Newbie needing advice

Campfire Time wrote:

darsben wrote:


You state "It's been my dream to take the kids and dog cross country by RV, and I think we can swing it this year." BUT IS IT THE CHILDREN'S DREAM? Nothing like 2 unhappy kids for 2-3 months in an RV

My thoughts exactly. I think the trip itself would be great but you need to involve the kids. Ask them if they'd like to do it. If so, then they need to be part of the planning. At their ages this is something they will never forget. Do your best to make it something that will always be positive memories and not bad ones.

The kids are all over it. They've been studying many of these places in school and want to see them, and they've always talked about RVing. I think it helps that we camp regularly and live in the country, so this isn't an unusual thing for them or their friends.

I like the idea of spritzing out to Colorado and then trying to do things on the way back but as we have southern things and northern things... hmm, I'll have to rethink. All told we're looking at just under 5 weeks, with 10 days with Daddy, for 6200 miles. We'll skip Yellowstone this time - too far, too much - but add Arches and Zion which the boys really want to camp at.

The challenge now is the cost - my sister, who has owned a class C and A but is not at all frugal, thinks we should buy (finance!) a used C. She says smaller is better esp for parking and suggested a 27'. I'm hopeful I can find a local here who will rent to us. I'm also thinking of a trial run to Baltimore & DC over Spring Break.

Thanks for the advice - I'm sure I'll have many more q's!