Need opinions .....Drive the RV home?

It sounds like you had quite an adventure. I hope everything worked out for you.
Follow up on how well powering the freezer on batteries worked on that thread when time allows. I would like to know.

Storage would be cheaper outside of CA. I would start heading home and find an affordable storage location on the way. Drop it off somewhere between TX and GA.
Plus it will be easier to retrieve in the spring.

Good Luck

By the time you pay for fuel, food and motel lodging, you could fly back.

I wouldn't take the RV back unless it was for a long-term stay. Are you working in California? If so, you probably have to return soon so it doesn't make sense to drive.

There is a small RV park in Desert Hot Springs that you can store the trailer and the truck, no need to winterize.

I will send you the address via private mail.

navegator

To attempt to answer your stated question: I would not hesitate to pull the trailer home in winter given snow tires on the tow vehicle, though of course I would watch how the weather is developing and be prepared to alter or delay plans along the way if needed.

If you're looking to continue the journey with the RV where you are leaving off, so to speak, it doesn't make as much sense IMHO to haul it back and forth clear across the country. For that matter, I'm not sure it makes a lot of sense to take a (presumably) fairly large truck back and forth for a short time, although I do enjoy a road trip myself even when it might not make a whole lot of practical sense.

One possibility that may be fun would be to take the train, at least as far as Boston. Some of the western train routes in particular are very scenic.

Not a good time to be going to Northern Maine by any means of travel, in my opinion.

Where is Grand Isle .....assuming that's where you are now.

As was said, your initial post leaves out a LOT of details and is somewhat confusing.

When you say you're all getting homesick, what exactly do you mean?

Do you mean you're missing friends, familiar places, etc.? If so, maybe a short stay at home (flying there and back) will be enough to satisfy you. Then you can continue on your journey.

Do you mean that you're tired of being in the small space? Maybe renting a condo/house for a week or two could give you some relief. Then you can continue on your journey.

Do you mean that you're just tired of traveling? If so, are you through with the RVing or do you think you'd enjoy it in shorter bursts? If you're through with RVing, then perhaps seeing about selling it in California and then driving home using hotels would work. If you still want to RV in shorter bursts, then I'd drive it back home - you can always stay in hotels/motels while you travel. At any time, if the weather makes towing it too uncomfortable for you, then you can "drop it" and come back later for it. Then when you do go to pick it up and take it home, it will be a shorter trip and you'll all be refreshed.

It would depend on if you want to use the 5th in California again.
If you don't want to use it in California again, head east along the southern US. When you get in the eastern US, start heading north and see what the weather is doing at that time. If the roads are bad, winterize it and put it in an RV storage place. You can make a run down from Maine when the weather is suitable.

If you want to use it in California again, no need to drag it all the way to Maine and back. Put it in storage and drive on home. If you have other vehicles at home, leave the truck there also. The fuel, food and maintenance savings will pay for most of the plane tickets - depending on how many of you there are.

We're in Alaska, so we never take our MH home, we usually leave it in the EL Mirage area west of Phoenix under covered storage and then just catch Alaska Airlines in and out of Phoenix. Pretty painless and a lot cheaper than driving the MH home all of the time.

Studs are nice on really icy roads, but not necessary. When I went to buy new winter tires for my truck the dealer had studded all of them so I had to go with studded tires to get the ones I wanted.

Bill

Depends upon how much time you have to make the tip and where you will be staying once you get there, and why are you where you are now? Work, school? What's holding you or keeping you there. If the answer is "nothing" and you have the time ... take the camper. You have your house with you, and if you decide to stay and not return, you'll not have to make another trip to get the camper, or try to sell it long distance.

Store the truck and trailer and fly back home during the week to get a good price on the flight. Come back in the spring and get everything. Maybe a storage yard that the trailer can sit outdoors and a garage unit for the truck? Maybe in the spring you'd be ready for an enjoyable trip back home with the trailer.