We drove our coach 223 miles, about five hours of driving, from Dunlap, California to Acton, California.

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

An interactive map:

I discovered lots of ants coming up the Starlink cable when packing it up; we were happy to be leaving the invasive ants behind:

Curvy road:

Cutler water tower:

Rest area:

Road disappearing into the distance:

Pipes and vines:

I-5 freeway heading into the hills:

There were occasional water signs, for water dispensers for car radiators; hadn’t seen that elsewhere:

Another rest area:

Lake Hughes; a rare full lake in California:

5% grade:

Six Flags:

Overpass from I-5 to CA-14:

Tunnel on Soledad Canyon Road:

Our destination:

Check in area:

Paladin on the dash:

Thousand Trails is first-come-first-seved, so we drove around a bit to find a site, and lucked into an excellent one:

We drove our coach 194 miles, about four hours of driving, from Red Bluff, California to Manteca, California.

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

An interactive map:

Rice field:

Rest area:

U-Haul towing a U-Haul:

Yolo:

Another rice field:

Rest area:

Paladin sat on the dash for a minute:

Sacramento:

Lots of tomatoes on the side of the road:

From trucks like this:

Sharp curve:

Roadworks; what kind of crazy road designers would make such narrow main roads? No room for bike lanes or expansion:

Lots of low trees scraped our roof:

Arriving at Thousand Trails Turtle Beach:

Info sign, with arrival packets; someone came along and told us an available site, too:

Our site:

We drove our coach 399 miles, about seven hours of driving, from Hardin, Montana to Missoula, Montana. Having recently been on the east coast at the time, driving seven hours within one state was a bit of a change!

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

An interactive map:

Approaching the exit gate from the RV park:

It was supposed to open automatically, but didn’t, so we had to call for help to open it:

Refinery in Billings:

Fuel stop:

Pink truck with Hello Kitty:

Rest area:

“Rattlesnakes have been observed; please stay on sidewalks”:

Paladin asleep in his dash bed while driving down the freeway, for quite a while:

Yellowstone River:

Fun with zoom:

We saw this car spin out; probably lost control going too fast around curves:

Truck parking area:

Road works:

Sunflowers:

Rail bridge over Madison River:

Interesting rocks:

Closed rest area:

“Our Lady of the Rockies” statue in Butte, Montana:

Clark Fork:

Horse in the water:

Arriving at our destination, Jim & Mary’s RV Park:

We drove our coach 307 miles, about five hours of driving, from Maple Grove, Minnesota to Mitchell, South Dakota.

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

An interactive map:

Roadworks:

Minnesota’s largest candy store:

LeSueur water tower:

When a place catches our interest, I’ll often look it up on Wikipedia (in this case, LeSueur), and read out interesting factoids to Jenn:

Saint Peter:

Happy Chef Restaurant:

Paladin on the driver chair during a rest stop:

A van towing a trailer:

Since 1906:

Ship:

Train and wind turbine:

Cows:

Welcome to South Dakota:

Roadworks, with everyone on one side of the freeway:

Fuel stop:

Winnebago’s all-electric prototype eRV2:

Paladin on the dash:

Our destination:

We drove our coach 250 miles, about five hours of driving, from Rochester, Illinois to Cascade, Iowa.

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

An interactive map:

Peoria:

A weird trailer:

Roadworks:

A helicopter dusting corn:

Paladin in his dash bed on the freeway; very unusual for him, though he’s been getting more comfortable staying there for a few minutes before jumping down:

Flooded road:

Welcome to Iowa:

Paladin asleep:

Iowa 80 truck stop, the world’s largest truck stop:

A very Iowa fun with zoom:

Barn:

Wapsipinicon River:

Oxford Junction:

Corn:

Onslow:

We had to do a long detour due to a closed road:

Cascade: