{"id":7802,"date":"2017-09-06T21:14:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T21:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escapecampusa.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=7802"},"modified":"2024-05-15T13:40:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T13:40:27","slug":"the-kluitenbergs-cross-country-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/en-gb\/blog\/the-kluitenbergs-cross-country-road-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Renter Interview: Family Cross-Country Road Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about the lovely Dutch family, the Kluitenbergs, and their cross-country road trip across the United States in our Mavericks campervan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":7806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[197,9,143,142],"tags":[],"blog_locations":[],"class_list":["post-7802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-parks","category-renter-guest-posts","category-traveling-with-kids","category-trip-ideas-guides"],"acf":{"title":"","background_image":{"ID":7805,"id":7805,"title":"Family campervan trip bed","filename":"family-campervan-trip-bed.jpg","filesize":77130,"url":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed.jpg","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/en-gb\/blog\/the-kluitenbergs-cross-country-road-trip\/family-campervan-trip-bed\/","alt":"Family campervan trip bed","author":"53","description":"","caption":"","name":"family-campervan-trip-bed","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":7802,"date":"2018-12-13 21:33:23","modified":"2018-12-13 21:33:56","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":974,"height":650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed-768x513.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":513,"large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed-1024x684.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":684,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed.jpg","1536x1536-width":974,"1536x1536-height":650,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed.jpg","2048x2048-width":974,"2048x2048-height":650,"blog-preview":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed-600x353.jpg","blog-preview-width":600,"blog-preview-height":353,"post-thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed-1200x801.jpg","post-thumbnail-width":1200,"post-thumbnail-height":801,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":200,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":267,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":400}},"title_color":"dark","add_overlay":[],"content_sections":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"<p>Our July Escape of the Month Club Winners were kind enough to answer a few questions about their Escape! Learn more about the lovely Dutch family, the Kluitenbergs, and their trip in our <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/campervan\/mavericks\/\">Mavericks campervan model<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Where are you from?<\/h2>\n<p>We are a family of three from Voorschoten, about 20 miles south of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. We are: Rob (49 yrs, legal publisher), Etlien (49 yrs, staff member at a child day care center) and Elora (12 yrs, schoolgirl).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":38929,"id":38929,"title":"Route 66 campervan road trip","filename":"route-66-campervan-road-trip.jpg","filesize":247790,"url":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/route-66-campervan-road-trip.jpg","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/en-gb\/route-66-campervan-road-trip-2\/","alt":"Campervan road trip on Route 66","author":"53","description":"","caption":"","name":"route-66-campervan-road-trip-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":0,"date":"2018-12-13 20:20:04","modified":"2024-05-20 12:33:34","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1156,"height":650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/route-66-campervan-road-trip-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/route-66-campervan-road-trip-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/route-66-campervan-road-trip-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/route-66-campervan-road-trip-1024x576.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":576,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/route-66-campervan-road-trip.jpg","1536x1536-width":1156,"1536x1536-height":650,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/route-66-campervan-road-trip.jpg","2048x2048-width":1156,"2048x2048-height":650,"blog-preview":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/route-66-campervan-road-trip-600x353.jpg","blog-preview-width":600,"blog-preview-height":353,"post-thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/route-66-campervan-road-trip-1200x675.jpg","post-thumbnail-width":1200,"post-thumbnail-height":675,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/route-66-campervan-road-trip.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":169,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/route-66-campervan-road-trip.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":225,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/route-66-campervan-road-trip.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":337}},"image_link":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"<h2>What led you to book a trip with Escape Camper Vans?