Trip planning in the East for us is much different than trip planning in the West. In the West we found it pretty easy to travel from one state to another using the internet to find campgrounds to stay at by what we wanted to see. We didn’t run in to expensive toll roads that were hard to drive around. In the North East there are a lot of toll roads that can get pretty expensive and their not easy to drive around. On this leg of the trip planning for us has been more difficult. We’ve had several full timer’s cross our path that were more than willing to share their trip planning tools with us. It sounds like Allstays app is a tool that most full timers have but is missing from our toolbox, also most seem to have an RV GPS that will plan routes around low bridges and toll roads if you want. The full timers are quick to mention that the RV GPS will put you on a road you don’t want to be on from time to time but they are better than a standard car GPS. We will be adding Allstays to the tools we use to plan our trips, not sure about an RV GPS. The GPS we currently have will route around toll roads but not low bridges.

What we learned;

1.  There is no one prefect tool that can plan our trips, but there are 2 or 3 that can help us plan better. Google Maps, Google Earth, Allstays.
2. Sometimes the most direct route is not always the best route.
3. The RV community is a wonderful thing and we are glad to be a part of it.
4. No matter where we are, we should enjoy the moment we’re in and the adventure we’re on.