New to RV'ing, many questions
I am researching and planning a cross country trip from Florida to the West Coast. I would need to rent and RV since buying is not an option, but am curious if anyone can help me decide whether a type...
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afidel wrote:donn0128 wrote:
Two or three weeks cross country? Your talking about 5 thousand miles minimum! You realize your talking about more than 230 miles each and every day dont you? Do you really want to see the country thru the windshield?
Simply NOT practical. You would be better off flying cross country, rent say in LV explore for 18 days, drop the MH and fly back to FL.
Time of year for this adventure are important. LV in August will be unbearably HOT.
Just did exactly this trip last year, Ohio to Whitesands NM, up through grand canyon and Bryce/Zion and on to Tetons/Yellowstone and home via Black Hills and Badlands. 3 weeks, 5,200 miles and a lifetime of memories for my kids and my niece. We did it in a crewcab pickup towing an 18' travel trailer, no monster RV needed and nobody was overly wiped out other than the day we drove from the Petrified Forest to Kaibab National Forest, but that's because we spent all day out in the sun and then I had to drive through mountains in the dark.
Exactly! We once did a 7100 mile trip in about 3 1/2 weeks. And we had a great time and made many memories with the children.
Of course, we'd love to have more time and take things a little slower. But, we still work and have many demands on our vacation days. So, we do the best we can and have fun.
If we are fortunate enough to be able to travel in our retirement years we will slow down and smell the roses a little more. But for now, getting out with the family is far more important than slowing down.
