Prepping for a cross country trip...wheeeeeeee!!!!

[rangerbait]

Getting ready for a move from California to West (by God) Virginia 🙂

We're taking a couple of detours, to visit the Grand Canyon, cross the Rockies, and then to dip back down into the Smokey Mountains...we plan to take 2 weeks to do the trip, but have flexibility to stretch it into 3 if we need/want. I love road trips!

Quick photo op after visiting the scales. (Edit: the trailer attitude is an optical illusion due to the uneven ground; it's actually slightly nose-down)





The route



We're taking off in about 2 weeks, and I will update as we make progress...right now we're deep in the process of preparing for the movers, and getting the trailer populated with everything we'll need on the road.

[GrandpaKip]

A wind alert app was handy for us whilst crossing the plains states.

[Dick_B]

Do you have a GPS? Handy for many reasons one of which is to let you know when you will arrive at a destination.

[ceaser_22000]

We just came from Florida to Michigan thru Virginia and West Virginia we used rvparky and Dattrucker for fuel stops.

[rangerbait]

punomatic wrote:

rangerbait wrote:
Good tip...and iPhone app suggestions?

Try "RV Parky," unless you already have all your reservations made. It does a search for nearby RV parks and gives reviews, then links to the map program to give you directions.

Thanks, I'll check it out!

[punomatic]

rangerbait wrote:
Good tip...and iPhone app suggestions?

Try "RV Parky," unless you already have all your reservations made. It does a search for nearby RV parks and gives reviews, then links to the map program to give you directions.

[punomatic]

rangerbait wrote:
Good tip...and iPhone app suggestions?

Try "RV Parky," unless you already have all your reservations made. It does a search for nearby RV parks and gives reviews, then links to the map program to give you directions.

[rangerbait]

downtheroad wrote:
Have a great trip
and...having done similar, I suggest you get a weather radio with severe weather warning feature. Ours saved us.

Good tip...and iPhone app suggestions?

[downtheroad]

Have a great trip
and...having done similar, I suggest you get a weather radio with severe weather warning feature. Ours saved us.

[Redcatcher70]

Rangerbait, have a great trip. Do not worry about trying to cram everything in the trailer you "think" you might need, there are plenty of WalMarts on the route.

Our favorite trip out west was on the highway from the Grand Canyon up through Monument Valley to the Four Corners area. Take your time through there and let the kids out to explore, they will never forget it.