We hope to spend a year touring after retirement. We would be leaving the PNW about New Year's. What would you suggest for timing and routes to avoid snow, hurricanes, tornadoes, and freezing temeratures? Thanks!
Obviously go south first, to pick up I-10 East to points of interest. After staying wherever you choose in southern most US head north about mid April. Tour wherever until September and then head home to get there by October. Would not recommend Travel in Northern US between October and April.
Head south! Southern California, Arizona and hang out there for awhile by late Febuary, March head toward Southern Utah and see all the great National Parks there. We are leaving Louisianna in about 3 weeks going to the PNW, we're visiting Carlsbad Caverns, the Superstition mtns, Quartzsite, Havasue City, Oatman, Calico, Napa Valley, Coastal Redwoods, and the Oregon Coast if you were to reverse our route you should stay out of the S word. For more details you can PM me.
South until March-head East along interstate 10 until Florida-South to the Keys.Head North in May along Eastern seaboard up to Nova Scotia, leavepeep in Sept/Oct...head home along Northern route before end of october...same route we are taking leaving Tucson in March...send PM maybe we can meet up somewhere.
Bob & Sue (Driverman & SignLady)
2004 Allegro Bay 34xb
2008 Jeep Liberty
From Wikipedia:
"The peak season for tornado activity is from March to May in the Southern United States, while activity shifts northward to the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes regions in the summer months from June to August."
So you see that staying in good climates zones for RVing will necessarily put you in areas of tornado activity. Not to worry though...never more than 100 people killed by tornadoes in any one year. This is not good, of course, but more than that are killed EVERY DAY in traffic accidents.
One piece of luck >>> Traveling in good climate zones for RVing will keep you away from hurricanes.
Regards, Allen
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If you stay out of the Texas panhandle, Kansas, and Oklahoma in the spring you should be in good shape and stay out of Iowa, Nebraska, and Illinois during June & July and you will avoid most tornado weather.
You should worry more about being kidnapped by aliens than encountering a tornado. Check out the Discovery Channel series about the "Storm Chasers"--they spent a YEAR in the middle of "Tornado Alley" TRYING to get caught by a tornado--and were unsuccessful!!!
If you are all that freaked out by weather, I would actually suggest digging a deep hole, building a shelter, climbing in, and welding the lid shut--that way you won't encounter any weather. But oh wait--there's still earthquakes to worry about.
The fact of the matter is that bad weather can occur anytime, anywhere. If it's Jan-March, then Southern Florida, and maybe San Diego, are the only worry-free spots. So----why not just go where you want to go, and not worry?
That said, touring the perimeter of the country in a counterclockwise direction, rather than the other way around, might be better, given your point and time of origin.
RVcrazy wrote: We hope to spend a year touring after retirement. We would be leaving the PNW about New Year's. What would you suggest for timing and routes to avoid snow, hurricanes, tornadoes, and freezing temeratures? Thanks!
mkl54321 wrote: You should worry more about being kidnapped by aliens than encountering a tornado. Check out the Discovery Channel series about the "Storm Chasers"--they spent a YEAR in the middle of "Tornado Alley" TRYING to get caught by a tornado--and were unsuccessful!!!
If you are all that freaked out by weather, I would actually suggest digging a deep hole, building a shelter, climbing in, and welding the lid shut--that way you won't encounter any weather. But oh wait--there's still earthquakes to worry about.
The fact of the matter is that bad weather can occur anytime, anywhere. If it's Jan-March, then Southern Florida, and maybe San Diego, are the only worry-free spots. So----why not just go where you want to go, and not worry?
That said, touring the perimeter of the country in a counterclockwise direction, rather than the other way around, might be better, given your point and time of origin.
Almost true – but on point. Just follow the weather – that you like -- in a counterclockwise direction from where you are PNW stay where you want and enjoy the trip. Biggest concern after a while will be how to find more time to see all the things you’ve missed.
Check out this web site of Stan Parker and his Photo Journal of his adventures;
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