Travel from White River Junction, Vermont to Wells, Maine

We drove our coach 138 miles, about three hours of driving, from White River Junction, Vermont to Wells, Maine.

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

Route map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Heading down a narrow road in the campground; fortunately we didn’t meet anyone trying to come up the hill:

Narrow road in the campground

I-89 South:

I-89 South

Weigh Station Rest Area closed for the season… why would you need to close a rest area?

Weigh Station Rest Area closed for the season

Exit to I-93 South:

Exit to I-93 South

Rest area:

Rest area

New Hampshire Welcome Center plus Liquor & Wine Outlet… weird to sell alcohol at rest areas, but seems common in this area:

New Hampshire Welcome Center plus Liquor & Wine Outlet

A very cute welcome center:

Very cute welcome center

Lunch:

Lunch

I-93 South:

I-93 South

Exit to I-95 toll road:

Exit to I-95 toll road

Toll plaza; we took the rightmost lane as it looked a bit wider:

Toll plaza

Maine state line on Piscataqua River bridge:

Maine state line on Piscataqua River bridge

“Maine; Welcome Home; The Way Life Should Be”:

Maine; Welcome Home; The Way Life Should Be

Route 1 North:

Route 1 North

Rainbow crosswalk in Ogunquit:

Rainbow crosswalk in Ogunquit

Arriving at Thousand Trails Moody Beach:

Arriving at Thousand Trails

Mini golf out front:

Mini golf

Entrance gate; needed to buzz the office to be let in:

Entrance gate

Our site:

Our site

Cooperstown KOA Journey

We stayed at Cooperstown KOA Journey in Richfield Springs, New York. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A convenient stop when visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2025-06-10
  • Check out: 2025-06-15
  • 5 nights
  • We were going to stay 7 nights, but had a delay when our slide wouldn’t come in at the previous campsite

Weather:

  • Mix of cloudy and rainy
  • High temps 63-73°F, lows 51-56°F
  • A little wind, gusts to 29 MPH

Noise:

  • No road noise
  • No train horn noise
  • Little neighbor noise
  • Nearby cows gently mooing

Site:

  • #70, pull-through, gravel
  • Didn’t need to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
  • Somewhat level site; high on passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
  • Gravel driveway about 65 feet long by 10 feet wide
  • 16 feet to neighbor on driver side
  • 25 feet to driveway on passenger side
  • Just grass between sites
  • Picnic table
  • Fire pit
  • No trees on site, but some nearby
  • Clean site
  • Elevation 1,520 feet, front facing north

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, somewhat conveniently located
  • 40 PSI water, somewhat conveniently located (water was off when we arrived, but back on an hour or so later)
  • Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • Starlink: 80-340 Mbps down, 19-37 Mbps up, 19-70 ms ping
  • RoamLink: 8-12 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 160 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network, so I’m not sure which one it used, other than not AT&T)
  • AT&T: 80-84 Mbps down, 3-10 Mbps up, 80-110 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
  • Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpsters
  • Pool
  • Package delivery to office

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Convenient to Baseball Hall of Fame

Firstly, the staff here were super helpful and accommodating when we had mechanical issues that meant we had to roll in two days later than planned. I appreciated their flexibility and that they didn’t charge us to change our reservation at the last minute; they also provided excellent customer service. The campground is out in the middle of farmland, and the only noise we had to deal with was the gentle mooing from the cows next door. Our pull-through site had a nice view of rolling fields. The site was a little unlevel, and the neighbor’s fire pit was right next to our vehicle, which was the only drawback. We camped at Cooperstown KOA Journey in a Motorhome.

Campground map (some confusion when we saw the directions to site 10, when we had booked site 70, but all good):

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

Utilities:

Utilities

A nice view out our windshield; we didn’t bother putting our Magne Shade on, since nobody was in front of us, and there wasn’t sun pouring in that window:

Nice view out windshield

Several packages in my foldable wagon:

Packages in cart

Cows in the field next to the RV park:

Cows in field next to RV park

Cabins:

Cabins

Other sites:

Other sites

Pool:

Pool

Dog park and an amusing sign:

Dog park and amusing sign

Playground:

Playground

Dump station and art:

Dump station and art

An older campground, but totally fine; we’d be happy to stay here again.

Travel from Youngstown to Richfield Springs, New York

We drove our coach 254 miles, about five hours of driving, from Youngstown to Richfield Springs, New York.

