Camping Beach Maryland
Will 2 weeks be long enough for my road trip?
I’m planning a road trip across the US in June, and I need to know if 2 weeks is long enough for all of our destinations.
I’ll list our destinations in order…
Leaving from: Connecticut
1. Baltimore, Maryland
2. New Orleans, Louisiana
3. Arizona (Grand Canyon)
4. Las Vegas, Nevada
End: Huntington Beach, California
and then of course, drive back.
We mapped it out and it’s approximately 3,500 miles there and the same coming back. There will be 4 of us, and 3 of us will be driving, and we don’t plan to stay very long in any one place. Probably no more than one day at each destination, and bring camping supplies to avoid lodging costs. Can we get it done in 2 – 2 1/2 weeks? If not, how long would you recommend?
Thanks!
p.s. If you have any kind of input, I would be glad to take suggestions!
I could easily do it driving sole but then again I’m a bit of a road warrior
The basics
Coast to coast to coast is a 7 day drive ..so you got a week to play with
It’s faster to check into a motel 6 for a night than it is to find set up and break camp
While doing 500-600mpd is a long day in the east ,once you get west of say San Antonio you should be able to knock off 500 miles in < 7 hours
Why ?
Higher speed limits 80 TX 75 NM &AZ 70 CA and the fact that cites are far and few
Do try not to hit Phoenix at rush hour b/c sitting in stop and go traffic when it's 110 outside sucks
Personally I would go NOLA to Huntington Beach as 2 day drive or better yet get out of NOLA and drive 3 hours west so that Houston is in your review before you call it a night
Houston >El Paso >LA
On the way home I would leave Huntington Beach after 6:00 PM and do the run across the Mojave to Las Vegas in fading light /dark
Leave LAS early in the AM and then go LAS >GCN
Heres your campgrounds in GCNP>Desert View is the least touristy ..and also the prettiest
http://www.grand.canyon.national-park.com/camping.htm
Next day do something awesome
Cameron AZ> Kayenta AZ >Moab UT stop and call it a night
Day after
MoabUT >Georgetown CO>Granby CO >Estes Park CO>Fort Morgan CO >North Platte NE
Day after
North Platte >South Bend IN
Day after
Wethersfield CT
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