of trip we'd take. If you miss something you can always pick it up the next year! Just keep the weather reports refreshed. All of New Mexico can be cold in Dec, Jan and even Feb. We were surprised with that. Watch your elevations. To stay reasonable warm you'll want to be no higher than 4,000' and quite often that will even be too high depending on the weather. Have a great trip!!
  • We spend most of it in s. Az or socal. I like NM but a lot of it is higher elevation so colder. I've been over near Houston when they had ice storms. They would buy up all the water and batteries but it usually didn't amount to much and those spells only seemed to last for 2 or 3 weeks of the winter. Thanks
  • the bear II wrote:
    You might find some useful resources on this website:
    https://www.roadtripamerica.com/

    What a cool site Bear. Thanks for sharing
  • Do a Google search for `_____ tourism' and put the state or city or area in the blank space and read what the specialists recommend.
  • You might find some useful resources on this website:
    https://www.roadtripamerica.com/
  • A snowbird avoids the snow.
    How you do that is strictly up to YOU.

    So much to see.....so little time. You are supposed to be having a good time but you start out by fretting. Stop it. If you miss something, you can always go back.

    My only advice is: Get in the habit of checking the weather up ahead where you intend to go. Some of the places you listed have SNOW in the higher elevations; sometimes a LOT.

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