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.