WOW! So much great information! I can see I am planning in the right direction from all your posts. My goal to stay in an area for a week or so before moving on to a new area. Thank you all for the great suggestions and recommendations for me to look up information. I really liked the suggestion to do a 'test' trip. Great idea. We are 'three' when we travel, myself, husband and our adult handicapped son... he is 27 going on 10!.. always happy as long as he has his sprite and the sports page each day. I plan to use a travel trailer that unhooks from our pickup and take the pickup to adventure to places in the area. Tatest I appreciate the comparison of road tripping compared to RVing - good points. We are avid baseball fans - and want to visit and attend ballparks in our travels. Where we live now we are 500 miles from 7 different parks in 5 directions! We usually just road trip and motel when we go to any of those parks, but they are short trips. I really appreciate the suggestions on finding places to camp in different parts of the country. In Utah we can find camping spots most anywhere!