Travel from Milton to Kewaunee, Wisconsin

We drove our coach 184 miles, about three hours of driving, from Milton to Kewaunee, Wisconsin.

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

Map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

I-39 North:

I-39 North

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

Exit:

Exit

Exit to I-41 North:

Exit to I-41 North

We stopped at Tabberts for lunch:

Tabberts for lunch

Menu

Menu

Tabberts

Food

I’m not usually a French toast kinda guy, but I saw that they had super-thick French toast, so had to try it; it was tasty:

Food

Back to the coach (plenty of parking):

Back to the coach (plenty of parking)

I-41 North:

I-41 North

EAA Aviation Museum:

EAA Aviation Museum

Oshkosh:

Oshkosh

Exit to 29 East:

Exit to 29 East

Kewaunee:

Kewaunee

Kewaunee

Kewaunee RV Campground:

Kewaunee RV Campground

Kewaunee RV Campground

Milton KOA Holiday

We stayed at Milton KOA Holiday in Milton, Wisconsin. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Another KOA on the way.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2025-07-30
  • Check out: 2025-08-01
  • 2 nights

Weather:

  • Rainy, partly cloudy
  • High temp 74°F, lows 54-58°F
  • Some wind, gusts to 19 MPH

Noise:

  • Distant freeway noise
  • No train horn noise
  • Some neighbor noise

Site:

  • #187, pull-through, dirt
  • Didn’t need to disconnect toad, and didn’t, since only a couple of nights
  • Very unlevel site; used air leveling, since only a couple of nights, and we could tell the jacks wouldn’t have been able to cope
  • Dirt driveway about 70 feet long by 11 feet wide
  • 18 feet to neighbors on both sides
  • Picnic table
  • Fire pit
  • Tall trees
  • Mostly clean site
  • Elevation 840 feet, front facing SW

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, somewhat conveniently located
  • 50 PSI water, conveniently located
  • Loose sewer connection, inconveniently located (2 10-foot pipes needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • Starlink: 60-90 Mbps down, 20 Mbps up, 35 ms ping
  • AT&T: 450 Mbps down, 6-8 Mbps up, 48 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
  • RoamLink: 6-12 Mbps down, 0.2-1 Mbps up, 900 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network, so I’m not sure which one it used, other than not AT&T)
  • Campground Wi-Fi: 6 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 70 ms ping

Amenities:

  • Garbage pickup from site (twice daily)
  • Pool

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Large park, big rigs beware

We were only going to stay one night, but we needed to change our plans at the last minute, and they were very helpful in accommodating us for two nights without requiring a site change. Most of the park seems to be long-term/annual/seasonal sites, and the ones set aside for “transients” were horribly sloped. We were barely able to find enough flat ground to level our motorhome. We saw several other rigs (fivers and trailers) have difficulty getting out of their sites and leave gouge marks in the steep angle of their driveways. The relatively long and circuitous route out of the campground was a little concerning, as I wasn’t sure if we were driving on a road or a culvert; there was significant damage to the surface from previous flooding. The staff were great, and they offered a lot of things to do, but for a short stay in a big rig, I’d look elsewhere. We camped at Milton KOA Holiday in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

A very sloped site; you can see the front cap almost touching the ground:

A very sloped site; you can see the front cap almost touching the ground

Our site

Our site

You can see the angle of the truck, too:

Our site

Utilities; mostly convenient, except sewer:

Utilities

Quite a gradient to the truck:

Quite a gradient to the truck

A woman walking a cat on a leash:

A woman walking a cat on a leash

A neighbor scraping the bottom of their coach when exiting their site:

Scraping the bottom of the coach

(When we left, we used the “raise all four” air leveling option to maximize our clearance, but we still may have scraped a little.)

Other sites:

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

We probably wouldn’t stay here again, due to the nasty slope of many of the sites, and tight roads in the campground.

Travel from Moscow, Iowa to Milton, Wisconsin

We drove our coach 191 miles, about four hours of driving, from Moscow, Iowa to Milton, Wisconsin.

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

Map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

I-90 East:

I-90 East

Iowa 80 truck stop:

Iowa 80 truck stop

Iowa 80 truck stop

Fuel stop:

Iowa 80 truck stop

And Blimpie subs for lunch:

Blimpie for lunch

Welcome to Illinois:

Welcome to Illinois

Exit to I-88 East:

Exit to I-88 East

Roadworks:

Roadworks

Paladin on the couch; an unusual place for travel days:

Paladin on the couch; an unusual place for travel days

I-39 North:

I-39 North

Wisconsin Welcomes You:

Wisconsin Welcomes You

Arriving at a KOA:

KOA

Our site:

Our site

HWH Corporation

We stayed at the HWH Service Center in Moscow, Iowa.

