It's Now or Never - 1 year country tour
Starting June 19th, my wife and I are taking our two kids on a trip around the country for a little over a year. The biggest unfortunate is that I'll be working full-time while we do it. This means th...
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RVcrazy wrote:
I'm sure you will have a blast and have many happy memories! I do have a couple of suggestions... We are newly retired and have been on the road since last July. What we have found is that even with what we thought would be plenty of time in some spots, we planned too tightly. If I were you,, I would narrow your focus to maybe 1/2 of the US each of 2 separate years. That is what we decided to do, and we are still finding ourselves pushed for time (and we are not working or travelling with kids).
I hear you and definitely hope that come February when we're back in Clermont that we sit down and decide to extend the trip out by 3-4 times its length. But, that's a big *if* our family enjoys it. Until then, I don't know that I can plan for this being a 2 year engagement. I do hear you and know the pace is setup to be crazy.
RVcrazy wrote:
We have found that the weather is not as dependable as we would like and that winter lasts too long in some places! We are also Disney nuts with an annual pass :) We spent February in Clermont for Disney and are moving back west to meet the kids/grandkids in Disneyland the end of June. Take a look at Weather underground & Accuweather for your specific time frame for each planned location. The loop you have planned will hit some pretty wintery weather!!! I would aim for a southern loop to California, then up the coast (avoiding hwy 1) to Washington & Oregon. Then, head back across Idaho & Montana to Yellowstone, down through the Tetons. Catch the Utah national parks and head back through Colorado and through the Midwest, going north from Kansas to hit the Black Hills. This should take you about 10 months & bring you home before things get snowed in & home for Christmas. I would leave Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota etc. for decent weather timing.
Thanks for the ideas. I have a spreadsheet where I've included the weather averages from Weather Underground for each area that we're going to:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12LffFtZMziTAa33l8OYDjTzMVXMPRC4mLkf8FpxlZ4A/edit?usp=sharing
I do have some colder stretches, but timing-wise, I'm hopefully avoiding the bulk of winter. We'll see how I do. :)
