Maps of travel routes and campgrounds.
We drove our coach 111 miles, about two hours of driving, from Wake Forest, North Carolina to Emporia, Virginia.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:
An interactive map:
Leaving the campground; a nice view:
Falls Lake:
Route 1 North:
I-85 North:
Welcome to Virginia:
Welcome center:
Rest area lunch stop:
Route 58 East:
Brodnax water tower:
Fun with zoom:
I-95 North:
Exit to KOA:
Arriving at KOA:
Guided to our site:
We stayed at Holly Point Campground – Falls Lake SRA in Wake Forest, North Carolina. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A very nice lakeside campground, but the spring tree pollen was horrendous.
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Our review on Campground Reviews:
Beautiful park, but beware the pollen in spring
It turns out that camping in the middle of a hardwood forest during the week the trees come alive in the spring is a fantastic way to find out if you have terrible allergies. The pollen in this part of NC is no joke. Besides the trees trying to kill me, this was a beautiful campground. Our site was plenty long enough for our 40-foot motorhome and tow vehicle. However, some sites looked like they would have been too sloped to work, so be sure to check the details of the specific site you’re booking. Site 69 had a great view of the water through the trees and was close to the small beach/picnic area. We camped at Holly Point Campground – Falls Lake SRA in a Motorhome.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site:
View of the lake out our window; fortunately the intervening site was empty most of the week, and only used as a day-use site on the weekend (which I have mixed feelings about, taking a site from an overnight camper):
View of sunrise over the lake from our site:
A peek of our site from the swimming beach, and a goose:
Geese on the beach:
Boat on the lake:
Swimming beach:
We used the dump station via the tote in the back of the truck three times:
Dumpsters at the dump station:
On the flight path, 10 miles from Raleigh-Durham International Airport:
Bathrooms:
Lakefront:
Boat on the lake:
This trailer was backing itself into the site, not hooked up to the car:
Tent sites:
Other sites:
Many not very level:
A very nice campground, other than the pollen. We’d be happy to be back, in the same site, at a different time of year.
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:
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 stayed at the James Island County Park campground in Charleston, South Carolina. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A nice county park.
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Our review on Campground Reviews:
Nice park close to Charleston
This campground is in the middle of a large county park and close to everything Charleston offers. Our site was unlevel side-to-side, but not too bad. The tree cover made getting Starlink reception tricky but not impossible, and it was the best coverage of any of the cellular networks. The roads to the park were a bit dicey for a big rig–very narrow and with lots of big trees close to and over the road. We camped at Campground at James Island County Park in a Motorhome.
Campground map:
Park map:
An interactive map:
Our site, a very long pull-through amongst trees:
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Other sites; there was an Airstream rally going on, so there were a lot of them around:
Games:
Bathrooms with outside laundry:
Bike hire:
A nice park. We’d be happy to stay here again.
We drove our coach 214 miles, about five hours of driving, from Saint Marys, Georgia to Charleston, South Carolina.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:
An interactive map:
Joining I-95 North:
Bridge:
Buc-ees under construction:
Rest area:
Paladin on the driver chair:
Rainy:
Having a snack while watching the map showing lightning nearby:
US Air Force plane outside an Air Force museum:
Heavy traffic:
Welcome to South Carolina:
Rest area:
Charleston exit:
Arriving at James Island County Park:
Check in:
Arriving at our site:
We visited Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island in Georgia. When we think driftwood, we think logs, but this beach has whole trees.
An interactive map:
Driftwood Beach:
An interesting place.
We stayed at Crooked River State Park in Saint Marys, Georgia. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A pleasant stop on our way north.
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Our review on Campground Reviews:
Lovely state park
Not all campsites here have full hookups, but we were lucky enough to get a reservation for one. Our back-in site was plenty long enough for our 40-foot motorhome and tow vehicle. All the connections were good, and the campground hosts were on the ball, cleaning sites as soon as they were vacated. The campground is peaceful, with lots of nice, easy trails to enjoy. Note that the boardwalk has been removed from the loop behind the nature center, and we had to hop around some very large puddles to get around. Despite signs warning of snakes and gators, we saw neither, but we did see an armadillo, which was exciting as I’d never seen one that wasn’t roadkill. We camped at Crooked River State Park in a Motorhome.
