Which path to take ??

I'd recommend thinking in terms of south to north rather than west to east. That way you can enjoy the warm winter and gradually travel north for summer. While north move east a little for Fall and then head south to a new wintering area. Keep moving across the country by up and down.

We, too, would advise you to stay off the interstates for the best way to see this beautiful country. Enjoy your new lifestyle and remember - it's not a vacation, it's a whole new way of living.

If you want nice weather in the winter you'll have to head far south - southern Florida, Texas and New Mexico near the Mexico border, southern Arizona and southern California. The Rocky Mountains are wonderful in the summer. Northern California and the Oregon and Washington coasts are nice too. Spring and fall can be spent traveling. Just check the weather along your routes for tornadoes, flooding and early or late snow storms. When your house can move there's no reason to spend time where the weather is bad!

We left So. CA and went N/E to tip of Maine
Left Maine and went S. down East Coast to FL.
Left FL and went N/W to WA.
Left WA and went S. down West Coast to CA.
Left CA and went N by N/E to Upper MI then E. to Upper NY
Left NY and went S. to Gulf Of FL.
Left FL and went N by N/W to ID
Left ID and went in a zig-zag S-E-N-E-S-E-N-E-S-E-N to VT
Left VT and went S. and then W. across mid US States to CO then N/W to WA
Left WA and went S. down thru eastern side of OR/CA then over to AZ

Took us almost 7 yrs.
Traveled secondary/back-roads as much as possible. Stayed off/away from Interstates as much as we could.

Point your nose and GO!

We travel north around late April but this year we should have waited later. We spend summer in the Midwest and leave for FL around late Oct. We usually visit family and friends on the to and from the south. DW has been battling Cancer for 5 years and has doctors at our Summer and Winter stops right now. She's going to beat it so we can get go to the North Central part of the country. She wants to visit the Custer Battlefield and Dakota's since her father told her of his time up there years ago. Her father side is related to the General and she had studied this side of her family. We've visited home sites and graves in WV, OH, and MI but have not make it to the battlefield yet!

The path less traveled.

Dave,

Get a nice big atlas, the kind that devotes one or two pages to every state, and that notes places of interest on the maps. I have one from Costco that was about $12 or $15 and also list events and festivals by state at the back.

Look in the direction you want to head to from where you are (as korbe noted, south for the winter, north for summer) and take a good look at the map for all the interesting spots and take off. I guarantee you will be weaving all over but if you don't have to be somewhere, what difference does it make? Stop at all states' visitor centers and look at what's on offer. Many towns and counties have the same thing and you'll be amazed at how much there is to see. Go online to the communities you're heading toward and see what they promote.

I've been on the road for 13 months now, granted most of them volunteering at national parks, but can assure you there is not time enough in this life to see all I want to see.

Happy trails and safe travels!

Kathy

one of thouse van campers, its got everthing, and round 22mpg, nice,now when the trip is over and no place to live, then a class-c is the way to go.--wow man a trip to see wow .now its all happy-camping

Avoid all interstates and stop often. Northern states in the Summer, Southern states in the winter.

Southern part in the spring/winter, northern part in the summer/fall.