We drove our coach 332 miles, about six hours of driving, from Red Bay, Alabama to Rutledge, Georgia.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading east:
An interactive map:
Water streaming off our slide topper as we brought in the slide, from recent rain:
Toading up:
We left Red Bay via downtown:
SR-19:
On to I-22 East:
A bathroom break at a truck stop:
Our coach in travel mode:
Paladin in his nest on the stacked dining chairs:
Fun with zoom:
I-65 South:
Birmingham:
I-20 East:
Fun with zoom:
I-20 East:
A large load:
Fuel and lunch stop:
91.717 gallons:
Heading to the parking area, with Paladin on the passenger chair:
Parked:
We had Popeyes for lunch:
A branch on the roof; we found it on the truck when we arrived:
Talladega Superspeedway; apparently there was a NASCAR race on:
Eisenhower Interstate System sign:
Fun with zoom:
Welcome to Georgia:
Entering Eastern Time Zone, where we’ll be until July:
Another bathroom break at the Georgia Welcome Center truck parking:
Atlanta:
SR-11:
I chose this route to go over this railroad crossing, as the one in downtown Rutledge has a very high crown:
Horse properties:
Hard Labor Creek State Park:
RV check-in area:
Trading Post:
The camp host happened to be in the trading post when we checked in, so she offered to guide us to our site; that’s the driveway on the right:
Paladin surveying our steep driveway:
Yeah, doesn’t look very level: