For me planning the trip is all most as much fun as taking the trip. I used to use an very old trip planner put out by GS in CD formate. It was very user friendly and served the purpose. I have since moved on the RV Life Trip Wizard. This is put out by the folks who manage (to me) the best RV campground reviews out there.
My steps once I have found the destination is to hit Google maps for cities around the area. I then go to rv parks and reviews for campgrounds around the cities I am looking for. Once done with that I go to RV life trip wizard and fill in the blanks. For me there was a large learning curve to trip wizard, but once figured out it was great to use. It has really eliminated my step of using parks and reviews as its built into the system.
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