Having just hit the 5-month mark on our grand RV adventure, it is especially illuminating to see that we had by FAR our lowest month for mileage in Fati, with just 474 miles covered from Fillmore in Utah to Kingman here in Arizona.
The main reason for such a low total for the full month (as opposed to the 868 miles in Month 4 and the mind-boggling 2,504 we travelled in the first month!) was because we spent two full weeks in one location (Laughlin, Nevada) , and used our tow car, Nippy, for our more extensive travelling once we were settled.
We haven’t been sluggards, though. Our mileage in Nippy was a whopping 3,718 for this month, which included trips from Cedar City to the Grand Canyon (North Rim) and Palm Springs from Laughlin, as well as our just-completed 779-mile 3-day round-trip from Kingman to the Grand Canyon (South Rim), Monument Valley and Flagstaff.
Highlights of the last month include Las Vegas, the Mojave Desert, both North and South visitor centers of the Grand Canyon, the Colorado River, Monument Valley, and the city of Flagstaff, which really caught our attention, in addition to a fascinating section of Route 66.
When all added up, we have travelled 6,403 miles from home in Florida in Fati, and another 13,339 sight-seeing in Nippy from our various RV campgrounds.
That’s a total of 19,742 miles in and around the US since we left home. And we’re still hungry for more! We do still have another 7 months to explore this half (or two-thirds) of the country, though, and the next month will include more iconic stop-overs, notably Lake Havasu and London Bridge, the RV Mecca of Quartzite, Phoenix, Sedona and Tucson. Stay tuned…
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Nearly 20000 miles!!!!! That’s absolutely bonkers
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It began to feel bonkers right after Yellowstone. We’re SO glad we modified our itinerary (we knew we’d have to at some point, even before we left).
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But it’s only 4,000 miles/month….!
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Reading about the staggering distances and realising that this is just the tip of the iceberg really brings hit home just how huge the USA is. I am looking forward to reading about the destinations you mentioned.
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We thought a year would be enough time to see most of what we wanted to see, but it’s not. Partly due to weather, we had to be in the south and out of the mountains to avoid the snow.
Growing up in the US, I thought I understood its immensity. Then you get out west and see 200 miles of literally nothing and you start to feel how tiny you really are.
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