Tip for Other Campers: Jekyll Island (Driftwood Beach) and Fort Frederica National Monument are both worth a daytrip. Locals Dockside had excellent seafood, and historic St Marys is a cute little town.
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Our site:
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Pollen on our truck:
Other sites:
Bathrooms:
The first time we’ve seen a live armadillo:
Venomous snake country:
Little library:
Mini golf:
Cabins and screened picnic area:
Shelter building:
Dangerous cliff:
A nice park; we’d be happy to stay here again.
We drove our coach 273 miles, about five hours of driving, from Wauchula, Florida to Saint Marys, Georgia.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:
An interactive map:
A tight corner leaving the campground, made more tricky by vehicles parked close to the road, but we didn’t have any difficulties:
I-4 East:
Rest area:
Heavy traffic and an RV on the side of the freeway:
Traffic cams with our coach:
Passing downtown Orlando:
I-95 North; we appreciate road markings on lanes to make it very clear where we need to be:
Snuggly Paladin:
Handy rest area truck parking spaces available sign:
Rest area:
I suspect they don’t want anyone parking there:
Fuel stop:
$296.20 of diesel, before our discount:
Rainy:
The Napoleon Bonaparte Broward bridge aka Dames Point bridge in Jacksonville, lost in the clouds. Apparently some Floridians are scared of this bridge, because it’s so high (and Floridians aren’t used to high places, being such a flat state!):
Thank you for visiting Florida:
Welcome to Georgia, state of inconveniently-placed poles:
Sub outside Kings Bay Sub Base:
Crooked River State Park:
Our site:
We stayed at Thousand Trails Peace River in Wauchula, Florida. (Campground Reviews listing.)
We had some concerns about staying here, based on reviews, but were pleasantly surprised.
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Our review on Campground Reviews:
Better than expected
We were somewhat skeptical before our stay here since the reviews weren’t all that great, but we decided to try it anyway and were pleasantly surprised. There were sites available in the full-hookup section, but opted for a w/e-only site since they offer one free pump out per week. The full-hookup sites are smaller and at the front of the park, closer to the highway and noise. The sites closer to the river were much quieter and spread out, so the slight inconvenience of no sewer was a fair trade. Since the hurricane that blew through a few years ago, all sites have been upgraded to 50A (the previous lack of 50A was our main hesitation based on earlier reviews). The campground got a bit busier and noisier (up in the full-hookup section) on the weekend, but it was otherwise a peaceful stay. We camped at Thousand Trails Peace River in a Motorhome.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site, in the non-sewer section; more spacious and quieter than the sewer section:
Utilities:
A squirrel on our picnic table:
Towards the end of our stay the waste tanks were getting a little full:
We wanted to empty them for our travel day anyway, so we went to the office to schedule the free honeywagon pumpout; they gave us this sign to put in our window:
The pumpout truck; quick and easy:
Aerial views of our site:
And the campground; you can see the more tightly packed sewer sites closer to the road, and much more spacious non-sewer sites closer to the river:
Office:
Playground:
Pool:
Courts:
Walking path by the river:
Bridge, river, kayak:
Kayak on the river:
There are a couple of dump stations, but on the wrong side of the road for non-sewer sites to use when leaving, weirdly (without looping around):
Cabins:
Other sites:
As I said, we were pleasantly surprised. We’d be happy to stay here again.
We drove our coach 68 miles, about 1.5 hours of driving, from Clermont to Wauchula, Florida.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading south (though we actually took the route closer to Lakeland):
An interactive map, showing our actual route:
Pulling out of our site:
Line to leave TTO:
A gate ranger collecting site tags:
Can only turn right out of TTO, so we needed to do a U-turn to head south; we’d done it before, so know it’s easy for us:
Another RV doing the U-turn:
Us doing the U-turn; doesn’t look like it here, but there was heaps of room, didn’t even need to go into the bike lane:
Passing an accident:
I-4 West:
Route 570 toll road:
Route 98 South:
Turn:
17 / 98 South:
Paladin on the dash:
An interesting building in Bowling Green:
Arriving at Thousnd Trails Peace River:
Check in line:
