Our maiden voyage

I recommend a day or two in Lancaster if you want to explore Amish land, and 3-4 days in DC for all of the free (and some not free) museums.  You could easily spend a week just there.   While there is a KOA near DC there is also a state park south of the city you could try.  There's Assateague Island for beach/horses/wildlife.  Green Bank radio observatory and the Cass scenic railroad (real steam engine), in WV within a half hour of each other.   

If you need a place to crash for a night or two I have hookups on my driveway, we are located near I-83 near the PA/MD border.

Welcome to the world of podding,Happy trails to you rex pHp stuart fla

Don't know if this is the place to ask this question. We have traveled and camped extensively throughout the Intermountain West, Pacific Northwest and Midwest over the years, so we are planning a mega trip to the East in mid-September. Yesterday we started to really plan for this, and it is daunting to say the least. We will be heading to Niagra Falls first - no problem with those plans. Once we've been there, we want to head Southeast, take in some history, maybe even head for the coast. We don't want to travel more than 300 miles per day, and we'd like to stay a while in some of the interesting areas. We will go as far South as Charlotte (to visit the USS Yorktown). From there we will be heading back to Missouri (where we were born and raised - no problem getting back there from Charlotte). We will have 6 weeks, and we would like to experience staying in state parks every now and then rather than just KOA's. Does anyone from the area have any suggestions? We're free spirits and don't like a specific itinerary (no reservations unless absolutely necessary). That's why we like to travel in the fall. Just need to try to get home before the snow. Any ideas would be appreciated.

We used to tow our R-pod 171 with a Jeep Liberty but have since upgraded to the Jeep Commander which has a Hemi V8 Engine. We find it less stressful on mountain passes and of course a lot easier on the vehicle. The R-pod dealer had told us it would be no problem to tow with the Liberty however our vehicle mechanic advised that we should not tow more than 75% of what the vehicle is rated for! it is true that the r-pods are a light trailer but once you had water, gear and passengers to the vehicle you can quickly max out.

Originally posted by Seanl My Jeep Liberty will only make 60mph in a head wind as well. I usually stay on the interstates though in the right lane because I can maintain 60mph and I can't always do that on the highways. Unless I am looking for some scenery then I will travel secondary roads.

It added a little time to our drive, but the upgrade is scenery was worth it. We enjoyed seeing the small towns and farms along the way. Once I get used to towing I imagine we'll do a little more Interstate driving, this is the absolute first trailer of any kind I've towed.