RV CROSS COUNTRY | ROAD TRIP TIPS - WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW | FULL-TIME RV LIFE
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- Опубліковано 28 січ 2023
- 👋 Now that our Oregon adventures are over, we begin our cross-country roadtrip to Charlotte, NC. Our goal: make it home before Christmas - 3500 miles in 6 days. For this trip, we kept track of our gas and RV park costs to give you a good idea of how much a cross-country RV trip costs.
We also have some detailed RV roadtrip tips and tricks!
✅ Check the weather before and during your roadtrip
✅ Add extra time to your estimated GPS arrival time for slower driving and extra rest stops
✅ Use apps such as Campedium and RV Life to help find RV spots on your route (We like KOAs for their consistency, late check-ins, and because we have a KOA membership)
✅ If you book your RV parks as you go, try to book by mid-day once you have an idea of how far you might go
✅ Pay attention to where you are crossing time zones - factor this in for both driving time and booking RV parks so you don’t miss their office hours
✅ When driving with dogs, bring a portable water bowl, pillows and blankets; Also, use the dog runs/ parks before you hit the road to help get out some of their zoomies!
✅ Look for gas stations labeled “Truck Stop” or “Travel Station” - they generally have more room to maneuver and better supply and food options (common examples: Pilot, Loves, Flying J, Buc-ee’s)
✅ Take lots of breaks, stretch, drink plenty of water (your bathroom is right behind you!) - we like to take 15-30 min breaks
✅ Pack snacks and lunches to avoid having to stop for food; avoid fast food, which can make you feel sluggish
✅ Keep up with car maintenance before and during the trip - oil change, tire pressure, clean windshield, etc.
✅ Pre-download your podcasts, music, and audiobooks for when you inevitably lose service
✅ Invest in things to improve your roadtrips - supportive butt pillows, inverter (changes your car’s 12-volt power to a normal household plug), laptop stand, noise-cancelling headphones, etc.
🙋♀️ What are some of your favorite roadtrip tips and tricks?
Hi! We are Thomas and Victoria, and we are starting our adventure as full-time RV newbies. We sold our stuff and bought a truck and RV (all within 5 months). We are joined by our Adventure Puppies - Outside Oreo and Backyard Barley - in our Kodiak Ultimate travel trailer. We hope you get some value out of our full-time RV living experience! Subscribe and follow along with our adventures, mistakes, and mishaps.
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RV newbie here. Thank you for this informative vid. Planning a cross country with my husband. This was quite helpful. Thanks again!
Thank you for the kind words 🙏 Hope we helped!
Well done!
Thank you! 🙏
Awesome video guys
🙏we appreciate that!
Good info to know, thanks for sharing and glad you guys made it safely.
My wife is a traveling radiation therapist and we will be heading west soon!
Definitely wishing you safe travels! Where you headed out West?
@@ProjectRVLivingLost Her current contract in SC ends at the end of March so we won’t know until a little closer. We will just have to see what’s available at that time and most importantly RV park availability!
Our home base is in eastern NC.
Another great video! We love Buccees! Looking like our next contract will be in York SC. Heading that way in a month!
Buc-ee's is definitely our new #1. We had heard stories and now we are belivers! 😂 SC is going to be great this time of year!
@@ProjectRVLivingLost if for nothing else it’s worth it for the gas prices. Always 20 to 30 cent cheaper than every one else
I know you guys are running a couple of months behind on the videos, but man, we missed you in Tucson :)))) we are staying here for several months :)
We hope you are loving Tucson! Bet the weather is perfect there right now ☀️ We actually almost just ended up back there but got some big news coming next week!
That is some serious driving. It’s fun when we recognized a lot of the highways you drove on. I believe the bridge over the SF Bay was the Richmond / San Rafael Bridge. Our home for a lot of years. Great video. Thanks for taking us in the ride
It's so funny, we could just google this kind of stuff but sometimes it's fun to go old school and wonder/ask for the answer. We always appreciate your info!
Victoria is beautiful. She could easily be a model or actress.
That’s very kind of you to say 🙏
yall mentioned the length of your rig with truck. What kinds of things do you do differently when planning around fueling up? I recently upsized to a 30 foot from 21 feet and find myself super nervous navigating normal gas stations. Unsure how much room I need to be able to make the turns and stuff like that. I'll be mostly trying to leave myself room in the tank for in case I need to get to a different gas station with more comfortable room and also using google maps when able to scout the lot. Do you find that it's an issue or am I being paranoid? I will say it seems to fit in more places than it seems so far but I'm just getting started. I noticed you called out a few gas stations that you prefer, we do the same but those aren't always available.
We obviously prefer to get gas at Truck stop type gas stations. However we've definitely put ourselves in some tight spots (without incident, thank god). We think having one person just get out and monitor the situation really helps. Also don't feel bad because we operate the same way in terms of leaving enough gas to make it further down the road to another gas station if the first won't fit. We've gotten pretty comfortable navigating both situations over time and I am sure you will as well!
Did you say San Fransico, on purpose? lol
What should we have said? 🫤
San Francisco
It was the heading over that part of your video. And you know I love all you do!
@@chapgood13 haha opps definitely misspelled that