Pulling a 5th wheel from Ottawa to Fort Myers
My wife and I are total RV newbies and are planning a trip to Fort Myers Florida this January. Any advice from you veterans on routes, first night stop etc. We are pulling a 35' 5th wheel with a Ram d...
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We just made our second trip from central NY (near Syracuse)to Ft. Myers Beach. I recommend staying on I-81 as long as possible, thus avoiding I-95 and the traffic congestion surrounding Washington DC, Baltimore MD and Richmond VA. Stay on I-81 past Roanoke VA, then take I-77 to Columbia SC, then I-26 towards Charleston SC until it intersects I-95. From just across the FL/GA border, I take the exit for Yule and SR A1A which leads to US 301. US 301 to Gainsville where I get on I-75 for the last of the journey to Ft. Myers. If you don't want to deal with the SR-301 two lane roads, you could stay on I-95 to I-4 to Tampa to I-75, but the SR-301 is about 100 miles shorter.
You'll have a hard time finding open campgrounds until you reach southern PA. South of there should not be a problem. On my first trip, I made reservations for each night at campgrounds along my route. Found that weather, traffic, potty stops, etc can really affect how far you travel each day. Now we just go until about 1 hour we want to stop and use the RV GPS to find campgrounds 60-100 miles ahead on our route.
You'll have a hard time finding open campgrounds until you reach southern PA. South of there should not be a problem. On my first trip, I made reservations for each night at campgrounds along my route. Found that weather, traffic, potty stops, etc can really affect how far you travel each day. Now we just go until about 1 hour we want to stop and use the RV GPS to find campgrounds 60-100 miles ahead on our route.
