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rangerbait
Explorer
Apr 02, 2016

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

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.
  • Redcatcher70's avatar
    Redcatcher70
    Explorer
    Apr 02, 2016
    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.
  • downtheroad's avatar
    downtheroad
    Explorer
    Apr 02, 2016
    Have a great trip
    and...having done similar, I suggest you get a weather radio with severe weather warning feature. Ours saved us.
  • rangerbait's avatar
    rangerbait
    Explorer
    Apr 02, 2016
    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?
  • punomatic's avatar
    punomatic
    Explorer
    Apr 02, 2016
    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's avatar
    punomatic
    Explorer
    Apr 02, 2016
    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's avatar
    rangerbait
    Explorer
    Apr 02, 2016
    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!
  • ceaser_22000's avatar
    ceaser_22000
    Explorer
    Apr 02, 2016
    We just came from Florida to Michigan thru Virginia and West Virginia we used rvparky and Dattrucker for fuel stops.
  • Dick_B's avatar
    Dick_B
    Explorer
    Apr 02, 2016
    Do you have a GPS? Handy for many reasons one of which is to let you know when you will arrive at a destination.
  • GrandpaKip's avatar
    GrandpaKip
    Explorer II
    Apr 02, 2016
    A wind alert app was handy for us whilst crossing the plains states.
  • Passin_Thru's avatar
    Passin_Thru
    Explorer
    Apr 03, 2016
    We had a mule. If his tail was straight out, wind was blowing. West Va, Why? Ain't no Costco, weather is nasty in winter, I drove truck there and still go to Ok several times a year via WV. Everything is uphill too. Actually lived in Norwalk and at Rosamond so don't much care for Ca myself. Too expensive.

    My friend moved from CA to Tx and raised the IQ of both states!

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