Other than a 23 day stay at a repair facility waiting for back ordered parts, it took us 3-1/2 years to stay somewhere more than two weeks. Our longest stay is 91 nights (3 months) and we got a discount to stay that long. Of course we break the rule that after 2 years we are supposed to slow down, we really haven't after 10 years.

I will say that winter is the best time to stay put, the days are shorter, the locations with decent weather more limited, and you will have the company of other RVs. Except for workcamping, I don't understand staying long term in summer, that is prime season to see the country. In the north, it is the only time of year we can comfortably camp.  We would have missed Alaska, the UP of Michigan and New England if we stayed put in summer.

In Benson/Tucson, I recommend the Tucson Attractions Passport, http://www.visittucson.org/deals/passport/.  You will quickly save the $18 cost and find places you would not have visited without it.

LOL, so we've only been FT for a short period of time, but the 2 weeks we just spent in South Dakota in one location was great. In July we moved 7 times, mostly due to having 3 art shows in 4 weekends in 3 different parts of the state of Washington, plus closing on our house on the one weekend we didn't have a show. That was more moving around than we typically want to do.

In August we will only have moved 3 times, but 2 of those have been relatively long moves with 2 days of travel between sites. Coming up in September / October due to art shows we'll move about 10 times in 2 months, some of those moves are to get into the Bay Area for art shows and then quickly exiting after the show to avoid the high cost of camping. However, I think our total distance driving the entire 2 months is only about 300 miles so we're looking forward to much shorter distances to move.

We're looking ahead to November and December, deciding we're going to try staying 2 weeks at a time in various places. Our thought process with limiting ourselves to 2 weeks was the need to declutter and moving forces my clutter bug hubby to put stuff away, throw stuff away and get organized again. I'm afraid if we stay any longer I won't be able to find any surfaces in the RV.

cherylbrv wrote:

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Does one usually need to "beg" for a longer stay?

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 It depends on where you are and what time of the year it is.  For instance, at the park that where we are working they are booked in August for the Sturgis rally.  If you can get a reservation for a certain amount of days you may have a hard time getting it extended.  Most of the time, though, there is no problem asking to stay longer. Also alot of campgrounds in an area where there is something going on may raise their rates for the activity so you may have to go further out.  There are all kinds of variables.