Itineraries for an RV trip are worse than battle plans. They are from a world without highway reconstruction, unexpected weather, potty breaks, hunger, wind, curvy roads, and unexpected beautiful vistas.
In short, the same thing I was told in the military and that has been true for business plans applies here - you MUST have an itinerary but ten to fifteen minutes into your trip it will be out of date and completely useless.
Besides it can end up being the enemy as you try to stop having fun at place A exactly on time in order to drive for four boring hours to find place B you found on the Internet that turns out to be more boring than the four drive.
The reality is that there are an abundance of camp grounds, RV parks, rest stops, and even Wal-mart parking lots so reserving a spot at someplace two weeks in advance that is several days into your trip might just make you a slave to something that won't bring the goal of fun to your trip.
Perhaps being an entrepreneur for twenty years let's me be more flexible - do the two or more weeks of research and planning and strategizing so you know where to find the info and how to update your situational awareness and have your end goals with good budget parameters.
But my advice is be more of a vacation entrepreneur and less of a Soviet General with a Five Year economic plan.
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