Going south IN the winter...
Looking for people with experience driving during winter months up north. Not worried about winterization issues or overnight stays, but the travel part itself. Looking to do a trip south from WI to...
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We've found it's a matter of throwing everything in the camper and not fussing about with it, as the cold weather means everythings goes in slow motion and stuff breaks. Just go, and organize later.
As for departure, watch the weather and be ready to go early or depart late. We use an app called Weather Route to spec out the weather all along our planned route, plan our departure time and to know if we need to adjust our speed, etc.
We make our first night's stop a campground 6-7 hours south where there may be a lot of snow but it isn't as cold and there are full hookups. That's where we start to organize things a bit and to dewinterize the camper. For us, the next day of driving gets us inyo above freezing temps.
And if you hit bad weather, which happens despite all the best planning, all you can do is go really slow and pull over and stop if you need to. We always carry a generator in the event we're forced to stop.
As for departure, watch the weather and be ready to go early or depart late. We use an app called Weather Route to spec out the weather all along our planned route, plan our departure time and to know if we need to adjust our speed, etc.
We make our first night's stop a campground 6-7 hours south where there may be a lot of snow but it isn't as cold and there are full hookups. That's where we start to organize things a bit and to dewinterize the camper. For us, the next day of driving gets us inyo above freezing temps.
And if you hit bad weather, which happens despite all the best planning, all you can do is go really slow and pull over and stop if you need to. We always carry a generator in the event we're forced to stop.
