(07-15-2026 05:33 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 05:05 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-14-2026 10:56 AM)TripleA Wrote:  Oh, as for watching out for bad weather, I plan to strictly follow the sun all year. I will winter from about Thanksgiving until the end of March somewhere way down South, likely either Florida, Texas or Arizona.

During that down time, I will plan my route for the next travel season, roughly from April through November.

Starting in early April, I will leave my wintering spot and slowly head north, arriving at the northern most route as summer begins, then slowly working my way across and back down, until I end up at my next wintering spot. I will likely change up snowbird sites from year to year to prevent boredom.

Right now, southern AZ looks like the cheapest spot to winter over, south Texas looks like the best overall spot, and Florida is the most fun, but also the most expensive.

What range are you looking at for winter layover? Panama City beach is usually cheap from middle Nov till late Feb. With the small RV it might be cheaper and it gives you a break from the RV to get a hotel with a full mini kitchen, right on the beach. Free cable, free internet, some even have free breakfast, free linden but you do have to do your own cleaning. It gets in the 50s to mid 40s most of the time in dead of winter. Hard beating waking up having coffee, looking over the ocean in your PJs or pair short pants. If you like fishing walk down to the beach and cast your line. Take a dip in a heated pool or sit in a hot tube.....

2015 -2017 we got that for $1000 to $1200 before buying the condo. Probably in the $2,000 range now

Thanks. I love PCB. It's the closest beach to where I live now, although it won't be in a few more weeks. Also, I was stationed in Pensacola for 2 years in the Navy, back in the '60s. That entire panhandle by the ocean is one of my favorite places, but I never thought of it as a place to winter over.

Great idea.

As for a hotel on the beach, I traveled 5 days a week for 20 years for work, and I have traveled extensively beyond that, so hotels aren't my thing. I bet I have spent maybe 6000 nights in a hotel over my lifetime. Burnout.

It's one big reason I decided on an RV. I can move around and put myself where I want to be, but don't have to be tied down to hotels. Trust me, the RV is way cheaper overall. And more convenient, especially since during my travel period (April through November), I will likely spend a LOT of time out west far from civilization.

Maybe a few days at a time in winter would be a good break. And I like the idea about the location.

As for the range, I will likely spend something like Thanksgiving through March each year in a warm southern spot, and not move around much, if any.

There's at least three RV parks in PCB and while I dont know the cost the one right before you go into St Andrews state park is really nice. And that's another option, I believe the park charges $35 to $40 a night

My wife and I first went to PCB in 1982 and visit 3 to 10 times a year every year since. Way before all the huge condos back when Port of Call hotel took up the space on the beach across from where they built pier park. They had a nice breakfast buffet, $1.99 and $5.99 for sea food dinner buffet

Only one thing was stopping us from spending at least a couple months in PCB during the winter....WKU Basketball. With NIL and 85% new team every year its just about reach the point where I'm ready to give up 35+ years of season tickets