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

Map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Not heading to Canada:

Not heading to Canada

Bridge:

Bridge

Tolls:

Tolls

Bridge:

Bridge

Exit to I-290 East:

Exit

Exit to I-90 East:

Exit to I-90 East

Rest area:

Rest area

BK for lunch:

BK for lunch

Roadworks:

Roadworks

Another rest area:

Rest area

Rest area

Yet another rest area:

Rest area

Paladin on the dash:

Paladin on the dash

Rainy:

Rainy

Arriving at KOA:

Arriving at KOA

Our site:

Our site

Travel from Newbury, Ohio to Youngstown, New York

We drove our coach 213 miles, about four hours of driving, from Newbury, Ohio to Youngstown, New York.

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

Route

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Rain pouring off slide topper:

Rain pouring off slide topper

Needed to return the laminated parking pass:

Needed to return the parking pass

Road near Newbury, Ohio:

Road near Newbury, Ohio

I-90 East:

I-90 East

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

BK for lunch:

BK for lunch

Paladin on the dash when we returned to our coach:

Paladin on the dash when we return to our coach

Toe beans:

Toe beans

Paladin on the dash when underway:

Paladin on the dash when underway

Welcome to Pennsylvania:

Welcome to Pennsylvania

A truck took the curve too fast, and rolled over; that’s going to take a while to clean up:

Truck took the curve to fast

Truck took the curve to fast

Welcome to New York:

Welcome to New York

New York Tollway:

New York Tollway

Service plaza parking:

Service plaza parking

Not something you see on a trailer every day:

Not something you see on a trailer every day

Text stop parking area; a good idea:

Text stop parking area; a good idea

Buffalo:

Buffalo

Tonawanda bridge:

Tonawanda bridge

Welcome to the City of Niagara Falls; we avoided the Niagara Scenic Parkway due to the 12’ 0” height restriction (we are 11’ 7”, rather close):

Welcome to City of Niagara Falls

And definitely avoided accidentally heading to Canada:

Exit

Arriving at Four Mile Creek State Park:

Arriving at Four Mile Creek State Park

Our site:

Our site

Our coach:

Our coach

Little did we know we’d be here a little longer than expected….

Travel from Buckley, Michigan to Shipshewana, Indiana

We drove our coach 220 miles, about four hours of driving, from Buckley, Michigan to Shipshewana, Indiana.

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

Map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Detour due to a parade:

Detour due to parade

Downhill:

Downhill

US-131 South:

Route 131 South

Rest area:

Rest area

Nice sploot:

Nice sploot

Heavy traffic:

Heavy traffic

Grand Rapids:

Grand Rapids

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

“The Kalamazoo Promise”:

The Kalamazoo Promise

US-131 South:

US-131 South

“More to Discover in Indiana”, but where’s the pride in the sign?

More to Discover in Indiana

An Amish buggy with a trailer:

Amish buggy with a trailer

Amish buggy

Amish kids buggy

Amish buggy parking:

Amish buggy parking

Our destination:

Our destination

Pull forward to register:

Pull forward to register

Our site for one night:

Our site

Travel from St Clair to Buckley, Michigan

We drove our coach 323 miles, about five hours of driving, from St Clair to Buckley, Michigan.

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

Map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

I-69 West:

I-69 West

Rest area:

Rest area

Flint Strong water:

Flint Strong

North towards Saginaw:

North towards Saginaw

I-75 North:

I-75 North

Rest area:

Rest area

Paladin on the dash:

Paladin on the dash

Route 10 West:

Route 10 West

Speed Limit 75, Truck Speed 65, Minimum Speed 55:

Speed Limit 75, Truck Speed 65, Minimum Speed 55

Rest area:

Rest area

I like this style of passing lane, where the dotted line strongly suggests moving right:

Passing lane

Arriving at KOA:

Arriving at KOA

Travel from Ravenna, Ohio to St Clair, Michigan

We drove our coach 249 miles, about five hours of driving, from Ravenna, Ohio to St Clair, Michigan.

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

Route

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

“Is your TV Antennae Down?” — okay, pedantically that should be either “are” or “antenna”:

Is your TV Antennae Down?

Leaving West Branch State Park:

Leaving West Branch State Park

High arching bridge over rail line:

High arching bridge over rail line

Ohio Turnpike I-80 West:

Ohio Turnpike I-80 West

“Trucks and slower traffic use left lane”; unusual:

Trucks and slower traffic use left lane

Large service plaza truck parking:

Large service plaza truck parking

Service plaza food court:

Service plaza food court

BK and Starbucks coffee for lunch:

BK for lunch

Paladin in his dash bed with some roadworks:

Paladin in his dash bed with some roadworks

Ohio turnpike I-80/90 West:

Ohio turnpike I-80/90 West

Another service plaza, with RV elctrical hookups!:

Another service plaza, with RV elctrical hookups!

Toll plaza:

Toll plaza

I-280 North:

I-280 North

Oregon?!

