As Newbies, my wife and I are planning our first RV trip. We live near Kansas City and are planning a 2 week trip to visit our son in Portland, OR. I wouldn't be so concerned about the timelines except my wife is still working, so we have to come up with a travel plan that gets us there and back within the two week period she has off (I'll be so glad when she retires and we don't have to worry about timelines!).
Right now, when we travel by car, I generally won't drive more than 8 hours a day, and of course we have experience knowing the kinds of hotels we stay at, so our travel planning seems pretty simple. Now that we're going to be traveling by RV, I'm wondering if driving 8 hours a day to our destination is a reasonable expectation in an RV. According to Google Maps, our trip from KC to Portland will be about 1769 miles and if we are able to average 60 MPH and drive 8 hours per day, we should plan on 4 days to get there. I'm just wondering if my expectation of driving 8 hours per day and averaging 60 MPH is reasonable? Also, since this is new to us, I'm wondering how difficult it will be to find campgrounds along the way? My expectation is that we'll do a mix of boon docking and full hookup campgrounds but I have no experience in locating either of these kind of places. I guess the bottom line is that we'd appreciate any advice on trip planning, especially reasonable expectations on how far we could drive in a day and then the best way to find places to stay along the way. Thanks for any advice you have to offer!
Right now, when we travel by car, I generally won't drive more than 8 hours a day, and of course we have experience knowing the kinds of hotels we stay at, so our travel planning seems pretty simple. Now that we're going to be traveling by RV, I'm wondering if driving 8 hours a day to our destination is a reasonable expectation in an RV. According to Google Maps, our trip from KC to Portland will be about 1769 miles and if we are able to average 60 MPH and drive 8 hours per day, we should plan on 4 days to get there. I'm just wondering if my expectation of driving 8 hours per day and averaging 60 MPH is reasonable? Also, since this is new to us, I'm wondering how difficult it will be to find campgrounds along the way? My expectation is that we'll do a mix of boon docking and full hookup campgrounds but I have no experience in locating either of these kind of places. I guess the bottom line is that we'd appreciate any advice on trip planning, especially reasonable expectations on how far we could drive in a day and then the best way to find places to stay along the way. Thanks for any advice you have to offer!