Southern bound travel buddies

[bobpam54]

Hello to all
Is anyone from Maine or the northeast going to Florida in January 2016? Looking to form a wagon train/convoy (lol) to make travel safer and meet new people! Two 61-year-olds with flexible schedule.

[bobpam54]

well was but not now
as I stated I still have to work for a living and also the wife will not leave before Christmas
I am just getting my work finished for the year and the mh is in the garage getting ready for the trip

I think about 3weeks from now we will be flying south ( in our MH) for 3months
move over cause here we come

[was_butnotnow]

Why wait till January get get out of Maine G NOW. If it is for the kids and such. Tell them to visit you in Florida for Christmas as taht s where you will be. Life is too short to not do it NOW.

[bobpam54]

now you are talking Dutch
we Americans sure are spoiled.
GOD bless the USA(he used to)
regards
bob

[Dutch_12078]

2gypsies wrote:
This must be your first trip! Truthfully, you really don't need a convoy to head south.

First, just watch the weather for a few days out and leave when you get 'the' break.

Drive as long as you can safely do so. Eat your last meal in a warm restaurant before stopping for the night. Don't bother with cooking. Keep your RV winterized and carry some jugs of water in a place where they won't freeze. Use them for light washing up, teeth brushing and toileting. Using the toilet while it's winterized won't hurt a thing. You're not going to be filling it and the jug of water will do just fine for flushing. Put on layers of your warmest clothes to sleep. We didn't even put on PJ's. Wear what you sleep in and you'll get a warm start in the morning. Otherwise your clothes will be very cold to put on in the a.m. Don't bother with breakfast. Stop at a restaurant for a nice hot meal.

It'll be uncomfortable for a couple days but think of palm trees in your future.

Repeat next morning and hopefully you'll soon be experiencing some good roads and warmer temperatures. You can do it!! 🙂

Good heavens! When we leave our upstate NY cottage in January, if we have shut down and winterized the coach, we just fire up the furnaces, fill the water tank, fill the fridge, hook up the toad, and head down the road stopping when we feel like it, and get to the warm weather using all of the coach's comforts normally. We do occasionally eat out, but that's no different than we do any other time. We usually get back on the road between 9 and 10 each morning, and off again by 3 or 4, with a couple of 2 or 3 day breaks along the way. We're not in that big hurry that we can't enjoy the journey... 🙂

[bobpam54]

You are right on JP4 I can see the problems that can come with it. We are quite independent people. maybe some day I will join a caravan and see if I like it I am not fully retired yet and can only travel in the winter months. we are practicing retirement at this time.
best to you
BOb

[jplante4]

A typical issue is different schedules. The worse is when you're an early riser and like to get underway early to get to the next stop right at check-in time and your travel partner likes to dally until past checkout time and get to the next place after dark. At that point, I'd be "see ya there".

I hit RVillage when I check in and find out who else is in the park. If they've entered a rig description, I try to find them to say hi. So far I've said Hi to exactly 2 people.

[bobpam54]

Can you hear me now.? I have tried to post a reply but couldn't get it done.
thank you 2gypies for the good advice
actually this is our 3rd year in our 41foot motor home 2003 Dutchstar .We haven't traveled with anyone else before. It seem that people shy away from caravans for obvious reasons. so we thought it would be nice to travel with someone for safety reasons and to meet people also
all is good tho and look out Fl here we come

again thank you
All the best.
bob

[bobpam54]

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[2gypsies1]

This must be your first trip! Truthfully, you really don't need a convoy to head south.

First, just watch the weather for a few days out and leave when you get 'the' break.

Drive as long as you can safely do so. Eat your last meal in a warm restaurant before stopping for the night. Don't bother with cooking. Keep your RV winterized and carry some jugs of water in a place where they won't freeze. Use them for light washing up, teeth brushing and toileting. Using the toilet while it's winterized won't hurt a thing. You're not going to be filling it and the jug of water will do just fine for flushing. Put on layers of your warmest clothes to sleep. We didn't even put on PJ's. Wear what you sleep in and you'll get a warm start in the morning. Otherwise your clothes will be very cold to put on in the a.m. Don't bother with breakfast. Stop at a restaurant for a nice hot meal.

It'll be uncomfortable for a couple days but think of palm trees in your future.

Repeat next morning and hopefully you'll soon be experiencing some good roads and warmer temperatures. You can do it!! 🙂

[bobpam54]

ok you guys
thanks for getting back to me so quick
I went over to the RVilliges and posted it there also
we will see what happens

again Thank you
bob

[dahkota]

bobpam54 wrote:
Hello to all
Is anyone from Maine or the northeast going to Florida in January 2016? Looking to form a wagon train/convoy (lol) to make travel safer and meet new people! Two 61-year-olds with flexible schedule.

Join RVillage. There is a group called "Caravan Connection." From the postings, there are at least a dozen people heading south in the next month or so. We are, but we leave from DC at the end of December with plans on hitting the Florida state line around January 10.

[jplante4]

Bob - do a search of the forum. There have been several threads lately from people asking route advise for traveling south in that time frame.