Driving in December w/ pop up?

[246Mom]

We are planning our first camping experience at the fort for next December. We live in Wisconsin and my husband is nervous about driving that far with the pop-up camper. Did anyone drive this far and in this season? Do you think we will run into winter storms?
Thanks,
246Mom

 

[2goofycampers]

Many drive all the way from Canada in Dec.
Most bad weather is in Jan.
I'd go for it.

 

[Born 2 Fish]

Agree with 2 Goofy campers.

 

[TheGreatGonzo]

My trip last December from Columbus started off in ice and snow the day I left, for about the first 120 miles. I just took it easy and left plenty of distance ahead of me for stopping and had no problems. I ran out of the bad weather before Lexington and it was fine from there. Just watch out for the "other" idiots out there.

 

[bigdisneydaddy]

Just watch the weather channel and build some time into your schedule to account for possible storms. We have actually stayed an extra day or 2 in FL rather than driving through winter weather.

 

[wrongagain]

When we went last december going down wasnt the problem, driving home straight thru was the problem.
We tried to beat a snow storm and made it home about 3 hours before it began.

 

[LarryJ]

Just watch the weather channel and build some time into your schedule to account for possible storms. We have actually stayed an extra day or 2 in FL rather than driving through winter weather.

That's what we do and just be flexible and don't try and push things. If you need to be back by a day certain and the weather is bad park the trailer for a few days south several hundred miles, go home and when the weather is better go get your trailer.

Larry

 

[Poohbear5]

We started out from NH in a storm (a first ever winter camping trip for us). Definitely have to take it slower with a pop-up on the back so it doesn't slip around.
Our camper was so coated in muck and road salt that we stopped at a self-server carwash in Georgia to desalt the camper before hitting WDW.
A week later, our trip home was spring-like weather.