Where are you headed next with your RV? Maybe “Down Maine” for some lobster or to the South for some fresh catfish? Or maybe you’re headed out West to explore Utah’s gorgeous Red Rock Country or search for a wild jackalope in Wyoming.
Or are you headed up to the Northwest, to visit a Cascade National Park, maybe hike up the side of magnificent Mount Rainer, or visit the country’s only temperate rain forest in Olympic National Park (it gets 144 inches of rain a year on average)? You have never seen moss like you’ll see there!
Or are you simply driving up the highway a bit to your favorite Forest Service or State Park campground?
So, the question is, when you head out on your next RV trip where will you likely go?
Curious minds want to know. Remember, the poll could take a few moments to load if you’re on a slow internet connection. So stand by there, partner!
Most folks staying East of the Mississippi ? Must be some interesting places to visit, and all close together. I’ll go next year.
West Virginia is east of the Mississippi and a very interesting and beautiful place to tour!
I live East of the Mississippi and don’t plan to travel to far this year, not leaving my home state of Michigan. So much to see and do here anyway so I am content. Next year, maybe after all I do have a travel list I would like to complete in my life time remaining.
I was born, raised, and lived east of the Mississippi for 67 years – no way I’m going back there!
You need to go west!!! Getting too crowded here. Getting much worse as so many from NY, NJ, MA, move south, our 2nd yankee invasion.
Our next RV destination will be west of the Mississippi for our granddaughter’s 7th birthday. We will camp out in their driveway. We live in Indiana and our son and family live in north west Missouri. After that we’ll camp at state parks close to home. (When we can get an open spot!)
Getting too hot in the south! Normally would head home to Alaska but the possible problems at the border is sending us to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for a cool summer. The fall will find us back in the south. We’ll then head west for the winter. Love being a full timer!
I find it interesting that the majority chose the East coast while many of the articles seem to be about the west coast areas. Not a criticism , just interesting.
Next trip is C.O.E. on the Mississippi, three areas in Iowa and Missouri. I try to only stay at C.O.E. if possible, not just that I get a discount, they are always very nice locations and never once had issue with any campers. I avoid the east side of my state, seems people from the biggest city are not friendly campers. I try and stay at state parks, city parks, or of course fore mention. Don’t boon dock, and have at times use KOA’s but only because nothing else near.
With a dog rescue we are limited to time away from dogs, so it is relaxation as our goal. Local historical sites are our ‘Disney vacation’.
East
Heading into Ohio on Tuesday to explore a number of the state campgrounds and Cuyahoga NP.
Leaving for New Mexico and Colorado on June 19th will be staying at Santa Fe Skies RV park the first night. Santa Fe really needs to build a nice RV park. This one is the best and has great views, but gravel pads. Then onto Pagosa Springs and staying at Wolf Creek Run , we have never been to this resort , it’s a class A only. We have a beautiful spot in the river. Then we start home and stay in Creede Colorado at the RV resort , name has slipped my mind. I’ll blame it on the virus! It will be great to get out of the Texas heat for a week.
We live in Montana. We were planning to Winter back East to see the fall colors and such. But decided not to chance it and stay home.
Minnesota and Wisconsin. West and East of the Mississippi. Next year East coast, if all is well.
Nanci, we did this same trip last year! There are some beautiful county parks in Wisconsin – spacious and inexpensive! One of our favorites was Calumet County Park outside of Chilton, WI where my husband’s son and family live. Enjoy!
Ours is actually heading north to the Mississippi Headwaters.
The wife and I are from Las Vegas, and as I write this, we are in the beautiful Custer state park in South Dakota. This is as Far East as we are going this year. Next year the Northern Pacific Coast is penciled in.
This is a great question for us. We live in the Baton Rouge, La. area where the Mississippi River is our west boundary. This weekend we are camping East of the big muddy as we are along the shore of Lake Ponchartrain. Next week we will be West of the river (by less than 25 miles) as we visit the Paragon Casino in Marksville, La. Both campgrounds are about an hour or so from home.
West to Quartzsite this winter, Summer undecided as we are already right next to the Black Hills of SD.
Wanting to hit the road and head back out west, but can’t go too far at this point in time. I have an elderly mother who I do the weekly shopping for, and whatever else she needs. So kind of limited as to how far away to go. Two weeks out is about the most I dare stay away, so it’s going to be mostly local camping again this year. Which is ok. We have LOTS of rivers, lakes, and campgrounds around us. We are located in the southern Missouri Ozarks near Bull Shoals Lake.
Thinking about it, should have answered both. Hopefully going to the INDY 500 end of August, so will be East of it. When we return and visit other places on way home will be west of it. Already crossed it twice earlier this year when we went to Florida in January and returned to California 4 days before the shutdown.
I answered Both to the east or west of the Mississippi question. Our plan is to travel the “River Road” from the head waters to the gulf this year. So, maybe a little bit of both. We will avoid most large cities because of lingering virus and civil unrest concerns.
Great trip, you will enjoy it. You can do either the west side or the east side — or do like us and switch back and forth. It took us two trips because we were chased out by Hurricane Harvey about halfway down. Piece of advice: since most of the roads are back roads, make sure you have a full fuel tank when you start in the morning.
