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Just started detailed research for our visit with our camper to the US, basically we now intend to ship to Baltimore MD then drive full circle around the edges of the US in a clockwise direction.
Over the years we have visited the US maybe 20 times, using different methods to travel, but never in an RV. We have seen much of mid America and some of the coast, we have also visited a number of major cities too.
Our route will follow coasts and borders, but will also travel away from these from time to time up to about 300 miles inland.
We are not RV novices, but during the last 18 years have been caught up with work and had almost no use from our RVs, but previous to that we were RV full timing for 3 years from 1999 before buying and living on a Dutch barge for 5 years.
So we have a bit of experience of the US and a bit more past experience of travelling with an RV through Europe and North Africa.
Back to researching for the coming journey. Have now noticed that after a location is selected and a suitable place to stop for a couple of days is found that in a few locations we are restricted to where we can visit locally due to various factors. No public transport, distances too far to walk, distances too far to keep using Uber on our budget.
We will not be pulling a toad, we will not have a motorbike or scooter, we will not have push bikes, we do enjoy walking and are very comfortable with using public transport.
As our RV is only 24' long it is possible to use it more like an auto particularly in the US, but in some places that is also not possible. For example.
To spend a day in Norfolk VA but camping at Virgina Beach, 20-25 miles from downtown or the navy dockyards there is public transport, but, taking 2-3 hours each way depending on where to. That is too much of the day to spend on public transport each way for such a short distance, but of course we could pitch up for Uber for such a situation.
I also researched RV parking in the center of Norfolk and didn't find anything, but maybe I'm not looking in the right direction?
There are locations where a secure campground is say 3 hours walk each way to the place we would want to visit, but with little or no public transport. A 3 hour walk is ok, but after visiting whatever maybe not walking back to camp too.
Is there a something that I'm missing here, or is it that we can only visit locations if either the campground or RV parking is at or near that place, or there is good public transport over a greater distance.
There are good reasons for us not wanting to cycle away from dedicated cycle paths, and towing a car loses many of the advantages of travelling with a small RV, plus the cost of setting that up and buying and registering the auto.
Thanks for any help, we really are RV novices in the US.
Over the years we have visited the US maybe 20 times, using different methods to travel, but never in an RV. We have seen much of mid America and some of the coast, we have also visited a number of major cities too.
Our route will follow coasts and borders, but will also travel away from these from time to time up to about 300 miles inland.
We are not RV novices, but during the last 18 years have been caught up with work and had almost no use from our RVs, but previous to that we were RV full timing for 3 years from 1999 before buying and living on a Dutch barge for 5 years.
So we have a bit of experience of the US and a bit more past experience of travelling with an RV through Europe and North Africa.
Back to researching for the coming journey. Have now noticed that after a location is selected and a suitable place to stop for a couple of days is found that in a few locations we are restricted to where we can visit locally due to various factors. No public transport, distances too far to walk, distances too far to keep using Uber on our budget.
We will not be pulling a toad, we will not have a motorbike or scooter, we will not have push bikes, we do enjoy walking and are very comfortable with using public transport.
As our RV is only 24' long it is possible to use it more like an auto particularly in the US, but in some places that is also not possible. For example.
To spend a day in Norfolk VA but camping at Virgina Beach, 20-25 miles from downtown or the navy dockyards there is public transport, but, taking 2-3 hours each way depending on where to. That is too much of the day to spend on public transport each way for such a short distance, but of course we could pitch up for Uber for such a situation.
I also researched RV parking in the center of Norfolk and didn't find anything, but maybe I'm not looking in the right direction?
There are locations where a secure campground is say 3 hours walk each way to the place we would want to visit, but with little or no public transport. A 3 hour walk is ok, but after visiting whatever maybe not walking back to camp too.
Is there a something that I'm missing here, or is it that we can only visit locations if either the campground or RV parking is at or near that place, or there is good public transport over a greater distance.
There are good reasons for us not wanting to cycle away from dedicated cycle paths, and towing a car loses many of the advantages of travelling with a small RV, plus the cost of setting that up and buying and registering the auto.
Thanks for any help, we really are RV novices in the US.