<\/h2>\n<p>Rather than spending our vacation near a swimming pool, we prefer to travel and see the world. In previous years we traveled a lot in Southeast Asia (Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia) as well as Surinam (north shore of South America), the country of birth of Etlien. Having traveled throughout Myanmar last year, we thought it would be nice to head over to the west for this year\u2019s vacation. A couple of options we considered: Mexico, Bolivia, Guatemala and the USA.<\/p>\n<p>September 2016 we started our research and found out that \u2018regular\u2019 campers (the big RVs) came with a huge rental price, especially during school holidays. Then, I came across the website of Escape Camper Vans with more <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/rates\/\">affordable prices<\/a>. Immediately I fell in love with the colorful handpainted vans. When I showed the website of Escape Camper Vans and the vans to Etlien and Elora, they immediately agreed on the plan to take a road trip throughout the USA.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"video","video_video":"<iframe title=\"De geschiedenis van Manhattan heeft ons leven veranderd I Ophalen van de Escape Campervan | Vlog #4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7fKSC3q8WH0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"<h2>Who joined you on your trip? What campervan did you have?<\/h2>\n<p>In general, we travel just with the three of us. In some years we have been accompanied by Etlien\u2019s older sister and\/or one of Elora\u2019s cousins. But for this trip, we decided that we could make the most out of it if we traveled only with the three of us. With some good will, we could sleep in the van without a rooftop sleeper or external tent. Escape Camper Vans provided us with the very colorful \u2018Crayola\u2019. Immediately \u2018Crayola\u2019 felt like a member of the family. Whenever possible, we included \u2018Crayola\u2019 in our pictures (reference:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wereldreistv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wereldreisTV\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCsuoqSvjV2w8-RdxTH1eYvw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":7805,"id":7805,"title":"Family campervan trip bed","filename":"family-campervan-trip-bed.jpg","filesize":77130,"url":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed.jpg","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/en-gb\/blog\/the-kluitenbergs-cross-country-road-trip\/family-campervan-trip-bed\/","alt":"Family campervan trip bed","author":"53","description":"","caption":"","name":"family-campervan-trip-bed","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":7802,"date":"2018-12-13 21:33:23","modified":"2018-12-13 21:33:56","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":974,"height":650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed-768x513.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":513,"large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed-1024x684.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":684,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed.jpg","1536x1536-width":974,"1536x1536-height":650,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed.jpg","2048x2048-width":974,"2048x2048-height":650,"blog-preview":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed-600x353.jpg","blog-preview-width":600,"blog-preview-height":353,"post-thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed-1200x801.jpg","post-thumbnail-width":1200,"post-thumbnail-height":801,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":200,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":267,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/family-campervan-trip-bed.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":400}},"image_link":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"<h2>Tell us about your trip. Where did you go?<\/h2>\n<p>At the time we were planning this trip we were \u2018fortunate\u2019 that Etlien did not have a permanent contract and I got special permission to take a holiday for about six weeks (in the Netherlands on average people (especially with younger kids) take a summer holiday of three weeks). That is why we were able to plan the coast-to-coast road trip (34 days in a campervan).<\/p>\n<p>As Etlien and Elora had never been to the USA before, I thought <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/locations\/new-york\/\">New York<\/a> would be a nice starting point (and money wise also the cheapest flight fare from Amsterdam). Because we have some friends (and via co-workers) in the USA (Detroit, MI; Fort Collins, CO and Walnut Creek, CA) we tried to set up the route in such a way that we could visit them when possible. The route we had in mind wasn\u2019t fixed. Only for the first seven days we had pre-booked (campground) reservations.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":7806,"id":7806,"title":"Tennessee State Sign","filename":"tennessee-state-sign.jpg","filesize":77780,"url":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tennessee-state-sign.jpg","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/en-gb\/blog\/the-kluitenbergs-cross-country-road-trip\/tennessee-state-sign\/","alt":"Tennessee State Sign on campervan cross country road trip","author":"53","description":"","caption":"","name":"tennessee-state-sign","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":7802,"date":"2018-12-13 21:35:06","modified":"2019-08-30 15:06:59","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":974,"height":650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tennessee-state-sign-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tennessee-state-sign-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tennessee-state-sign-768x513.