First Time Across Country to Grand Canyon
We are a family of four and we have had a used A class Warrior RV about a year now and have taken 4 -5 weekend trips. Our goal was to do this to learn "how camp in a RV" in preparation to drive acr...
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OP.... I'm still with you on this one. If that's all the time you have, so be it. Many here are retired (us, also) and we tend to forget the 2-week vacations with the kids. You're young and the kids are a good age for traveling. People forget that it takes a long time to work up to long vacation time and by that time, the kids are in high school and it's more difficult to travel for them.
I would still suggest you head directly to your main destination first - if it's Grand Canyon - and then work your way back home with any leftover time you have. You don't need reservations for your return trip. Just pull in before 4pm and you'll get a site. Be flexible. If you're tired of siteseeing, find a park with a pool and relax for a day. It will do a world of good.
Have a family meeting laying the distance on the line and emphasing that you might not be able to fit in everything on this trip. Get the kids involved with this. Have them explore a state on the internet that you're passing through and give them a route and see what interests them along the route or not too far off it.
Keep in mind that a lot of the Midwestern things you can do on another trip and it won't be as long of one and you'll be able to fit more things in.
I remember we used to tent camp for 2 week trips with our kids - much more work and time-consuming but it turned out o.k. and they still remember the trips our West.
I would still suggest you head directly to your main destination first - if it's Grand Canyon - and then work your way back home with any leftover time you have. You don't need reservations for your return trip. Just pull in before 4pm and you'll get a site. Be flexible. If you're tired of siteseeing, find a park with a pool and relax for a day. It will do a world of good.
Have a family meeting laying the distance on the line and emphasing that you might not be able to fit in everything on this trip. Get the kids involved with this. Have them explore a state on the internet that you're passing through and give them a route and see what interests them along the route or not too far off it.
Keep in mind that a lot of the Midwestern things you can do on another trip and it won't be as long of one and you'll be able to fit more things in.
I remember we used to tent camp for 2 week trips with our kids - much more work and time-consuming but it turned out o.k. and they still remember the trips our West.