Oregon?!

Bridge over Maumee River in Toledo:

Bridge over Maumee River in Toledo

Maumee River

I-75 North:

I-75 North

“Welcome to Pure Michigan”:

Welcome to Pure Michigan

Not the best road surface:

Not the best road surface

TA fuel stop:

TA fuel stop

I-75 North:

I-75 North

“Speed limit 70, truck speed 65, minimum speed 55”:

Speed limit 70, truck speed 65, minimum speed 55

“Welcome to Thousand Trails St Clair”:

Welcome to Thousand Trails St Clair

Gate:

Gate

Our site:

Our site

Travel from Lebanon, Pennsylvania to Ravenna, Ohio

We drove our coach 323 miles, about six hours of driving, from Lebanon, Pennsylvania to Ravenna, Ohio.

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

Map

An interactive map:

Preparing to toad up:

Preparing to toad up

Geese and goslings on the road:

Geese and goslings on the road

Entering the Pennsylvania Turnpike:

Entering Pennsylvania turnpike

The first of several rather narrow toll plazas:

Toll plaza

I-76 West, aka the turnpike:

I-76 West

Another toll plaza to exit the turnpike for fuel:

Another toll plaza

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

Back onto the turnpike:

Another toll plaza

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

The first of several tunnels:

Tunnel

This U-Haul driver wasn’t very good at lane placement:

Tunnel

Tunnel

Out of the first tunnel and straight into the second one:

Tunnels

The third tunnel:

Tunnel

Service plaza:

Service plaza

Paladin on the dash at the service plaza:

Paladin on dash at service plaza

The fourth-and-last tunnel:

Tunnel

Tunnel

Another service plaza:

Service plaza

Bridge construction:

Bridge construction

Welcome to Ohio; a frame from the dash cam, as the photo was too obscured by rain (not that this is great):

Welcome to Ohio

Huge welcome center parking:

Service plaza

The last toll plaza:

Another toll plaza

Yay for E-ZPass:

Another toll plaza

A steep arching bridge over a rail line:

Steep arching bridge over rail line

West Branch State Park:

West Branch State Park

Check-in office:

Check-in office

Our very sloped site:

Our site

Travel from Ocean View, New Jersey to Lebanon, Pennsylvania

We drove our coach 162 miles, about three hours of driving, from Ocean View, New Jersey to Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

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

Map

An interactive map:

Taking out the trash on the way out of the campground:

Taking out the trash on the way out of the campground

Tollway:

Tollway

Bridge over Great Egg Harbor Bay:

Bridge over Great Egg Harbor Bay

Walt Whitman Bridge over Delaware River:

Walt Whitman Bridge over Delaware River

Wide toll plaza:

Wide toll plaza

Philadelphia:

Philadelphia

Heavy traffic:

Heavy traffic

St John the Baptist church:

St John the Baptist church

Another toll plaza:

Another toll plaza

Very close roadworks barrier:

Very close roadworks barrier

Paladin on the dash leaving a rest area:

Paladin on the dash leaving a rest area

Another super-narrow toll plaza:

Another super-narrow toll plaza

Heading towards Hershey:

Heading towards Hershey

Chicken:

Chicken

Thousand Trails:

Thousand Trails

Following our coach to our site:

Following coach to our site

Our site:

Our site

Travel from Gloucester, Virginia to College Park, Maryland

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:

Map

An interactive map:

Leaving our site:

Leaving our site

Exiting the campground:

Exiting the campground

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Drawbridge:

Drawbridge

I-64 West:

I-64 West

I-95 North:

I-95 North

I-95 North

Exit:

Exit

Fuel stop:

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:

Parking with trucks

Heading in for lunch:

Heading in for lunch

Popeyes for lunch:

Popeyes for lunch

Back to our coach:

Back to our coach

Paladin on the dash:

Paladin on the dash

Oversize load:

Oversize load

Lots of traffic on the other side:

Lots of traffic on the other side

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Paladin on the dash:

Paladin on the dash

National Museum of the Marine Corps:

National Museum of the Marine Corps

Truck rest area:

Truck rest area

Truck rest area

Heavy traffic:

Heavy traffic

Breakdown?

Breakdown?

“Caution Horses”:

Caution Horses

Lanes divide:

Lanes divide

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge:

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge

Maryland Welcomes You:

Maryland Welcomes You

I-95 and I-495 North:

I-95 and I-495 North

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

Swoopers

Exit to College Park:

Exit to College Park

Arriving at Cherry Hill Park:

Arriving at Cherry Hill Park

Security gate:

Security gate

Our site:

Our site

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

Heading between cabins

Approaching our site:

Our site