Anyone from the Midwest?

[kmurawski]

We aren't going to the Fort until December but I have some questions about driving. Are there any special precautions we should take in towing our pop-up through the mountains in December? We've got the electric brakes if that means anything. What if there is any snow. Maybe I should mention we are driving from Chicago. I would like to anticipate any concerns now. We tow with a 2000 Windstar.

 

[2goofycampers]

if you come down I-24 east the only bad spot is Monteagle 20 miles west of Chattanooga if we get any snow or ice they shut that part of the interstate down and it is a long process on the detour. you can check with TDOT before you leave to see road conditions. hope this helps...Denise

 

[hppycampr]

Thanks for asking the question we are heading down in Nov. from N.W indiana and I was just wondering the same thing about the weather conditions. So near Chattanooga they shut down the road hmmm we are planning on making chattanooga our midway point will I be able to make it there in the event of bad weather??

 

[~Kristina~]

We drive from Michigan and take I75 all the way down. We've been really luckily with the weather. The only thing we may have a rough time with is hauling thru Tennesse (if you pick up 75), one hill my van didn't like and started to run hot. But that was it!

 

[Rhonda]

We used to drive down from Minnesota every year (by way of Chicago) in February. We had to deal with ice storms a couple of times going through Illinois and Kentucky. But, we never had problems in the mountains. We always made Chatanooga our halfway point (it's actually a little more than halfway from Minnesota).

 

[bradisgoofy]

We are here now and came down all the way on I-65 and then down US-231 ( don't flame me Carol, I know you don't like it ) at Montgomery, AL. to I-10. NO mountains, NO Chattanooga and NO ATLANTA !!!!! It is longer but we had no delays all the way down and the four lane 65mph US-231 was a nice break from the Interstates.

 

[kmurawski]

Thanks for all of the tips. We'll keep these in mind.

 

[clkelley]

We are here now and came down all the way on I-65 and then down US-231 ( don't flame me Carol, I know you don't like it ) at Montgomery, AL. to I-10. NO mountains, NO Chattanooga and NO ATLANTA !!!!! It is longer but we had no delays all the way down and the four lane 65mph US-231 was a nice break from the Interstates.

No flames here. Interstates are just my preference!! I'm glad you had a great trip!! Since I can categorically plan my trip to go through Atlanta at 10:30 at night, Atlanta is easy

 

[hoosiergirl]

We've never hauled a camper but have driven to WDW many times from NE IN as well as NW OH. Avoiding Nashville & Chattanooga is so much nicer now that we can head straight down I75. (We used to take I-65 to I-24 to I-75 when we lived in IN.)