Busskipper wrote:
flgator4 wrote:
Hi,
We are going from Ft Lauderdale to Interior, SD, and we have 12 days to get there. After SD and Wyoming (last stop is Grand Tetons), we will be returning to FL. We have SD and Wyoming booked (we are staying 20 nights between the 2). We have 4 kids ages 3-8. We have have never taken the RV outside of FL, and we will be towing a truck. We have a Class A FR3 32DS. We don't have reservations for anything on the way there and back. Do you have any recommendations on stops along the way, drives, routes (not sure if this should be on the Routes board), etc? This is a lot of driving for the kids so we need to tire them out. :) Thanks for any help.
Time of the year - Dates will be a help (12 out 20 there - 2 between - 12 back and i get 46 days! - I use Bing Maps - zoom in and with Campgrounds in the search, I've always been LUCKY - State Parks and Reservoirs are always good. With the Kids if you stay in a commercial CG then a POOL is good - Is fishing in the kids plans - on the west side of the Mississippi lot's of lakes to camp at.
With 12 days to get to the Hills (2,000 miles) I would push to get to the Rockies then Meander up to your reservations, but that's me, what sort of mileage do you think you will be comfortable with, for say three hard days in a row? Will you be the only driver? or will there be two of you? Do the kids play well together? Do you have a list of probable stops?
Fill us in and let's see if we can be of more help.
Sounds like an Awesome TRIP,
We think it will be about 6 weeks. We have never take this out of FL so we're not sure what we're comfortable with. We need to break it up (our youngest are 3 year old twins). They generally play well together, but they definitely fight. I don't have a list of stops yet because I don't know how the kids will do. That's why we want to allow plenty of time to get there. We just swapped our travel trailer for a motorhome in Dec 2015. My husband will be the only driver. We've taken about 5 trips in FL since then. Our longest with the trailer was about 5.5 hours.
We have 3 boys and 1 girl (the twins are boy/girl). The 2 oldest are 6 and 8. They like fishing, but the twins can't do that yet. Pools are definitely good because swimming really tires them out. :)
I would like to get out of FL fast. I understand what you're saying about 3 hard days and like the idea, but I'm not sure how the kids will deal with that.
