Thoughts for our sightseeing trips

[l&mtripp]

Thanks everyone! Since we have finally gotten the truck/5th wheel combo in the driveway, I am strongly rethinking my retirement plans... going to talk with our financial planner on not waiting another year to hang up the 8+ hour day at the office and start our travels as soon as possible.

[Captnjimk]

We just completed 8700 miles in 4.5 months. We use Allstays and visited 10 National Parks. And 22 states. We only had a couple of reservations. That’s the fun and flexibility of RVing. We were never “closed out” from campgrounds even Bryce Canyon(dry camped) and Zion(electric) site.
Make sure that you have a National Park Senior Pass for free admission and 1/2 off camping…includes Army Corp of Engineers, National Forest CGs, etc. Tomorrow is promised to no one.

[Jagiven]

Originally Posted by l&mtripp

Thanks everyone! Since we have finally gotten the truck/5th wheel combo in the driveway, I am strongly rethinking my retirement plans... going to talk with our financial planner on not waiting another year to hang up the 8+ hour day at the office and start our travels as soon as possible.

One thing you might want to consider. Even though your new 5ver has a 2 year warranty, most dealers do not want to work on a camper they did not sell. I would strongly recommend staying close to home for a few months, while you work out any issues.

As for sight seeing, we are not quite to retirement yet, so time is always an issue. Pending on where we are going, I like to mix up a few days of relaxation, along with a few days of sight seeing. I suspect 2 weeks would be about as long as I could stay at one place if sight seeing and exploring was my goal.

[TomC_AZ]

I’m with others and wing it, but also have some sort of plan. We had reservations but in some cases made them the day before etc. or used Harvest Host and met and had some great experiences. We do not drink alcohol so we tended to do farms, museums, etc and wow those were fun.

Question for everyone, how do you travel? (Don’t worry about planned or unplanned just more of a generic question)
1. Point to point and just sightsee that specific close area for a week or so, then move to next for the next week etc but never venture say beyond 1hr away?
2. Home base and then spoke out from there only and back, not going more than say 500miles away from home? (More time based)
3. Longer trip, home base with spokes but each spoke becoming a base of its own and trailer stays there but take TV out on longer day type trips (up to 3-4hr away each way)?

Hopefully this makes sense. We have tended to do option 3 and have enjoyed it.

[Marine71-76]

Originally Posted by Jagiven

One thing you might want to consider. Even though your new 5ver has a 2 year warranty, most dealers do not want to work on a camper they did not sell. I would strongly recommend staying close to home for a few months, while you work out any issues.

Totally agree with the above. We stayed close for 2 months to get things ironed out. Then the 1st major trip (Cincinnati to Virginia Beach) issues with a "wiring fault" on our truck. Long story short no dealer would look at the trailer. Got to the dealer and found the trailer brake wire was wrapped around the spindle. Thank goodness the truck brakes were able to stop the trailer going through the Appalachian Mountains.

[Armycamper24]

Originally Posted by l&mtripp

We just got our 5th wheel (upgrade from a small Class C) and are ready for some longer stay sightseeing trips now that retirement is looming. I am curious on how others plan and conduct their trips. We were thinking of picking a central spot with a number of surrounding things we are interested in seeing and doing, pay for a month at that location then make the drive and setup and then start exploring. What do you do. Thanks for sharing.

We live in Tx and love traveling west to CO and UT. It is a post art around every curve