How far do you pull in a day

[Jim Lee]

We don't go so much be miles but by hours.
We try to get out of the campground by 10, then drive and stop drive and stop until about 6 when we start looking for a campground.

We try to be off the road by 7 or 8 and still have daylight to set up the camp.

We like to stay 2 nights in a campground, that gives us a day to do the tourist stuff or just kick back and relax.

This past June we made it from Springfield MO to Durant OK which was too far-- 69 highway was horrible, potholes and frost heaves. We stayed at KOA at a casino outside of Durant--- won't be staying there again.

[m.hony]

The most I have driven in a day is about 420- the distance from my home to the Magnolia Messenger RV rally in Grapeland, TX. That number is subject to be higher whenever I get around to going to Fort Wilderness campground at Disney. Driving all day doesn't bother me, but I think my wife gets bored on the passenger side.

[eubank]

What helps a great deal to pass the time while driving is to have not only historical information about the route (read before you travel), but also good paper maps. We travel when we can in the Navajo region, and this book provides really good historical and cultural info, organized by route:



Native Roads: The Complete Motoring Guide to the Navajo and Hopi Nations, Newly Revised Edition: Fran Kosik: 9781887896689: Amazon.com: Books

Still, we do a couple hundred miles per day, give or take a bit, with more than just one night in between jaunts, if feasible.


Lynn

PS: I just read the only bad review of this book and was floored. Here's the criticism: "The paper is black and white . . . very similar to newspaper. It was hard to understand." I guess maybe the reviewer wanted green print and purple paper.)

[Minno]

We just finished a trip where we had a couple 500 mile days each way. We figure our mileage at 50 MPH divided into number of miles we need to go (as many others do also). That gives us time to stop for potty breaks, change drivers, get gas, etc. We generally travel between 55 and 62 MPH. We prefer to do 8 hour days but not always possible depending on where we're going. We trade off drivers every 2 hours roundabout. I think it is important that all adult travelers on the trip know how to drive, hitch and unhitch, and set up camp. I'm shaky on backing but I CAN do it when I have to. I'm still trying to convince my daughter-in-law she should learn to drive with their trailer on. They're young, but you never know when someone will get sick, etc.
We also do not rely on our GPS (named Bubbles), as our only map to get us around. It has routed us through downtown Detroit on our way thru Michigan, and Chicago can be a real trip.... It IS fun to watch her frantically trying to get us to turn around when we don't take the way she recommends sometimes. We keep the sound off. I know, little minds, little amusements.....

Kay

[Gene]

Originally Posted by Minno

We figure our mileage at 50 MPH divided into number of miles we need to go (as many others do also). That gives us time to stop for potty breaks, change drivers, get gas, etc. We generally travel between 55 and 62 MPH.

Kay

Unless traveling on interstates most of the day, I find it hard to average 50—more like 45 taking into account bathroom breaks, gas fillups, driver changes and lunch. Lunch takes the most time, even eating in the trailer; eating at a restaurant is an hour usually, in the trailer 30 minutes. If we stay on interstates we might average close to 60, but that's only if we snack while driving and skip lunch at the dinette.

We usually don't go more than 2 hours to switch drivers, but some days one us is more energized than the other and drives a lot more. I agree it is important for both of us to know how to do everything, but Barb has avoided backing for more than 48,000 miles. She does the rest though. Because towing requires more thought and energy than not towing, switching drivers periodically means a more alert driver and seems to me a safety consideration.

Gene

[SteveH]

When we travel with the Airstream, our travel distance per day is determined either by desired stop locations, or how far we have to go. If our stop locations are only a couple hundred miles apart, that's what we drive.

If however, like our recent return trip from Michigan is a dead-head home, we frequently go on the high side of 500 miles, and have done a couple of 750's.

I do all the driving, by choice, and I don't much care for the 750's. That said, when we get headed for home, I'm like an old plow horse at the end of a hard day in the field.

Our preference is to be AIS by 8AM, and hooking up utilities by happy hour, and that can be any time from 3PM on.

[Tater]

We usually decide destinations and drive whatever time it takes to get there.

[Fly at Night]

Terrain and the season/weather is a big factor, especially in B.C.

- we have two seasons in Canada: winter and summer road construction

- getting from A to B in B.C. will usually involve mountain driving

Fifty miles of this will wear you out faster than 200 miles on the flat. And here they are going down. How fast do you think you are going to go going up?

Jaking down the Hope Princeton - YouTube

[wbrownrr]

Ideal for us is 6 hours travel time, including stops. When on the highway we average 50 mph including stops, so that makes a 300 mile day. Seems about right for us.... This pace allows us to cover a little distance and still arrive without feeling thrashed. By the way, I tend to keep my highway speed at around 62 mph.

[Jim Flower]

I just got back from working 2 weeks in Alberta. Jasper to Burlington, Ontario, 4 days, 570 miles per day, only 13 miles per gal, but we had a nasty head wind on the prairies and the north shore of Superior is not very flat. Only trouble was a TPMS sensor that refused to work and fuel (diesel, gas is more expensive in Canada) at $1.38/liter near Wawa. That's $5.23 per US Gal. ouch. Sometimes it is easier to take the US route but then you have to pay tolls around Chicago, put up with the traffic around Chicago, throw away your oranges befor crossing the boarder and idle away some time waiting for border security to do what they are paid to do. So as in all things Airstream, compromise is the required skill. Some day, when not travelling for work, I will happily join the enviable 200 mile per day club.

[Minno]

Yeah, we figure it at 50mph but it depends on what roads we're driving and what traffic is as to how close that actually comes. Some of the more windy (as in looks like a snake) roads in Ontario this time were 30mph roads. And Chicago is always a big question mark, which is why we avoided it and came home from upstate NY thru Canada. Only added about 40 miles to our trip, and was a lot more interesting than toll roads. We didn't even get asked about fruit at the border..... this time! Probably next time they'll pull us to do a thorough inspection!

Kay

[LI Pets]

I've done 900 but just felt burned out the next day wasn't worth it.

Now I get going at 5-6AM go about 550-600 miles it works out better.

On open roads hit cruise at 65-67mph

[Big C]

350-400 miles max

[MontyV]

we will tow two gas tanks in a day if we need to get there, 500 mi. less much less if we don't have to get there. I never intentionally drive over 60 mph.

[Okotoks]

Just got home from doing 1130 miles in 24 hours and 1200 miles 2 weeks before that.

[Pahaska]

Towed 417 miles today. Towed at 65 on my new 16" Michelins rather than my usual 60 on my old ST tires. The extra speed cost about 1 MPG diesel.

Much further than my usual 300-330 miles a day, but this was Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma Panhandle , and eastern Colorado. I did pass some few un-advertised RV parks en-route, but the planning choice based on what I could find in advance was either a real long day or a way too short day.