Getting to Florida in a winterized rig?
As relatively newbies I hope we haven't bit off more than we can handle....but, here goes. We have plans to take our winterized 5w to Lakeland (from southern DE) in January, with a reservation for 30...
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Here's what we do (from NY).
We aim to get to the rest area just after DC (the one that doesn't allow trucks) or the VA welcome center...travelling by night...getting there about 11 pm. OR getting to rest area before DC and overnighting there...then taking off around 3 am to get through dc...maybe 4 am...we glide through no problems. We have jugs of water to flush toilet (use just use the rest area if you wish)...when we get to Santee State Park in SC (midway) we stay one night where we flush tanks, dump, refill. We carry bottled drinking water to last us for awhile...until we can dump again, flush. We usually have dinners out and bring something for lunches.
It doesn't really matter that we are winterized...just get south enough to unwinterize and off you go! Don't stay in a hotel, use your rv. Welcome centers are best choice but we have stayed at rest areas too...even ones marked no overnight parking (we asked an attendant at one and he said they just put that there to allow them to chase anyone that is trouble). We aren't staying a long time...6 hours maybe.
Good luck.
We aim to get to the rest area just after DC (the one that doesn't allow trucks) or the VA welcome center...travelling by night...getting there about 11 pm. OR getting to rest area before DC and overnighting there...then taking off around 3 am to get through dc...maybe 4 am...we glide through no problems. We have jugs of water to flush toilet (use just use the rest area if you wish)...when we get to Santee State Park in SC (midway) we stay one night where we flush tanks, dump, refill. We carry bottled drinking water to last us for awhile...until we can dump again, flush. We usually have dinners out and bring something for lunches.
It doesn't really matter that we are winterized...just get south enough to unwinterize and off you go! Don't stay in a hotel, use your rv. Welcome centers are best choice but we have stayed at rest areas too...even ones marked no overnight parking (we asked an attendant at one and he said they just put that there to allow them to chase anyone that is trouble). We aren't staying a long time...6 hours maybe.
Good luck.
