Travel Planning

If you've read Paul's book, The Joy of Efficiency, you'll see that we do detailed travel planning. We really pack the most into our travel time because we show up prepared. But, a multi week RV trip with a self-contained rig is a little different planning process. We tried a few trip planning apps, but finally settled on this free web based site MyScenicDrives. We're still learning and finding new tools and tricks, but it allowed us to map out a pretty detailed route plan. The numbers are points of interest, not days. We've reserved a few days at various campgrounds and state parks, and will just practice our free-range boondocking skills on other days. 

We were planning to run up and down the spine of the Rocky Mountains, trying to stay up in elevation and down in temperatures. We're planning on about 6 weeks to go 5,300 miles.

The best laid plans . . . were thrown out when we encountered some issues with the Travato before the final purchase. You can read about those here.

We cancelled a few early reservations and started working to salvage some of the trip. We will start 8 days later than we originally planned and had to modify our route and reservations - where we could even get them at such a late date. Looks like more boondocking for us. 

Paul