14,600 Miles. Travelled the circumferance of the US, did Canada all the way to P.E.I. down the East coast to Fla, and back to CA. Was a great trip and saw a lot of wonderful country and met a lot of nice folks.
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hwm1939 wrote: 14,600 Miles. Travelled the circumferance of the US, did Canada all the way to P.E.I. down the East coast to Fla, and back to CA. Was a great trip and saw a lot of wonderful country and met a lot of nice folks.
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Last year. 15,400 miles round trip from Port Charlotte FL to Alaska and back.
Two more years!!! Can't wait...
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Our 1st long trip started in April and ended in October. We did not spend much time planning. We made sure the rig was ready to roll, left home in NC (at that time) heading for Nebraska. We took our time, stopped about 1/2 the time in boondocking locations because we were toying an 1969 Volkswagen on a tow dolly and driving another pick-up and didn't want to get too tied up in a tight RV park. We stayed in Nebraska on the farm a few days then trekked on to Seattle to deliver the car losing a wheel off the tow dolly in Wyoming. Next we then headed south along the Pacific coast with the truck now a "toad", making our way towards Las Vegas for a reunion (this was summer). We stopped in Oregon to enjoy the coast, in northern CA to visit a friend then again at Scotty's Castle near Death Valley where we lost the air dryer and had to be hauled into Vegas on a low boy! After Vegas we overheated heading back north and found out as newbies -- ya gotta shift down on those hills, not depend on the tranny to do it all! After another long stay in Nebraska we headed for Ohio & WV for more family visits and finally on our maiden voyage ended up back in NC in October.
Our next long trip, actually the very next year from NC to Seattle for Christmas, down through Oregon and Utah at sub-zero, south through Colorado into Texas for stop-overs in San Antonio & Houston then eastward into LA, MS and the panhandle of Florida where we enjoyed Pensacola's on-base park. After Pensacola we headed down to Key West, stopping in Lake Placid to visit family enroute. From Key West we trekked north to GA and on back to NC. That whole trip lasted from Ocober into April.
During neither trip did we plan stops at RV parks more a day or a few hours ahead of time because we simply did not know what we'd stop to see. We've found if you schedule yourself too tightly, and we've done that too, many times things happen to delay scheduled arrivals. So we wing it nearly all the time and haven't had much trouble
finding places to stop no matter what time of year we traveled.
I have no idea how many miles. If we did keep track -- we have forgotten...I didn't know it was a contest. In our book the # of miles do not matter -- it's how much you enjoyed the trip!
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In 2006 we went from SE Florida (Boynton Beach) to Corpus Christi, TX, then to York, PA, then to Maine, then to Seattle, WA and then back home to Boynton Beach. 14000 miles, three months.
2001 National Tradewinds LTC, 2005 Jeep Liberty Limited toad, M & G air brake, Blue Ox base plate and tow bar.
One "Bald-Headed Old Guy" (me),
One "Jewish-American Princess" (DW)
Two Birman Cats, "Mocha" & "Coco"
Longest trip time is 4.5 months this past winter. Left Rochester on 12/24/08 and returned 5/4/09. In that time we crossed the country to Los Angeles by way of Charlottesville VA with week long + stops with the family at both of those places. Spent two weeks in Los Cruces NM (2nd week waiting for repair of convection/microwave) and a couple of weeks boondocking at Senator Wash (you could look it up). Mileage for that trip was 7,723. In 08 we used 9,074 to cover the same ground and in '05 we actually put on 10,300 for the same trip. Our plan is to start with family in VA and then eventually get to Los Angeles and spend time with family there. This does not take a lot of thought.
We almost never reserve ahead more than a couple of hours. The major exceptions are for places when we know we have to be someplace at a specific time and the camping is limited. For example when visiting in LA there are only two campgrounds that make sense and Dockweiler, on the beach at the end of Imperial drive, fills up on weekends so we book our two week stay as soon as our son tells us when is most suitable for an extended visit. Most other places we take our chances.
We may get in trouble on occasion but there is always WalMart or some other big box for a night while we find a place. Have only had that happen a couple of times in 8 years.
We also do not necessarily plan touring. Signs pointing to destinations may affect our decision making and a conversation with a campground operator or another RVer may suggest ideas of interest. We like to hike and bike and visit places of historical interest or scenic beauty. We look for scenic highways and little known parks. We do this when we are in state welcome centers, at the campground desk and talking to many people. Of course since we have repeated the cross country trip 8 times we can decide to skip someplace this year and pick it up on another trip.
I think I would go nuts if I knew I could only cross once and was limited to 6 weeks. This country is way too big for that kind of exploration.
Paul
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Houston to San Diego to Las Vegas to Houston. Hauled momma, momma in law, 3 cats, and a toad. Had a blast.
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2009 Mazda Tribute Toadie
Just a laffin' and a scratchin' (mosquitoes, you know!) 'round the campfire.
We've done 3 long, great summer trips, each lasting a month. In 2004 we did a counterclockwise trip of the midwest, (starting in Garden grove, Ca) and in order we visited Bryce Canyon UT, Moab Ut, Steamboat Springs Colo, Rocky Mtn NP Colo, Black Hills SD-(Mt Rushmore), Little Bighorn Mont., Yellowstone Wyo, Cody Wyo, then cut through Idaho then down through Nevada to Lake tahoe, Mammoth, then home. trip of a lifetime.
In 2005 took a trip north up through hwy 395 then over to Mt Shasta, into oregon, saw crater lake, wash-mt. st. helens, took MH across on ferry to Victoria, BC , stayed a week there the took the coast all the way home. (that trip was my favorite)
In 2006 went back east by way of hwy 4o. Visited numerous historical sites on the way up to D.C. Stayed in DC for a week then stayed in NY for a week, then up to Niag Falls, across part of Canadaa then dropped all the way down to Hwy 70 back to Colo (Estes) then through Salt lake then over to 395 again (because we love mammoth) and then home. I thought the drive was a bit too long on that one and should have taken more time to do. Planning for each of those were over a month, my wife planned most stops. Thhe kids will have memories for a lifetime.- Ken
We shipped a Winnebago 35J to Europe and traveled for a year, so 360+ days and 30k miles or so
First we bought the RV in Washington State (new) when it had 2,200 miles on it. We deliberately put 10k miles on it while we were still in the states to see if there were any major mechanical issues since all warranties are void the moment it goes on the ship. Then I drove it to Baltimore where it went on a ship over to Bremerhaven, Germany - where we met up with it three weeks later. We then did Europe proper (Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Gibraltar, Switzerland, Netherlands, Czech, Belgium) and the popped up to the UK & Scotland and did the loop up there.
We sold the “converted” rig to a Scottish couple and flew back home last August, what a trip!
And we had our girls along (then 3 and 6) for the ride which made it all much more entertaining.
We ran out of time (!!!) otherwise we’d have tackled Ireland and the Scandinavian countries as well… next time around!
My wife blogged the heck out of the trip if you want to read about our adventure in detail: BLOG
We’ve had a number of folks contact us asking for details on how we pulled the trip off, feel free to drop us an email if you need any info, we’re half tempted to write a book about it all
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Our longest trip to date was taken in April...about 20 days.....headed from So. Cal. out I-40 through AZ, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas. Back home on I-10 from Austin, TX. Best trip ever, with little planning, other than the route. Only 1 reservation made (Austin, TX) for a Newell Rally. What a blast! Looking forward to 3-4 month trips when we retire in two years, but for now we'll keep taking the 2-3 week trips!
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