First Time Across Country to Grand Canyon

BJ/NW Arkansas wrote:
What you propose is a lot of driving. I don’t know the exact route you will take, but, a quick look tells me it will be about 80-90 hours of drive time. Which is about 7 hours a day, every day, of drive time. Or, using a 14 day period that is about 330 miles each day you will have to drive. Assuming you can average about 55 mph. Once you leave the interstate and start across Colorado and parts of Arizona on a two lane road your average speed will drop considerably. That does not leave a lot of time for being a tourist. If you spend a day riding the train you have to make up the missed miles and drive hours on another day. Do the math based on your route, miles and time frame. In my younger years I did many RV trip like this. But I did not have young children who can get tire of riding every day and who want to stop and play and swim, etc.

Thanks for this information. 330 miles at 7 hours driving helps our perspective. I found a free calculator website that calculates driving time with average speed, time zones, etc. Typically, in car road trips we leave between 3 -4 am, which the kids can sleep. Seems to be that a 8.5 hour car drive will turn into a 12.5 hour rv drive with a few stops for gas and at an average of 50 mph. We were thinking about driving as many hours as possible on the way out with just 2 sightseeing stops and sleeping stops until we got to the CO/AZ area.