Washington state to ft Wilderness...anybody make this trip?

No kids...but 2 dogs. No set time for driving each day..We just had a time we wanted to get to Florida (family reunion). Sometimes we just stayed for one night and moved on. Other times we got interested in something, or needed a break, or found an especially nice campground and stayed longer.

One tip. We tried to make friends with other RV'ers we met along the way and always asked them for tips on things to see, campgrounds, places to go...this caused us to often wander off our "plan." It was well worth it because we experienced and saw stuff we would have completely missed.

downtheroad wrote:
We have done it twice...WA State to Florida and WA State to Outer Banks.
It a trip of a life time- a "must do" for any RVer, and it will show you and your kids what a great country we live in.

We took about 2 months each time....sort of had a plan, but wandered here and there following instincts, whims and tips that we got along the way.

Do it, you won't regret it.

Wow, that's exciting. If you don't mind me asking, did you have kids make the trip? How many hours a day did you average? With two months, seems like the agenda wasn't pressing and that sounds like a lot of fun.

Thank you to others that chimed in as well. This info helps!

We have done it twice...WA State to Florida and WA State to Outer Banks.
It a trip of a life time- a "must do" for any RVer, and it will show you and your kids what a great country we live in.

We took about 2 months each time....sort of had a plan, but wandered here and there following instincts, whims and tips that we got along the way.

Do it, you won't regret it.

You would definitely see come country. If I told my wife we were going to make a 6,000 mile round trip with the kids to go to Disney, one of us would probably not make it back!

Fort Wilderness is great, just got back from our fourth trip, but we drove from Nashville and I was tired after many late nights in the parks and all of the normal Disney activities. It takes us about two weeks to recover from a week at Disney, and that's only driving 1,500 miles. Maybe we are weak??

If you really want to experience Fort Wilderness, you can rent anything from a tent to a $1M Class A that will be set up and waiting for you when you arrive. I saw several very nice Fifth Wheel rentals that people were renting, as well as a few class A's. Your fuel costs alone would pay for a nice rental and probably even some of your airfare. But, if you have unlimited time and money, it would be an experience.

We made the trip towing a fifth wheel from California. We had a great time and thought that Fort Wilderness RV Park was the best rv park we have ever been in. And the way it is set up to allow access to all the parks just could not be better. Typical Disney, first class! And typical Disney, expensive, but worth it.