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Old 02-03-2025, 03:03 PM   #113
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We use 150/200/300 miles in trip wizard, speed of 60mph. We're not full-time, but since taking delivery of our trailer 3 years ago this month, we have towed over 34k miles and spent 630 nights in 200 locations. Our longest day has been 325 miles, average days run from 170-186 miles.
After many hell-bent vacation runs up and down the East coast, we decided since we were retired, we'd slow down to enjoy the trip.
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Old 02-03-2025, 03:49 PM   #114
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I am like most others. I prefer 4 or 5 hours max. If the day demands I will go 6 hours but that is the most.
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Old 02-03-2025, 04:49 PM   #115
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YUP all those previous are good. I down sized to an Entegra Super C and still use the 300mi 1500hrs rule, of course on straight freeway with lunch on board and good rest stops might push to 350/375 and I am now 81, super C much easier for me to drive than the DP I had before ; main thing enjoy it, don't wear yourself out.
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Old 02-03-2025, 05:57 PM   #116
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How far?

I have seen several rules of thumb about how far to drive in a day. I like the 3-3-3 rule: only 300 miles per day, make a rest stop every 3 hours or so and stop for the day around 3:00pm. You have to adjust this rule to account for traffic, weather, etc.
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Old 02-03-2025, 07:13 PM   #117
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I dont plan on hours or mileage, it depends how I feel, unless I have to be at someplace with specific date then I leave early and still relax on the road. Sometimes I drive almost 1K miles in a day cause i got homesick and tired after couple of months on the road. My rules is, any sign of fatigue I stop and get a nap or even if I just dont feel like driving anymore, thats why I have an RV, any rest area works for me for random stops. If I find attraction I may stay a day or two in a campground. I still remember yellowstone, I plan on stopping by for a day I ended up being there 3 1/2 days . Take it easy, you are retired, you get to alaska when you get there.
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Old 02-03-2025, 08:04 PM   #118
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New member here. My husband and I are planning an epic road trip for my upcoming retirement from Delaware to Alaska. I've been using the RV Trip Planner app which leads me to my question for the group.

Part of setting up the app is entering your minimum, middle, and maximum daily driving distances. It's my husband's opinion that it's not worth moving the RV unless you're going to drive at least 100 miles. He also thinks that it's reasonable to drive 500 miles in a day.

Do you have any driving distance guidelines that you keep in mind when planning a road trip?

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It's a 4400 mile trip each way at 60 MPH. And there are so many things to see along the way. You can make the trip driving 350 miles a day, but think of the sites you'll miss. Generally, we make the first few days long, because this is not your only trip. We build an itinerary of things to see along the way across the US and Canada. Visit state and federal parks and locations that interest you. Go to Anchorage and the Kanai Penninsula - it's where the locals go in the summer that can't afford a trip to the lower 48. You can spend 4 days or 10 days or months in Alaska. Consider joining a caravan; they'll plan an itinerary that brings you through some tough roads and beautiful scenery. Plan, plan, plan - and go to have fun - not just to get there.
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Old 02-03-2025, 08:32 PM   #119
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We travel approximately 300 miles per day and mainly that is because we need to stop every two hours for my husband smoke break and the dogs to get out and stretch their legs. If it was up to me we would drive four hours take a break for lunch go to the bathroom and walk the dogs and then do another 3 to 4 hours. We also average 50 mph when you consider traffic stoplight, etc. etc. I also don’t like getting up and moving before 8 AM so that will also affect how far we go.
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Old 02-03-2025, 09:11 PM   #120
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2003, we built our ExpeditionVehicle.
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Twenty-four months, twenty-four thousand miles around South America.
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Seattle-to-Anchorage, meandering for a couple thousand miles and change, was about eight months.
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These days, no rush.
We rarely travel more than a hundred miles a month.
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Old 02-04-2025, 01:23 AM   #121
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New member here. My husband and I are planning an epic road trip for my upcoming retirement from Delaware to Alaska. I've been using the RV Trip Planner app which leads me to my question for the group.

Part of setting up the app is entering your minimum, middle, and maximum daily driving distances. It's my husband's opinion that it's not worth moving the RV unless you're going to drive at least 100 miles. He also thinks that it's reasonable to drive 500 miles in a day.

Do you have any driving distance guidelines that you keep in mind when planning a road trip?

