You need to consider the weight you pull and the width of your trailer.
Our car (Ford Expedition) was struggling! It seemed that the weight was too heavy or maybe it didn't fit for the job. Arik checked the specs more than once, it was supposed to do the job! With nothing towed it drove excellent and smooth but when we loaded it with the trailer, it struggled! We started driving slower, especially up slopes. Arik said he's not going to fight it, he's adjusting his driving... I am telling you, it wasn't easy for him.
Gas consumption was rocket high, about 8 miles per gallon! This made us check the location of gas stations every 200 miles, getting stressed some times when there was an indication that the fuel tank was nearly empty.
After about a week on the roads we came to the conclusion that the best way to travel is to find a good location, park the RV, disconnect and make trips with the car in the vicinity of the park.
There is this strange occurrence: When a truck, one of those huge trucks (60 feet and more) that drive on the American highways, passes you while towing your trailer, your car is being sucked towards it! It feels like a vacuum machine pulls you and you need to fight against this force.
I think that when the truck reaches the trailer it pushes it away what makes the car get pushed to the opposite direction - towards the truck. Makes sense?
While towing you cannot pass other cars as you were used to. Your field of view is limited by the trailer. So you stick to your lane much longer than usual... You're supposed to drive on the right lane with all the huge trucks, and sometimes you are stuck there...
Every one here loves to tow!!!
All state parks, as well as the private ones we stayed in until now, has comfort stations meaning public showers and restrooms.
In most cases those are very clean, spacious and have heating or AC where you need it, and always shower hot water! We prefer using the public comfort stations because it is much more comfortable, except for going to pee in the middle of the night...
As I told you, after a long time on the roads we finally connected our RV to water supply. This means we are filling the waste holding tanks with dirty water and other stuff...(grey water from the kitchen sink and black water from the toilet). Before moving to the next site, you need to get rid of these "colored" water... You connect a hose from your trailer to a dump station, open a valve and release the black and grey water by gravitation. Then you wash the hose with clean water and you're good to go to your next location.
That's living on the roads :)
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