Honestly we downsized from a 35 ft fifth wheel to a 30 ft TT this year. We spent 8 weeks on the road this summer in that TT and never felt confined. I do know that feeling tho when we had a Trailmanor TT and before that a popup. But we had a pack of kids with us who are on their own now. We just don't hang around inside the camper that much. We take a rest day now and then, to get the laundry done and catch up on maintenance. Or just lollygag around. But we have lots of room outside the camper. But most of the time we are out and about exploring.

YMMV of course and I guess some folks have a lower tolerance than we do.

  On 9/24/2019 at 5:57 AM, vermilye said:

There really is no trailer too small - I know a few couples that full time in 13' Scamps, and many more that spend months on the road in 16' & 17' fiberglass trailers.  

The two of us have spent as long as 5 consecutive months in our 19' Sportsman. 

Edited September 24 by Kirk W

I am not sure when the change started, but now a 22' can be anywhere from 22' (which is unusual except for a couple manufacturers) to 27' for the "entire" length of the trailer.  I have not yet figured out the 5' as usually the add-on is 3' to 4'.  One really needs to look at the manufacturers' websites very carefully to actually see what the length is, then you have internal width and external width too.  Always check their math too!

Unless you plan to RV in the East the West was never a problem for us. We never RV'd over to the East coast as we were both AF Brats and been all over as well as me spending my teen years in the 60s in Stamford CT, 40 miles from the city. Been stationed all over in my 27 years and even lived in Bogota Colombia S.A. and Miami. We've lived and had my uncle and cousins in Boca Raton and now in a little town just west of Ft Lauderdale. So we weren't up for the expense and congestion to RV full-time in the East, north and south, where we'd already lived.

One thing not mentioned is that all the national parks we've visited had a commercial campground or three right outside their gates. We traveled with a 36' HitchHiker fifth wheel towed by a 1ton Dodge Ram diesel dually long bed truck, overall length about 60' overall length and several times took an outside campground that was more bang for the buck than the limited facilities in the park. Then we were just a couple of minutes from the park most times. We also used military FamCamps, Canadian provincial parks, and even a lodge once which was just a small parking lot. Even if you get the smaller TT, do check just outside of the park because we've found ourselves revisiting many areas we loved and knew where to stay. Once retired it took me a year to relax and enjoy what I previously thought of as wasting time checking out every area for at least a day. Be happy, you can always sell your first and get another.

Safe Travels!