Are we Nuts? Travel cross country in 7 days?

lovetoskifloridian wrote:
Hi, what do you think about some virgin RVers taking their 2 boys (ages 5/11) from central Florida to Arizona within 6 days? We can rent an 25 foot Class C for super cheap if we do it that way. My husband has a business meeting in Pheonix, so we worked out a rough route on Googlemaps, stopping briefly in some notable areas like perhaps Tallhassee for a few hours (the capital, good for homeschoolers like my boys), New Orleans for a night, San Antonio (Alamo) for a night, and then booking it to Arizona (not knowing anything of note in between San Antonio and Grand Canyon).....and staying a night in or around Grand Canyon and then heading to Pheonix the next day for his work meeting....all within 6 days?

Sorry for our ignorance but we have never traveled cross country or anywhere, really, we have flown everywhere we have needed to go in the past, but I have a yearning to RV and thought this would be a good start to decide if RVing is for us.

A couple of disclaimers: We have camped before, and I didn't love the tent thing. I am very picky. I don't like bad smells (worried about renting an RV that is clean enough), I don't like loud areas to sleep in (I need quiet). We do travel extensively, about 6-8 times a year, but I'm very picky about the hotels. I say this while I do note that because I have two boys, I do a lot of things out of my comfort zone to allow them to have a good boy-hood.

Could this be the worst mistake ever? Should we just go rent a Class A and go a couple of hours away first?

From the perspective you post above, YES, if you have trouble with a hotel, and smells, noise, and whatever else, I don't think you'll enjoy camping/RV'ing of any kind. Plus that 6 day thing is totally insane.