Who: Ma and Pa Billy Goat, the Kids, and the Pets
What: Travel around North America for eighteen months in our RV
The plan for the”Big Trip” is to live on the road for eighteen months in Billy Goat, our 2001 Jayco Eagle Class C Motorhome.
Where: From Alaska to the Florida Keys
In the summer of 2014 we are going to make a beeline for Alaska and spend all summer exploring it. When it gets cold up there we are going to drop down, probably along the Rockies (Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico) trying to stay ahead of truly wintry weather. Once we hit the southern border, probably at Big Bend National Park in Texas, we will work our way along the Gulf Coast, getting to Florida in December/January. We already have campground reservations in the Florida Keys for February 2015. In the spring of 2015 we will slowly follow the nice weather north along the East Coast, eventually ending up in Canada by early summer. We haven’t planned where to go for the summer of 2015, but probably head west across Canada and/or the northern states of the US, and then explore the Rockies and/or the Pacific Northwest, before returning home in December 2015just in time for Big Kid to start sixth grade.
Why: Hmmm….
Why go on a trip like this? There is no one single reason, and digging into all the reasons would take a lot of time. Short version: Doing something like this has always been a goal of both Ma and Pa Billy Goat, and over the past few years various things have fallen into place that made it possible.
Ma says …. why not?! Also, it is time to bust out of suburbia for a bit ….
When: June 1, 2014 to December 2015
We will be departing Tucson on June 1, 2014 (Ma and Pa’s 13th wedding anniversary) and returning home December 2015.