New to Forum - Questions on Trip Planning

When we drive our car now we drive the left lane, well over the speed limit with radar detector on and drive 8-10 hours.  When we pick up the RV in the spring we will be retired and leaving the radar detector home.  We plan on driving 4-5 hours a day at 50-55 mph avoiding the interstates and stopping at campgrounds and taking it easy. Cannot wait to slow down and smell the country!

A lot depends on you and whether both of you take turns driving and your personal endurance.  My wife won't drive with the trailer hooked up but I can still do 500 miles in a day pretty routinely.  It also depends on where you want to stop.  If I'm going from Nashville to the Outer Banks, about 800 miles, I want to get there as quickly as I can so we don't stop a state or national park; we stop at a Walmart or truck stop in transit.  (Coming back, the Great Smokey Mountains is in the right place so we usually stop there.)  On the other hand, of course, if I'm not trying to get somewhere as quickly as I can and there are great places to stop along the way, I might not drive 200 miles in a day.

Maybe I'll retire some day and I won't have to get to the Outer Banks and back in 9 days.  That will change my attitude too.

TT

You can't get anywhere fast in TX, I was born in north TX and spent 25 years as a touring tech rep and government employee. Many the times I drove over 20 hours to get to a scheduled work place. With towing my living space (the Pod) and a more relaxed experience I plan better. I think 400 miles a day is a good standard. I consider the fact I have a trailer makes me more alert to things around me, which in turn can add to fatigue, I like to be able to have time to eat, relax and walk the dog. I take advantage of "free" stops in planning, parking lots and rest areas I agree in taking time and getting to destination safely. The standard is up to the individual and health, and what they decide to do. But I don't do anything beyond what I consider a safe capability.

Sorry Mamcaloon, Charlie hit all points that you need to know IMHO. We don't like to kill ourselves driving all day to reach our destination, nice to smell the roses along the way.  Our "normal" is around 400 - 450 miles/day.  As Charlie stated, "a lot will depend on your endurance" and the traffic conditions you encounter.  My brother laughs at me because I will take 3 days to travel from northern Michigan to RMNP in Colorado.  He and his wife do it in less than a day, "after all," he tells me, "it is only 19 hours."  Well I don't have a cast iron bladder, nor can I sleep while my wife drives.  Different folks, different strokes.