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":513,"large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tennessee-state-sign-1024x684.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":684,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tennessee-state-sign.jpg","1536x1536-width":974,"1536x1536-height":650,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tennessee-state-sign.jpg","2048x2048-width":974,"2048x2048-height":650,"blog-preview":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tennessee-state-sign-600x353.jpg","blog-preview-width":600,"blog-preview-height":353,"post-thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tennessee-state-sign-1200x801.jpg","post-thumbnail-width":1200,"post-thumbnail-height":801,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tennessee-state-sign.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":200,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tennessee-state-sign.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":267,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/tennessee-state-sign.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":400}},"image_link":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"<h3>East Coast<\/h3>\n<p>Because of my background as a legal publisher (specialized in construction law), I had to see today\u2019s Detroit, despite the disapproving opinions of others. We also got in contact with some students from a Dutch technical university (Delft University of Technology). In Detroit, they started the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/themotownmovement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Motown Movement<\/a>. They develop and share low-budget and do-it-yourself methods to transform worn-down houses into self-sufficient homes. On Saturdays, you can join them working on the house and garden, which we did. Pretty interesting. That set the first pin on our map.<\/p>\n<p>From NYC to Detroit we decided to include a small portion of Canada on our trip. A logical step is then to include Niagara Waterfalls to the route. From an architectural point of view, we liked to include Chicago. Because we had so much fun at the Motown Studios (Hitsville USA) in Detroit we decided to include the other musical cities Nashville and Memphis on our schedule.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":38334,"id":38334,"title":"grand-canyon-national-park-campervan","filename":"grand-canyon-national-park-campervan.jpg","filesize":108268,"url":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/grand-canyon-national-park-campervan.jpg","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/en-gb\/?attachment_id=38334","alt":"Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona by camper van. The size of the Grand Canyon makes it a great camper van rental destination. 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He took us to Estes Park and into Rocky Mountain National Park. Having spent a couple of days with Roy, we headed north towards the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore. Then on the Yellowstone National Park.<\/p>\n<p>After Yellowstone, we decided to take the loneliest road in the US (Highway 50) while heading towards San Francisco. Here I attended Hastings Law School in 1991. Now I was able to show Etlien and Elora where I lived and studied back then. In Walnut Creek we visited a friend (who I had met in 1991 at Hastings) and spend some days with her and her family. We continued on Highway 1 (partly closed due to landslides) to LA. On Hollywood Blvd, we had to see the star of Michael Jackson and Etlien\u2019s all-time favorite Barry White.<\/p>\n<p>From LA we couldn\u2019t resist taking a small stretch of Route 66 towards the Grand Canyon. 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Don\u2019t forget to visit the Eastern Market area for some of the best street graffiti art; the Heidelberg Project if you are into urban art \/ supporting the community; Motown Studio (Hitsville USA), the tour starts off like any other, but once you\u2019re in the magic studio room, history will come alive. Before you know it you are singing and dancing \u2018My girl\u2019, one of the many Motown hits.<\/li>\n<li>Chicago \u2013 city walk and river architecture boat ride (from Navy Pier).<\/li>\n<li>Highway 50 \u2013 the loneliest road in the USA. Very nice \u2018desert-like\u2019 scenery. Make sure to pick up the free \u2018Hwy 50 passport\u2019 in a local store\/museum\/courthouse at the start of your adventure. Collect stamps along the way and you will be awarded a nice certificate and pin, courtesy of the state of Nevada.<\/li>\n<li>Yellowstone National Park. Because it is so big, the tourist crowd isn\u2019t as obvious as in other parks. If possible, try to attend the park rangers lecture about wildlife and so on. Very interesting and a lot of fun.<\/li>\n<li>Highway 1 (California coastal road). A lot of wildlife can be spot (elephant seals (Elephant Seal Vista Point near San Simeon), sea otters (Morro Bay) and we even saw some whales)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":7808,"id":7808,"title":"Mt Rushmore","filename":"mt-rushmore.jpg","filesize":60285,"url":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mt-rushmore.jpg","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/en-gb\/blog\/the-kluitenbergs-cross-country-road-trip\/mt-rushmore\/","alt":"Mt Rushmore on family cross country road trip","author":"53","description":"","caption":"","name":"mt-rushmore","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":7802,"date":"2018-12-13 21:40:19","modified":"2019-08-30 15:06:40","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":974,"height":650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mt-rushmore-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mt-rushmore-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mt-rushmore-768x513.