We rented a RAM Promaster on Outdoorsy and traveled in it for a week with our two toddlers! Here is our itinerary for the week. There are also links to some of the places we visited and campgrounds we stayed in!
Day One – Saturday
- pick up van in Gastonia, NC
- move things over and get situated in van
- lunch on the road
- drive 4 hours to Atlanta
Day Two – Sunday
- drive 4.5 hours to Ichetucknee Springs in Florida
- explore the Springs and attempt to snorkel (depending on weather)
- set up at the Ichetucknee Springs Campground
**day two ended up being different than planned due to getting the van stuck in Atlanta. We had to wait for a tow and didn’t get on the road until late afternoon which didn’t put us in the campground until 11pm. We stopped at got groceries at Walmart and grabbed some dinner on our way to the campground.
Day Three – Monday
- explore the campground (animals!) and Ichetucknee Springs State Park
- drive 2-3 hours to Walmart parking lot just outside of Tampa
Day Four – Tuesday
- drive 1 hour to Honeymoon Island State Park
- hike around the island and lunch on the beach
- pick up dinner at Wawa gas station (GREAT food)
- stay overnight at Cracker Barrel
Day Five – Wednesday
- breakfast at Cracker Barrel
- spend the day at Clearwater Marine Aquarium and Clearwater Beach
- Ice Cream at Strachans Ice Cream – DELICIOUS
- Drive to Jacksonville (3.5 hours) and dinner on the way
- stay overnight at Cracker Barrel (Chaffee Point Blvd, Jacksonville)
Day Six – Thursday
- drive 50 minutes to Atlantic Beach
- spend the morning at the beach
- drive 15 minutes to Hanna Park Campground
- relax at campground the rest of the day (playground, campfire, etc)
- dinner cooked in van (Mountain House camping meal – our favorite so far is Beef Stew)
Day Seven – Friday
- drive 1.5 hours to Jekyll Island, GA
- explore Driftwood Beach and Great Dunes Beach
- explore Historic District if time allows (it didn’t)
- drive 3 hours to Sweetwater Lake Campground in South Carolina
Day Eight – Saturday
- drive 2 hours back to Gastonia, NC to drop off the van