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Depends on where you are driving through as well - if we leave our home near Tahoe and drive east - something like the 200 miles a lot of people on here mention would put us in "Rye Patch, Nevada" - which is a dry reservoir with about 5 gallons of water in it, an endless swarm of horse flies, no maintenance to the "state" campground, and landmines in the form of old dog turds everywhere you step. For me, I would really rather keep going another 200 to find something interesting - than to stop in that just to adhere to a firm rule.

We play it by ear - look at where we are, where we want to get to, and what our mood is like.

For a long trip, I recommend -not- using a lot of reservations because if you get behind schedule, you will be very stressed out. Instead, we build in a rhythm of Harvest Hosts for a few nights, then a campground spot to run the washer/dryer (the only thing we can't do while boondocking), drain the black tank, drain the grey, fill the potable, etc.

The nice thing about a Harvest Host (or parking lots as some have mentioned - but we avoid those) - is you can be quite flexible about arrival & departure, or if you need to cancel or push it back a day or whatever - no big deal, it didn't cost anything.
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Old 02-04-2025, 06:38 AM   #122
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There is an alternate route that my wife and I have been considering - taking a vehicle ferry from Bellingham WA to Ketchikan... it's a bit pricey, but considering the cost of the tires on our Class A ($750+ each), a new windshield ($$$), the full body paint that would get the hell beat out of it ($$$), brutal fuel costs across BC, - it would be far cheaper than the expected repairs. Not including to the higher-end Ram I tow behind, which would also get the crap kicked out of it.

The vehicle ferry takes up to and including commercial buses, it's a several day trip and a cabin is available or given or doesn't seem like passengers can just sleep in the RV as with shorter term trips.

In our case though, considering Canada's dislike of we veterans and our firearms, leaving US and landing the US and skipping the Canuck passage in between is seeming very attractive. As does having my firearms for the obvious bear issues when camping in Alaska.
I think the drive through Canada is beautiful and worth it.

You can damage your toad and I guess someone could flip a rock into your windshield anywhere, but in general, the roads were pretty good. Damage came from 1. The Top of the World Highway; 2. ongoing road repairs where they put pea gravel down and the coach rear full flap throws it up into the toad; and 3. Destruction Bay mogul sized frost heaves. Our 3 coaches suffered no damage, except for dirt from the Top of the World Highway being under them 3 years and several underbelly power washings after we returned.

I posted earlier the steps to take to mitigate those issues.

We carried bear spray because CA does not like guns. We did not ever have an actual issue with bear, but yes, they were around. Saw them as we drove. Saw them close to towns/campgrounds. Saw track.
I have not tried the waterway (other than in a cruise ship) and am not against trying it, but I see the drive through Canada as a 'not to be missed' trip.
You will not wear your tires out - they will 'die' from old age.
To enhance your communication, I think Starlink would be very helpful. We have a Mini Starlink now but not when we were on that trip. Rarely did we have towers. Even rarer was any functional cell internet. Starlink cures that as long as you can get a clear view of the sky.
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Old 02-04-2025, 06:59 AM   #123
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driving time

Unless you need to be in a certain spot by a certain time, don't worry bout miles. We do between 3 to 4 hours a day including stops for fuel, food and pet walks, less if we want to see something on the way. Realize that Delaware to Alaska is going to be an extremely long trip
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YUP all those previous are good. I down sized to an Entegra Super C and still use the 300mi 1500hrs rule, of course on straight freeway with lunch on board and good rest stops might push to 350/375 and I am now 81, super C much easier for me to drive than the DP I had before ; main thing enjoy it, don't wear yourself out.
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I usually map the trip out and plan on 6-7 hours at 60 mph which works out to around 400 miles. I may travel further on the first day but I do not like traveling or arriving in the dark so plans are for daylight hours only. Happy camping.
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Old 02-04-2025, 06:53 PM   #126
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We try to stick with 300 miles per day.We plan our stops ahead of time with RV Pro trip planner.We live in CT and make our twice yearly trip to Key West/Disney taking 5 days to get down there.We stay a week at Key West then drive to Disneys Fort Wilderness for another weeks stay.When we leave Disney we head back to CT which takes 4 days(Yes we are retired)All of our stops are routed through the RV Pro app. (Fuel,campgrounds,cracker barrels) This makes for a very relaxing trip.
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