We drove our coach 132 miles, about three hours of driving, from Columbus to Lake Conroe, Texas.

Here’s the map route, heading east then north — the route was a bit wacky as we saw that an accident had closed a portion of the freeway we were on, so we took a detour to avoid that:

Leaving the campground:

For the first part of the trip, Paladin sat on the steps, looking out the window:

Looking back across the pond towards the site we had:

A herd of deer:

Onramp to I-10:

Passing the town of Columbus:

We stopped for fuel at a brand-new Road Ranger station:

Due to roadworks, we had to drive on a frontage road for a few miles, before we found an ramp back onto I-10:

Oil containers:

We still haven’t checked out the super-popular and massive Buc-ees gas station:

Exit to TX-99:

A high overpass:

This is a toll road, but we have the “Freedom Pass” transponder in our coach via TSD Open Roads, so we should be covered — but this was the first time using it, so we’ll see!

We saw that an accident had occurred ahead on TX-99, so we took the exit to 290 to bypass it:

Exit to Sam Houston Tollway north:

Another high overpass:

A glimpse of downtown Houston in the distance:

Toll lanes:

Toll transponder readers; here’s hoping it works:

A third overpass:

Exit to FM-830:

The entrance to our destination, Thousand Trails Lake Conroe: