Our original plan had us coming to Texas (check) and then heading out fairly quickly up into Colorado and toward the Pacific Northwest for the summer and fall and back down south for the winter. Now however we will be in Texas for all of July (Austin and San Antonio) and then only plan to make it to southern or central California by the fall or early winter by taking short hops west from Texas. We plan to head north in the spring and be in the Pacific Northwest for the summer of 2017 - a year later than first planned.
Why the change?
We like Texas a lot.
We are dealing with the heat better than expected. Our AC unit keeps our living space cooler than our little window AC unit did in the house in Indiana so the summer is actually better so far. Plus we lived in Tennessee for about 10 years in total and the heat and humidity there are not that much different than here in Texas.
Slow travel is more fun and relaxing.
We moved quickly between Tennessee and Livingston, Texas. Moving every few days or every day is not as much fun as staying somewhere for a week or two. Moving day ends up taking most of the day making getting work or anything else done much harder. Staying longer at each place makes it easy to work and allows us to explore more of the area before moving on.
Money: Instead of making two trips north and and one south we will be taking one trip west and north over the next year. This basically should cost about half as much as doing two trips in terms of gas. Plus the longer you stay at RV parks - the bigger discount you can get.
All that said, our plans are subject to change. This is one reason we moved into the RV. If we change our minds - it is very easy just to drive in a different direction.
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