Traveling from WI to MA with new TT!! HELP!!

TracysCampWI wrote:
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 camping here in Wisconsin last year with our new trailer!

We are getting ready for our first trip to MA (my husband is from MA). Over 1,000 miles away. Looking at taking I-90 almost the entire way. We are leaving on a Friday (kids last day of school) at about 4pm. We hope to make it to Cleveland that night. Maybe staying in on Ohio Turnpike RV Lot for the night (we will be able to plug in for $20, dump station and potable water). Then off early to make it to Middleboro, MA late Saturday night.

Are we giving ourselves enough time?? Other options for the night? I do need to plug in as I have a CPap that I need to sleep.

My husband is installing a camera on the back of the camper this weekend. Any suggestions on which camera to get? Just had the breaks done on the Tundra. Reservations made in MA and NH. Roadside protection on board, new Rand McNally map in hand, GPS up to date. This is not our first drive to the east coast but our first towing anything.

Anything that I am missing??? Any items to pack that I did not think of??? ANy items NOT to pack?

We do that drive all the time in the reverse direction. I live in Cleveland and grew up in Wisconsin. Can leave Cleveland after school and make it to Madison by midnight or shortly thereafter.

Chicago is the worst part. I've gone through and around. I've found going through the easiest although it is nerve wracking the first time.

I beg to disagree with the poster about the Ohio Travel Plaza's. The RV hook-up locations are no where near the trucks. The RV's are on the total opposite side of the rest area. They are as far apart as you can get and still be in the same rest area.

If you leverage the rest areas, you don't have to get all the way to Cleveland in your first leg. It is a 2 hour drive east from the Ohio border to Cleveland and there are 3 rest areas you can stop at with RV services. Stop when you get tired.

The kids can do the 'long haul' if they are ready for it. Drive 4 hours, stop for gas / food. Drive 4 hours, you are there. We did Cleveland to Yellowstone last summer in 3 1/2 days. The kids traveled fine. When you are retired and have all the time in the world, take it. When you have a short vacation and a long destination..make the most of it.