Cross Country Trip - What length Class C???
So I'm purchasing my first Class C rv for a cross country trip in the summer. I was all set on getting one approx 25' long. However, I'm second guess myself and thinking it would be nice to go a littl...
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When sightseeing anywhere/everywhere, but especially in the national parks, once you exceed 21 feet, you don't fit in an automobile parking spot. At that point, you will miss out on some pull-offs during peak season. If touring when the kids are in school, the population in the parks dwindle and so the parking problem greatly diminishes.
Exceeding 30 feet can get tricky in some NP camp grounds. Their narrow winding campground roads with trees at the edges of the pavement need to be taken with care or you'll kiss a tree. Then there are some campsites that won't work with a 30 footer. Again during the slow season you can afford to pass them by.
During peak season, good luck to us all. Extra prayers needed for the longer rigs. The popular national parks get swamped at peak season. Parks like Yosemite for example gets inundated with people who live near by in the Los Angeles area.
If you are real good at planning and sticking to it in a motor home, reservations are wise to get. But you need to play the "reservation game" where camp grounds at peak season get booked within the first day the ticket office opens for the year.
We always travel without reservations and stay in the secondary camp grounds or even in a nearby national forest. Rarely will we stay in a private campground near a national park. Once in a while it works better than staying in the park, like outside Acadia NP at Hadley's Point Campground for example.
Exceeding 30 feet can get tricky in some NP camp grounds. Their narrow winding campground roads with trees at the edges of the pavement need to be taken with care or you'll kiss a tree. Then there are some campsites that won't work with a 30 footer. Again during the slow season you can afford to pass them by.
During peak season, good luck to us all. Extra prayers needed for the longer rigs. The popular national parks get swamped at peak season. Parks like Yosemite for example gets inundated with people who live near by in the Los Angeles area.
If you are real good at planning and sticking to it in a motor home, reservations are wise to get. But you need to play the "reservation game" where camp grounds at peak season get booked within the first day the ticket office opens for the year.
We always travel without reservations and stay in the secondary camp grounds or even in a nearby national forest. Rarely will we stay in a private campground near a national park. Once in a while it works better than staying in the park, like outside Acadia NP at Hadley's Point Campground for example.
