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In the near future I will be making my exit from CA and relocating 1200 miles away. I have always been a DIY when it comes to moving and I have never minded driving long distances. The plan will be to buy a cargo trailer in the state we are moving to as it is cheaper to buy there than in CA. Then we can move what we need to in 3 or 4 trips.
Right now we are in the process of dumping things we do not need or will never use and appliances that are getting old will be left behind and replaced after we make the move.
So what you do will depend on what you are willing to do and the time you have available.
One way rentals out of CA are hard to find and you pay a premium because more people are moving out that moving in.
You need an idea of how much weight you need to move and are you willing to make a special trip for the ammo and guns. If the weight can be handled by cargo van, I would rent one where you are moving to, drive it back, pick up the guns and ammo, and drive it back to the new home. The upside is it is enclosed so better protected than in the bed of a truck.
If you need to spend the night somewhere, stay at an RV place and if there is room, sleep in the van, if not, bring what you need to sleep on the ground and you will not have to worry about someone breaking into the van when you are in a motel room.
That is what my son and I did when I helped him to move to Illinois. We stayed at the Kamping Cabins at KOAS and parked his truck right at the door and left the door open so we could hear and react to any one messing with the truck. The KOAs we stayed in though had a night person in cart driving around keeping an eye on things also.
Another time I needed to tow a vehicle to Portland (10 years ago). I rented a small Ryder truck with a car hauler. There was a door from the cab to the box. Since the box was empty, I just through an air mattress and sleeping back in the box section with a light. I spent the night at a rest stop in Oregon.
With the crazy high rental prices in CA, you can often come out ahead picking up a one-way rental in Las Vegas, driving back to CA, then go to where ever you are moving to.
Right now we are in the process of dumping things we do not need or will never use and appliances that are getting old will be left behind and replaced after we make the move.
So what you do will depend on what you are willing to do and the time you have available.
One way rentals out of CA are hard to find and you pay a premium because more people are moving out that moving in.
You need an idea of how much weight you need to move and are you willing to make a special trip for the ammo and guns. If the weight can be handled by cargo van, I would rent one where you are moving to, drive it back, pick up the guns and ammo, and drive it back to the new home. The upside is it is enclosed so better protected than in the bed of a truck.
If you need to spend the night somewhere, stay at an RV place and if there is room, sleep in the van, if not, bring what you need to sleep on the ground and you will not have to worry about someone breaking into the van when you are in a motel room.
That is what my son and I did when I helped him to move to Illinois. We stayed at the Kamping Cabins at KOAS and parked his truck right at the door and left the door open so we could hear and react to any one messing with the truck. The KOAs we stayed in though had a night person in cart driving around keeping an eye on things also.
Another time I needed to tow a vehicle to Portland (10 years ago). I rented a small Ryder truck with a car hauler. There was a door from the cab to the box. Since the box was empty, I just through an air mattress and sleeping back in the box section with a light. I spent the night at a rest stop in Oregon.
With the crazy high rental prices in CA, you can often come out ahead picking up a one-way rental in Las Vegas, driving back to CA, then go to where ever you are moving to.
) and had the POD hauled off the next day. 
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