Can’t seem to find the polls
I live in the west, California to be specific and cannot wait to travel east of the Mississippi to get a break from west coast politics, over-regulation, high prices, terrible roads that I pay gas taxes to fix, a state park system that cancels reservations 5 days before your visit, fees on my cell phone bill to fund free phones for homeless, taxes to pay medical and school for illegal immigrants, and so on. Sorry to vent.
Last time I lived in a place with the Libertarian lifestyle you seem to be yearning for, the Taliban was dropping mortars on me.
I think you misread what he wrote, he should be planning on moving from Ca, based on what he said….
Whaaaaatttttttttttttttttttttttt……………………….?????????
Agreed. I have family in California & I honestly don’t know how you all do it. Such a beautiful state, too……but just ruined by the liberalism that rules. Enjoy your vacation.
Living in Virginia on a limited income, and with children in Florida and Vermont, we don’t get west of the Mississippi very often (though we have lots of relatives there, too). Right now, with Covid, we probably won’t be going very far this year. But we do have our eyes on another west coast trip soon.
Taking a look at a nighttime satellite photo of America gives a clear idea why boondocking in the west is the best, IMO.
You should have a question Not traveling in the USA.
At the moment we are not allowed to cross the boarder.
I’m a snowbirds in AZ. There is so much to see out there. We had planned to do so much sightseeing last fall/ winter and then came covid 19. Put a rapid stop to that with all the campsights closed.
Well try again this fall.
Since we live near Seattle, it’s almost ALWAYS west of the Mighty Mississippi. Our rig has been east of it twice. Once during a trip for a funeral, when we drove across a bridge into Tennessee, took the first exit and returned to Arkansas, just so I could say we’ve been on the east side.
A few years later, we took a 25 day trip to two NASCAR races in Kansas City and Talladega, and spent a week roaming Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee, before driving across Mississippi to Talladega, and eventually to Pensacola, Florida for a few days before heading home through Louisiana and Arkansas. 24 States in 25 days and over 6000 miles – and my wife and I didn’t kill each other!
We were planning a trip back East for the summer but cancelled due to uncertainty over this virus. As a small consolation we are planning to visit Sequoia – Kings Canyon NP in September.
After almost six months in AZ, we’re finally pointed toward the eastern mid-south. Trading scorpions for bears! As fulltimers, we find ourselves contemplating a homebase. Given the potential of future shutdowns, closures, cancellations, curfews, stay-away zones, and other threats, it might be nice to have a permanent place where we can at least be free and secure on our own land when the need arises. As we see on the news thousands of folks out of their residences now, it’s apparently and suddenly okay for us to (carefully) travel again.
Try the North Georgia Mountains. Beautiful friendly area.
WE have already cancelled a planned spring trip to AK. A replacement trip would have been PCH and US 101 up the pacific coast from San Diego to Seattle. Then I heard there were parts of 101 and PCH that had been damaged from weather and natural disasters in spots and are not yet repaired. So now we turn to a trip thru the Southwest and Gulf South, stopping in my home city of New Orleans and heading to the FL Panhandle. Still checking local pandemic regs and weather (not very nice in the Gulf South right now (Cristobol – tropical storm). New Orleans and the Panhandle is our choice after we finish verifying conditions and reservations. Off season in Fl, hope it’s not too crowded…
I will be spending my travel budget, this year, in states that never shut down their economy. Michigan and Minnesota, WERE on my summer itinerary. Not this year.
We live near Seattle and, as long as the coronavirus sticks around, we don’t plan to venture far from home. We’ll take shorter trips to areas that are not major tourist spots and may also stay home next winter and not follow the snowbirds to Arizona. Northwest winters really aren’t that bad.
We plan to follow Hwy 20 from Newport Or all the way to Boston Ma. Leaving in August with no return date set.
Actually after our trip west to Colorado Utah and Arizona we are staying close to home this summer because of my mothers death. We were suppose to go to Lake Michigan but I guess plans changed. Heading to a campground for the 4th.
Our original plans were to head east to Western NY to see our son and his family. They decided to come to KS instead. Now, we have decided to spend the summer/ fall visiting our 4 state area of KS (our home state), MO, AR, OK. We’ve been wanting to do this and now is the time. We belong to local Escapees and Heartland
Clubs and will attend all of their rallies as well.
Not going too far this year, due to the delay in leaving. Leaving Texas to go to mountains of New Mexico for cool Temps! Not too much touring!
Staying close home (pennsylvania). Using our beautiful state parks..
I really wanted to go east this year and camp in places where my genealogy takes me. But those darn governors in the NE refuse to open their states to campers without a 14 day quarantine. They are going to kill their own tourist business and not be any better off for it. Maine and VT are 2 big offenders.
Vermont is now letting in campers without quarantining
So, we will be heading east but staying west of the Mississippi.
I plan on staying in my home state of Arizona this summer. Up in northern Arizona in a cool elevation. I prefer the Northwestern part of the U.S. when traveling. I have been fulltiming for the past 7 years.
We’re staying pretty close to home in northeast NY