Traveling from WI to MA with new TT!! HELP!!
We upgraded last year from our pop-up to a beautiful 2015 Sunset Trail 28bh. We just LOVE it! Can't believe we waited so many years to upgrade (13 years in a pop up). We had a wonderful summer camp...
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Congratulations on your new TT! We spent 17 years in a PUP before upgrading, and I think you will also love the difference.
We are not marathon drivers, so your plan to get to MA in 2 days sounds horrendous to me. :) That said, I think you will find it's quite a haul. How are your kids with long marathon drives? That should be a consideration.
Friday evening driving around Chicago - I think it's extremely ambitious to get to Cleveland before something on the order of midnight, at the earliest. I wouldn't advise it, nor would I necessarily advise the sites on the Ohio Tpke - they are right by all the trucks, so it will be noisy and no place for the kids to get out & run off steam (at least safely). There are some reasonably decent CGs in northern Indiana that could be of help to you - Elkhart CG is a possibility, nothing super special but has hookups and is pretty convenient to I-80/90, as I recall (it's been a few years). You may want to look into reserving a spot if the Friday you are leaving is Memorial Day or 4th of July weekend, too!
You will drive slower towing than you did before, so the trip will take longer than you remember. (Even if you don't feel you need to drive slower, your trailer tires will want you to; most of them are rated for 65 mph MAX.) In short - take 3 days, not 2, to get to MA. NY state is pretty big & takes a while to get across.
Don't forget tolls. If you don't already have an I-Pass or EZ-Pass, you may have time to get one (it will save you a little $ and a lot of hassle on the eastern, Indiana & Ohio tollroads). If you don't have time, make sure to have plenty of change along.
We are not marathon drivers, so your plan to get to MA in 2 days sounds horrendous to me. :) That said, I think you will find it's quite a haul. How are your kids with long marathon drives? That should be a consideration.
Friday evening driving around Chicago - I think it's extremely ambitious to get to Cleveland before something on the order of midnight, at the earliest. I wouldn't advise it, nor would I necessarily advise the sites on the Ohio Tpke - they are right by all the trucks, so it will be noisy and no place for the kids to get out & run off steam (at least safely). There are some reasonably decent CGs in northern Indiana that could be of help to you - Elkhart CG is a possibility, nothing super special but has hookups and is pretty convenient to I-80/90, as I recall (it's been a few years). You may want to look into reserving a spot if the Friday you are leaving is Memorial Day or 4th of July weekend, too!
You will drive slower towing than you did before, so the trip will take longer than you remember. (Even if you don't feel you need to drive slower, your trailer tires will want you to; most of them are rated for 65 mph MAX.) In short - take 3 days, not 2, to get to MA. NY state is pretty big & takes a while to get across.
Don't forget tolls. If you don't already have an I-Pass or EZ-Pass, you may have time to get one (it will save you a little $ and a lot of hassle on the eastern, Indiana & Ohio tollroads). If you don't have time, make sure to have plenty of change along.