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":513,"large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mt-rushmore-1024x684.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":684,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mt-rushmore.jpg","1536x1536-width":974,"1536x1536-height":650,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mt-rushmore.jpg","2048x2048-width":974,"2048x2048-height":650,"blog-preview":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mt-rushmore-600x353.jpg","blog-preview-width":600,"blog-preview-height":353,"post-thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mt-rushmore-1200x801.jpg","post-thumbnail-width":1200,"post-thumbnail-height":801,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mt-rushmore.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":200,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mt-rushmore.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":267,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mt-rushmore.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":400}},"image_link":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"<h2>What are your top tips for future renters?<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Do your research, especially on the facilities a campground has to offer. We witnessed some \u2018unhappy\u2019 campers when they were told that there was no electricity, no water nor full hook up at Zion South Campground.<\/li>\n<li>For the best (free) wifi spots, go to Starbucks. McDonald\u2019s is second.<\/li>\n<li>For travelers from outside the US, purchase a T-Mobile plan for 30 days. It allows you to make phone calls up to 1000 minutes and unlimited data (first 2GB at up to 4G LTE speeds) (best not to be used for Instagram, Youtube, or other data-consuming activities). The plan is called \u2018$30Tourist 1K MIN UL Txt&amp;Dat-2GBLTE\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>If you are planning to visit more than two National Parks, buy the annual pass for USD 80.<\/li>\n<li>The closer you get to a (National) Park, gas prices are higher. A timely fill up can save some money. 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On Instagram, there are many travelers accounts with the most beautiful pics of scenery, landscapes, architecture and so on. If the exact location is not presented, just ask them.<\/p>\n<h2>Was this your first campervan trip?<\/h2>\n<p>This was our first campervan trip. We loved it. It totally changed our view on camping and camping life. Having all your luggage with you at all times is a real bonus. On our way to LA, we decided to take a swim in Malibu. No problem. Just park the van along the street, spend some time at the beach and move on. Perfect!<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":7810,"id":7810,"title":"Campervan art mural","filename":"campervan-art-mural.jpg","filesize":96545,"url":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/campervan-art-mural.jpg","link":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/en-gb\/blog\/the-kluitenbergs-cross-country-road-trip\/campervan-art-mural\/","alt":"Campervan art mural","author":"53","description":"","caption":"","name":"campervan-art-mural","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":7802,"date":"2018-12-13 21:43:21","modified":"2018-12-13 21:43:49","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":974,"height":650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/campervan-art-mural-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/campervan-art-mural-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/campervan-art-mural-768x513.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":513,"large":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/campervan-art-mural-1024x684.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":684,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/campervan-art-mural.jpg","1536x1536-width":974,"1536x1536-height":650,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/campervan-art-mural.jpg","2048x2048-width":974,"2048x2048-height":650,"blog-preview":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/campervan-art-mural-600x353.jpg","blog-preview-width":600,"blog-preview-height":353,"post-thumbnail":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/campervan-art-mural-1200x801.jpg","post-thumbnail-width":1200,"post-thumbnail-height":801,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/campervan-art-mural.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":200,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/campervan-art-mural.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":267,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/escapecampervans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/campervan-art-mural.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":400}},"image_link":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"<h2>What do you like about campervans vs. other forms of travel?<\/h2>\n<p>The fact that you are at arm\u2019s length with all of your luggage all of the time is really great. We were able to cover nearly 7,300 miles on this trip and we never got tired of it. Driving a van over a bigger RV is also a bonus, especially on curvy roads in the mountains. The van gives you that feeling of freedom. Even if you get stuck on a parking lot that closed earlier than expected (which happened to us at Great Salt Lake State Park, there is no stress). In the worst case, we could have spent the night there. 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