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Open Roads Forum  >  Snowbirds  > IS DEC TOO LATE TO LEAVE FOR THE SOUTHWEST This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 3   Next petlvr • View posts Foster, RI New Member Joined: 07/14/2009 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/20/09 05:52pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator We are newbies to the RV world and first time Snowbirders. We have a 2000 Holiday Rambler and we want to head to the southwest for the winter. My husband does not want to leave until the first week of December. I believe the plan is to head down to Interstate 10 and go west from there. We will be traveling w/our dog and cats. We do not have any specific destination, just somewhere warm (other than FL ;-) Any suggestions/recommendations are greatly appreciated. Is December too late to leave? goldwingerx2 • View posts Iowa or where the MH is Senior Member Joined: 01/02/2009 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/20/09 05:59pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Many people prefer to leave after Xmas or New Years. You cannot use the water systems of course until you get to warmer climate and many northern campgrounds will be closed. But you watch the weather and have a great experience along the way. Dean & Mary also Purr our 50,000 mile cat! & Sparkles (scarty cat) IA & TX 12 Itasca Sunova 33C 06 Goldwing/TriCar Conversion 08 Smart Car 04 Southwest Enclosed Trailer 09 Trailer Toad 3500 HD 07 Toyota Prius & Demco Kar Kaddy Where we have been since retiring: Polishnurse • View posts Schodack, NY Senior Member Joined: 03/13/2007 View Profile Offline Posted: 09/20/09 06:17pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator There's no time like the present, and what ever day you decide to leave will be the present. You'll be cold for a few days. Just remember here are warmer days ahead. I left Albany around Dec 2. and trying to get the wife to leave earlier. Spent two days in Luray VA with grand Daughter, then on to the Grand Old Opera, on down the Natchez Trace Parkway (great road 450 some old miles) to Inerstate 10 West. to Quartzite for a month, then off to other parts. Good Luck and happy traveling. Bill pawatt • View posts Brainerd MN / Mission TX Moderator Joined: 01/19/2005 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Online Posted: 09/20/09 06:21pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator There are 2 major times people seem to leave. After Thanksgiving when they celebrate both Thanksgiving & Christmas with family at Thanksgiving and those who leave right after Christmas as they desire to spend the holiday with family. Many long time snowbirds will leave the end of October. We plan to head south Oct 23 this year. Seems we leave a little earlier & stay a little longer every year. pjsky • View posts Renner SD/Yuma AZ Senior Member Joined: 11/17/2004 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Posted: 09/20/09 06:35pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator We leave for Yuma the day after Christmas. Next year we may leave Dec 1st. Paul No person is completely worthless ..... one can always serve as a bad example. PAUL AND JAN RicJones • View posts So. Cal. Senior Member Joined: 10/29/2007 View Profile Offline Posted: 09/20/09 06:01pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator It all depends on the weather. Good luck and enjoy the southwest, many things to see. Dave T • View posts Grand Rapids,MN Senior Member Joined: 04/27/2002 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/20/09 06:38pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Weather is the big problem. Also after the 1st of the year, anyone who is going to be the southwest is there! You won't be by yourself. But you will enjoy the southwest. 2009 Forest River Lexington 295GTS Don in Niagara • View posts Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Senior Member Joined: 01/14/2004 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Posted: 09/20/09 06:45pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator We are heading out around the 15th of Dec. but it all depends on the weather. We usually try to get as far south as possible on that first day, and would agree with your plan. Since you don't have a definite itinary, how about a stop in the RGV for a month or so, then over to Arizona? We want to be in Quartzsite for Jan. 15 to do the RV show. From there we will go to Yuma for a few weeks since we haven' been there before, then up to Phoenix for another 2 months. You might also consider the Colorado River around Lake Havasu City. Good luck and have fun! Don 1990 Barth Regency 34' Spartan/Cummins 8.3 skipnchar • View posts Topeka or somewhere else Senior Member Joined: 12/17/2003 View Profile Posted: 09/20/09 06:45pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator We NEVER are ALLOWED to leave until after Christmas is over. It's never too late to leave for warmer weather. Good luck / skip 2011 F-150 HD Ecoboost 3.5 V6. 2550 payload, 17,100 GCVWR - 2004 F-150 HD (Traded after 80,000 towing miles) 2007 Rockwood 8314SS 34' travel trailer US Govt survey shows three out of four people make up 75% of the total population The Texan • View posts Home: Idaho - Location: Texas Senior Member Joined: 01/16/2004 View Profile Posted: 09/20/09 08:04pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Where you light depends on your wants and desires. A full service, expensive RV park in the Phoenix area, boondocking in the desert, ala Quartzsite, a very reasonable park in the Rio Grande Valley, etc. There are folks on here who have stayed in all 3 regions and there is plenty of information on all 3. This year we are leaving October 6th or there abouts and work our way to Quartzsite via Marysvale UT and Tucson, arriving in Quartzsite around Nov 1st. To answer your question, no you are not leaving to late and in all 3 I mentioned, you will be able to find space for either a short time or the winter. Have a safe trip and PM if you would like more info. Bob & Betsy - USN Aviation Ret'd '78 & FL LEO Ret'd '03 & "Oath Keeper Forever" '05 HR Endeavor 40PRQ, 400 Cummins W/ 540w/35A solar system -Pulling our '05 GMC Sierra LT, CC, Z-71, w/ 2010 Silver Rzr in back. 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