Traveling in Winter

Watch the weather reports and don’t dewinterize until you are sure temps will stay above 30F. Enjoy!

We do this every winter. It is usually 20 degrees when we leave New England so we stay winterized until nighttime temperatures are above freezing. We take a 2 gallon jug of fresh water for drinking and washing and leave a gallon of RV antifreeze in the bathroom for flushing. Usually by the second night we fill the fresh water tank and are good to go.

Dave

The same as above, sometimes when you stop for the first night you can put water in the tank if the weather is good.

Hotel use for the first few nights, I check on Google earth to make sure I have plenty of room for the motor home with tow car

rr2254545 wrote:
Hotel use for the first few nights, I check on Google earth to make sure I have plenty of room for the motor home with tow car

This is what we do too. It is so nice to walk into a warm motel room, instead of trying to set up a ice cold trailer with an even colder bed.
We stay in areas with dining places within walking distances and select motels with warm continental breakfasts to have after a nice hot shower to start our day.
We will have plenty of time to enjoy our trailer after we reach our destination.

Hi,

It is a class C, so the living quarters will be comfortable.

You may wish to read the winter camping thread sticky under the full time forum.

I use an inverter and various kinds of heaters to keep some areas from freezing.

Thank you all for the great information

We don't leave NY or winterize.. we just stay where we are :(

When we travelled from Michigan to Florida each January we would leave the trailer winterized until we reached a point South where we could count on it not freezing. That was usually someplace in Georgia or North Florida on the second night.

We would take a couple of gallons jugs of water and keep them in the truck so they wouldn't freeze during the day and use for brushing teeth, making coffee, etc. We would use a bit of antifreeze for flushing the toilet for those midnight visits.

There were a couple of campgrounds that we knew were open on the way down and would usually stay at them. The water was shut off but their restrooms were usually open and heated. They were also usually almost empty so we could most often find a spot right next to or very near the restroom.

This worked very well unless the temps were VERY cold (below 0 deg F) when we would just take a hotel room for the night. We did this routine for about 17 or 18 years until a couple of years ago when we quit traveling.
Barney

We tried most of the methods related above for a few years. Then we decided,for several reasons,to just eliminate the problem. We now leave before it freezes and don't return until the last freeze is over. ;)