We drove our coach 178 miles, about three hours of driving, from Gloucester, Virginia to College Park, Maryland.

We had planned to drive double that distance to our next destination, which would have been over six hours driving, but we wisely decided to split that up into two legs. We prefer to limit travel days to around three hours.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:

An interactive map:

Leaving our site:

Exiting the campground:

Fun with zoom:

Drawbridge:

I-64 West:

I-95 North:

Exit:

Fuel stop:

Parking with trucks; since we can’t reverse with our toad attached, we need to find back-to-back sites we can pull through:

Heading in for lunch:

Popeyes for lunch:

Back to our coach:

Paladin on the dash:

Oversize load:

Lots of traffic on the other side:

Fun with zoom:

Paladin on the dash:

National Museum of the Marine Corps:

Truck rest area:

Heavy traffic:

Breakdown?

“Caution Horses”:

Lanes divide:

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge:

Maryland Welcomes You:

I-95 and I-495 North:

Swoopers; two cars going into the lane in front of us:

Exit to College Park:

Arriving at Cherry Hill Park:

Security gate:

Our site:

In order to get to our site we needed to head between cabins to loop around:

Approaching our site:

We drove our coach 301 miles, about five hours of driving, from Charleston, South Carolina to Wake Forest, North Carolina.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:

An interactive map:

Preparing to leave our site:

Nice looking but mildly concerning trees overhanging the road:

Approaching Charleston:

Roadworks:

Exit to I-95 North:

Rest area, unusual in that truck parking is through the car parking:

Paladin looking at Lake Marion bridge:

Petro fuel stop:

$206.27 for 57 gallons of diesel before discount:

Iron Skillet lunch:

Back to our coach:

Hello fellow Tiffin Allegro Bus:

South of the Border:

Welcome to North Carolina:

Sleepy Paladin:

Rest area:

An interesting building:

Arriving at Holly Point Campground in Falls Lake State Recreation Area:

Entrance station:

Arriving at our site:

We drove our coach just 26 miles, about half an hour of driving (plus killing a little time at a Love’s truck stop), from Disney World to Clermont, Florida.

It’s a little awkward, as check out time from Fort Wilderness is 11:00, and check in at TTO is noon (very strictly enforced), but the drive time between the two is only about half an hour. We considered waiting for a bit in the overflow area at Fort Wilderness, but it was full. We also considered going to a rest area to kill some time, but we noticed a Love’s truck stop on the way, and figured we could spend some time there. Love’s doesn’t usually have parking that works for us, but what with a long time to get through the intersection and a few minutes at the pump, it used up enough time.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:

An interactive map:

Toading up on the way out of the campground:

Leaving Disney World (how sad):

Exit to I-4 East:

Disney-shaped power pylon:

Love’s truck stop:

Joining the very long line to enter TTO; this was at 12:07 on a Sunday:

Almost to the entrance, at 12:18:

Finally on the entrance road, at 12:20:

We knew it’d take a long time to get in, so I made some lunch while we inched forward:

Paladin on the dash:

Welcome:

Almost to the entrance gate, at 12:54:

But wait, there’s more: joining the line to get a site, at 12:56:

People watching the line:

Almost to the front of the line, at 13:22; I waited in the truck after we untoaded:

Getting guided to our site, at 13:36:

So yeah, arriving shortly after noon on a Sunday, finally getting to our site an hour and a half later. One day we’ll learn and arrive mid-week, when it isn’t so busy, though we prefer to travel on weekends to avoid impacting Jenn’s work.

We drove our coach 203 miles, about four hours of driving, from Carrabelle to Dunnellon, Florida.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading southeast:

An interactive map, with potential stops marked (we actually only stopped once, at Rocky’s 98):

Toading up at Ho-Hum RV Park; we miss that view:

Why does their bear sign look like a polar bear?

Goodbye Gulf Coast:

Lunch stop at Rocky’s 98 gas station:

They had convenient big-rig-sized parking:

A kitchen with various food options:

We just grabbed some super-healthy stuff for lunch (and fudge for dessert later):

Paladin on the dash:

Turning right in Perry:

Paladin was feeling very snuggly on this trip:

“Follow That Dream Parkway”:

Arriving at Rainbow Springs State Park; we had to wait for several minutes for another RV blocking the entrance, presumably because they didn’t have the gate code; this park is unusual in that you need a code to get in even before checking in, which they provide via email beforehand:

Check in parking:

Office:

Our site: