Interested but have zero experience...
Hello all... The concept of traveling around to many different places in this great country of ours is very tempting. I'm not comfortable with the idea of towing a big, tall & long trailer. I would wa...
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Beast,
You need to do a lot more thinking....
As a single person, you could do well with either a large B (basically a van conversion) but few have a shower capability, or a small C (cab-cut-away with camper on the back). I had a very nice Cayo Motorvator that would have severed you well. There are others now and new and more economical to run. As I said, you need to identify your budget and start a campaign to locate something that fits. This will take searching Craig's list and going to RV dealers and shows.
If you are buying used (good if you can find a good one), pay some knowledgeable and experienced person to inspect EVERYTHING and listen carefully.
¿Now, how do we know where to go?
Research - extensive and inclusive.
You will find you need two things:
A GPS for travel.
A laptop for planning.
Use the laptop with a navigator package like CosPilot, Strips and Treets or Street Alas. Those can contain a host of information and make all of your planning far more effective. But, You Have to Learn to Use the package. You won't need the GPS for it because you can't watch it and drive.
Once you learn that, then you need to add other information. AllStays is well spoken of, but I don't need or use it. With you navigator package, you can get overlays that include a wealth of information. Most of them are available free at the Discovery owners website.
There are other campground locators on the web, but if you are not carrying internet access those and any other web based things are problematic at best. Even if you are carrying web access, much of the country is not well covered by anything except satellite and that is expensive.
There are other web based asset that are useful, but they are web based. These are things like Google maps, AAA online triptiks (you don't actually need to be a member to get good information.) and a sight called Roadtrip, that I have found interesting but not anything I don't already have, so I did look at it too long.
Time on the road can be fun. That is something you have to remember and plan to include. When you drive through a state, you haven't "Seen it".
Matt
You need to do a lot more thinking....
As a single person, you could do well with either a large B (basically a van conversion) but few have a shower capability, or a small C (cab-cut-away with camper on the back). I had a very nice Cayo Motorvator that would have severed you well. There are others now and new and more economical to run. As I said, you need to identify your budget and start a campaign to locate something that fits. This will take searching Craig's list and going to RV dealers and shows.
If you are buying used (good if you can find a good one), pay some knowledgeable and experienced person to inspect EVERYTHING and listen carefully.
¿Now, how do we know where to go?
Research - extensive and inclusive.
You will find you need two things:
A GPS for travel.
A laptop for planning.
Use the laptop with a navigator package like CosPilot, Strips and Treets or Street Alas. Those can contain a host of information and make all of your planning far more effective. But, You Have to Learn to Use the package. You won't need the GPS for it because you can't watch it and drive.
Once you learn that, then you need to add other information. AllStays is well spoken of, but I don't need or use it. With you navigator package, you can get overlays that include a wealth of information. Most of them are available free at the Discovery owners website.
There are other campground locators on the web, but if you are not carrying internet access those and any other web based things are problematic at best. Even if you are carrying web access, much of the country is not well covered by anything except satellite and that is expensive.
There are other web based asset that are useful, but they are web based. These are things like Google maps, AAA online triptiks (you don't actually need to be a member to get good information.) and a sight called Roadtrip, that I have found interesting but not anything I don't already have, so I did look at it too long.
Time on the road can be fun. That is something you have to remember and plan to include. When you drive through a state, you haven't "Seen it".
Matt
