Advice for a cross country trip
Pulling 31' trailer. Never pulled it more than a couple of hundred miles from home. Thinking of a trip from Knoxville TN to Yosemite Park in CA. No generator so no A/C if not plugged in :(. Has slides...
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On our trip to the west coast early in 2014, we never had reservations ahead of time. The main reason is I didn't want to be tied to a date certain to be at a particular place. I had an idea when I'd be at a particular place, but didn't know for sure.
What would happen is I'd have the navigator (DW) call ahead when I knew for certain I'd be at a place to stay. Most of the time it was the morning just after we got on the road again.
That said, for this year's planned trip to Yellowstone, I did make reservations months in advance because I'd heard it's very hard to get a place inside Yellowstone at the last minute.
Unfortunately, I've got to cancel those reservations now. The impending birth of twin grandchildren during the time frame of our trip out west has ended our big trip this year.
What would happen is I'd have the navigator (DW) call ahead when I knew for certain I'd be at a place to stay. Most of the time it was the morning just after we got on the road again.
That said, for this year's planned trip to Yellowstone, I did make reservations months in advance because I'd heard it's very hard to get a place inside Yellowstone at the last minute.
Unfortunately, I've got to cancel those reservations now. The impending birth of twin grandchildren during the time frame of our trip out west has ended our big trip this year.
TNGW1500SE wrote:
Pulling 31' trailer. Never pulled it more than a couple of hundred miles from home. Thinking of a trip from Knoxville TN to Yosemite Park in CA. No generator so no A/C if not plugged in :(. Has slides but bath and bed can be used without opening slides.
Thought I'd change truck oil, get new tires on camper, repack camper bearings, fill fresh water tank and propane. Pack a cooler in truck bed with food and drinks.
I'm thinking drive 6 hours a day for 3 days in a row and then stay two days to get over it. Allows us to empty tanks and reload.
Do you "wing it" or do you plan every stop and have reservations?
Do you just buckle down and do a 10 hour drive for two days, sleep at walmart and then stop and rest up?
New at this. Have all the time off I want. Not really interested in killing ourselves trying to get there fast. Any advice welcome!
