Never RV'd before, need help with cross country routes
Hi everyone, we are super-super new to the whole RV way of life.
We are relocating from southernmost TX (Cameron County, pretty much seconds away from the border) to northern New Hampshire (as in north of the Presidentials). We have 9 pets; 6 cats, 3 dogs. All are used to doing day trips in the truck.
We have been preparing for this trip for a very long time, but only recently have been able to gather all the things necessary for our trip. We have a Toyota Tundra, 5.7L with tow capability, we purchased a 26' TT, have been taking literal lessons with setting things up, etc.
We KNOW we are way out of our comfort zone, but since we are in no hurry to get to NH, we know that we don't have to rush. Our plans are to travel no more than 300+/- miles a day, and overnight at RV sites along our routes. We pretty much know that it may take anywhere from 5-7 days taking into account weather, traffic, and as we get closer to NH, hills/mountains.
But the routes are a problem. When we input the start and end addresses, the only routes are along the coast of TX, along the Gulf Coast states, then enter the I-95 corridor all the way north, cutting through New England. I've done the NY to FL route in cars before and I personally have zero interest in doing that route with a TT, 9 pets and an almost-guaranteed cranky husband.
I can try to tweak websites to head north through the middle of TX, cut through middle America then through Ohio, PA and NY, at the middle area of NY turn east through VT and NH. But I have no idea how to find where the RV sites are located, or even how to add them into a map.
Can anyone point to perhaps a site or sites where things like this can be inputted? According to my sister, who RVs with her husband along the CA coast, she says it's easy to simply call ahead to any RV site, let them know that we need a pull-through for one night, and voila, there will be one ready. But I know that this is not normally true, and considering that we'll be heading out late August/early September, we may need to have reservations before we even pack the TT.
Outside of 'don't do this, you guys aren't ready' (we know that), can anyone point us in any direction to a site/sites that can help us figure out the route that will take us away from the nightmare that newbies like us really want to avoid with regards to traffic?:@
We are relocating from southernmost TX (Cameron County, pretty much seconds away from the border) to northern New Hampshire (as in north of the Presidentials). We have 9 pets; 6 cats, 3 dogs. All are used to doing day trips in the truck.
We have been preparing for this trip for a very long time, but only recently have been able to gather all the things necessary for our trip. We have a Toyota Tundra, 5.7L with tow capability, we purchased a 26' TT, have been taking literal lessons with setting things up, etc.
We KNOW we are way out of our comfort zone, but since we are in no hurry to get to NH, we know that we don't have to rush. Our plans are to travel no more than 300+/- miles a day, and overnight at RV sites along our routes. We pretty much know that it may take anywhere from 5-7 days taking into account weather, traffic, and as we get closer to NH, hills/mountains.
But the routes are a problem. When we input the start and end addresses, the only routes are along the coast of TX, along the Gulf Coast states, then enter the I-95 corridor all the way north, cutting through New England. I've done the NY to FL route in cars before and I personally have zero interest in doing that route with a TT, 9 pets and an almost-guaranteed cranky husband.
I can try to tweak websites to head north through the middle of TX, cut through middle America then through Ohio, PA and NY, at the middle area of NY turn east through VT and NH. But I have no idea how to find where the RV sites are located, or even how to add them into a map.
Can anyone point to perhaps a site or sites where things like this can be inputted? According to my sister, who RVs with her husband along the CA coast, she says it's easy to simply call ahead to any RV site, let them know that we need a pull-through for one night, and voila, there will be one ready. But I know that this is not normally true, and considering that we'll be heading out late August/early September, we may need to have reservations before we even pack the TT.
Outside of 'don't do this, you guys aren't ready' (we know that), can anyone point us in any direction to a site/sites that can help us figure out the route that will take us away from the nightmare that newbies like us really want to avoid with regards to traffic?:@