The manufacturer of our hydraulic slide system; we hoped they would be able to repair our broken slide for us. They conveniently have several first-come-first-served sites with electrical hookups.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2025-07-29
  • Check out: 2025-07-30
  • 1 night

Weather:

  • Partly cloudy, thunderstorms overnight, rainy
  • High temp 91°F, low 67°F
  • Some wind, gusts to 29 MPH

Noise:

  • Some road noise
  • No train horn noise
  • No neighbor noise

Site:

  • Back-in, gravel
  • Needed to disconnect toad, parked beside coach
  • Somewhat level site; used air leveling
  • Gravel parking space about 40 feet long by 15 feet wide
  • No trees
  • Clean site
  • Elevation 720 feet, front facing west

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, conveniently located
  • No water or sewer
  • Potable water and dump station apparently available (though I didn’t find them)

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • RoamLink: 12 Mbps down, 10 Mbps up, 130 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: 210 Mbps down, 34-43 Mbps up, 45 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
  • Starlink: not used
  • Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpsters
  • Hydraulic repair service

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Our site

We had hoped that they would be able to fix our broken slide (as they are the manufacturer of the mechanism), but they determined that they’d have to drop the fuel tank to reach the leaking piston, which they weren’t comfortable doing. But they did happen to have a few of the pistons (that they were about to ship out), and were willing to sell us one. So we have the part. Now we just need to get someone to install it. We have an appointment with the Oregon Motorcoach Center shortly; hopefully they’ll manage it.

Update: They did, and by going through the back of the battery compartment.

Travel from Chesterton, Indiana to Moscow, Iowa

We drove our coach 233 miles, about four hours of driving, from Chesterton, Indiana to Moscow, Iowa.

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

Route

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Leaving the campsite:

Leaving the campsite

Returning the car hang tag (a hassle that most campgrounds don’t require):

Returning hang tag

I-94 West:

I-94 West

“Welcome to Illinois”:

Welcome to Illinois

“Visit Chicago”:

Visit Chicago

Very straight-edged quarry:

Very straight-edged quarry

Exit to I-80 West:

Exit to I-80 West

I-80 bridge:

I-80 bridge

Narrow roadworks:

Narrow roadworks

Rest stop:

Rest stop

More roadworks:

More roadworks

Another rest stop:

Another rest stop

Crossing the Mississippi River:

Crossing the Mississippi River

Crossing the Mississippi River

“Welcome to Iowa”:

Welcome to Iowa

Fork to continue on I-80 West:

Fork to continue on I-80 West

Arriving at HWH Corp to get them to look at our slide issue:

HWH Corp

HWH Corp

Indiana Dunes State Park

We stayed at Indiana Dunes State Park in Chesterton, Indiana. (Campground Reviews listing.)

We stayed in the ironically-named “electric campground”… ironic since there was no electricity for most of our stay.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2025-07-26
  • Check out: 2025-07-29
  • 3 nights
  • We were going to stay about a week, but cut it short to try to get our slide repaired at HWH

Weather:

  • Partly sunny, some rain
  • High temps 80-88°F, lows 74-76°F
  • Little wind, gusts to 18 MPH, sheltered by trees

Noise:

  • No road noise
  • Distant train horn noise
  • A bunch of neighbor noise (kids)

Site:

  • #97, back-in, asphalt and concrete
  • Needed to disconnect toad, parked beside coach
  • Somewhat level site; a little high in front and passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
  • Asphalt driveway with concrete pad, about 55 feet long by 12 feet wide
  • 50 feet to neighbors on both sides
  • Grass and trees between sites
  • Picnic table
  • Fire pit
  • Tall trees
  • Clean site
  • Elevation 610 feet, front facing north

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, conveniently located
  • Though no power for much of our stay due to a 21-hour power cut in the area
  • No water or sewer connection
  • Potable water taps around the campsite (including one opposite us, though unthreaded, so would have been a hassle to fill our tank)
  • Dump station by campground exit

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • Starlink: 170-310 Mbps down, 10-19 Mbps up, 40 ms ping
  • RoamLink: 18 Mbps down, 0.5-1.5 Mbps up, 155 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: negligible service
  • Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpsters

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Lovely campground close to Indiana Dunes NP

This is a nice campground convenient to visiting Indiana Dunes National Park. The loop we were in had 50A electric, but no other utilities, which was fine for a short stay. Unfortunately, a power outage in the area forced us to run our generator for part of our stay. The dump station was inconveniently located for a large RV, so we didn’t wind up using it. The potable water faucets throughout the campground were unthreaded, which meant they couldn’t be used to top off our tank, either. We camped at Indiana Dunes State Park in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

Indiana Dunes electric camp

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

Other sites:

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Not a bad campground; the power cut wasn’t their fault.

Travel from Scottsburg to Chesterton, Indiana

We drove our coach 252 miles, about four hours of driving, from Scottsburg to Chesterton, Indiana.

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

Route

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

I-65 North:

I-65 North

An interesting bridge:

Interesting bridge

Rest area:

Rest area

Spotting our coach on traffic cams:

Spotting our coach on a traffic cam

Spotting our coach on a traffic cam

Freeway closed:

Freeway closed

“Construction Expect Delays; Seek Alternate Route”:

Construction Expect Delays; Seek Alternate Route

Freeway closed:

Freeway closed

Popeyes for lunch at truck stop:

Popeyes for lunch at truck stop

Fire boat:

Fire boat

Entering Central Time Zone:

Entering Central Time Zone

Exit to I-90 and I-94:

Exit to I-90 and I-94

Passing through Indiana Dunes National Park:

Passing through Indiana Dunes National Park

Entering Indiana Dunes State Park:

Entering Indiana Dunes State Park

Indiana Dunes State Park entrance station:

Indiana Dunes State Park entrance station

Our site:

Our site