Driving from BC to FLA in Feb?!?

[MG3G]

We have been planning our DW trip for ten years to go with our 18th anniversary and my 40th birthday. The trip has evolved now that we are only one year out! What was once going to be a fly in/fly out two week trip has turned into a two month discovery vacation. We are planning on driving from BC to Florida... but the catch is the dates to hit those milestones are Feb 10th and 12th! Has anyone done this drive in Feb? Is it possible or insane? Should we go another time and forgo the important dates? OR should we go back to flying there? Ideas? I have likely a shortened life expectancy which makes this trip even more important to take - kinda a bucket list trip with our five kids - and I understand that no vacation is perfect but I also don't want to set us up for disaster cause I want a DW memory in Feb... Kinda wish we got married in June - lol.

 

[mort1331]

Never done it from BC but have driven from Ont. And I have driven from Ont to BC and back. If your taking 2 months, your good. Take your time and enjoy.

 

[PanamaMike]

You didn't say what specific stops you wanted to make along the way.

While the most direct route down would be something like Seattle-Salt Lake City-Denver-St. Louis-Nashville-Atlanta-Orlando driving through the mountains and the mid-west that time of year always carries the possibility of major snow storms.

A longer but less snow prone route would be I-5 down the west coast to the southern California,(dare I say it, spend a few days visiting Disneyland) head east to Oklahoma City, south through Dallas to Houston and then east on I-10 along the Gulf Coast into northern Florida.

The more direct route could be your return trip since given your two-month plan, more spring-like weather would have arrived by the time you were ready to head back to BC.

 

[MG3G]

You didn't say what specific stops you wanted to make along the way.

While the most direct route down would be something like Seattle-Salt Lake City-Denver-St. Louis-Nashville-Atlanta-Orlando driving through the mountains and the mid-west that time of year always carries the possibility of major snow storms.

A longer but less snow prone route would be I-5 down the west coast to the southern California,(dare I say it, spend a few days visiting Disneyland) head east to Oklahoma City, south through Dallas to Houston and then east on I-10 along the Gulf Coast into northern Florida.

The more direct route could be your return trip since given your two-month plan, more spring-like weather would have arrived by the time you were ready to head back to BC.

Thank you - yes this is I think what we are thinking. Book it south and then start heading East. We've bought our tickets but haven't done anything else yet so it's all just REALLY early days for us... we just know we are going cause I have $4000 in tickets now