Video

Video: 2021-2024 motorhome travel timelapses in 17 minutes!

Was the 2024 timelapses video not fast enough for you? Hey, I understand; 50 minutes is quite long, even at 20x the original timelapses speed.

This video combines the 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 timelapse videos, and makes them eight times faster (i.e. 160 times faster than original timelapses), so you can see about 20k miles of motorhome travel in about 17 minutes!

Chapters:

00:00 2021 travel
00:52 2022 travel
05:41 2023 travel
10:44 2024 travel

About Sinclair Trails:

The travels of David and Jennifer Sinclair around the US, full-timing in their 40-foot 2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP luxury motorhome.

We post timelapse videos of our travel days on YouTube, typically on Tuesdays.

On the Sinclair Trails blog, we post about RV modifications on Mondays, travel on Tuesdays, campgrounds and RV parks on Wednesdays, and exploring national parks and other parks and attractions on Thursdays and Fridays.

About Sinclair Trails

2024 stickers

On the passenger-side slide-out, we have a large sticker with the Sinclair Trails logo, a map of the US showing the states we’re visited, a QR code for the website, and stickers with the SinclairTrails.com domain name and @SinclairTrails social handle:

Map etc on side of coach

The states sticker consists of separate stickers for each state, applied to a base sticker. Our rule is that we have to have done something in a state for it to count (e.g. camp, eat in a restaurant, or explore something, not just driving through). Once we have done something in a new state, we add its sticker. So far, we’ve visited 38 of the 50 states:

States map

We’ll want to replace these stickers at some point; the earlier ones are looking very faded. We’ll probably get new stickers that include Canada when we visit Alaska, since we’ll likely drive through part of Canada to get there.

Visiting Alaska is going to be a major project. And of course we can’t take our motorhome to Hawaii, but we’ll count that when we next visit there.

On the driver-side slide-out of the coach, we have stickers for each of the National Parks we have visited, that being another of the goals in our travels. We visited 12 more parks in 2024 (plus revisited several), so have visited 47 of the 63 parks; still a bunch to go:

National Park stickers

Of course, we’ve also visited numerous National Monuments, National Historic Sites, and other classifications. With 433 units of various types in the National Park System, not to mention parks administered by states, forest services, etc, we had to cap the memorializing of them somewhere! National Parks are the goal; others are gravy.

However, inside our coach we have a framed board with a wooden map of the US, around which we add stickers and pins for any kind of attraction we visit (we prefer stickers, but tend to get pins, as they are smaller). It’s populated a bit more since 2023 and 2022, though still lots of space for future attractions:

Wooden map and stickers

The wooden map has pins for states we’ve visited; the pins feature the state flags:

Map pins

Fun memorabilia.

2024 special posts

While most of the posts on this blog are about modifications, travel, campgrounds, and attractions, I sometimes post about other topics. This is a summary of those posts from 2024. (See also those from 2023 and those from 2022.) These posts have the special category (with earliest or latest posts at the top).

As with previous summaries, for each I include a link to the corresponding blog post, and a sample picture; see the post for details.

Sinclair Trails QR codes:

Third anniversary of buying our motorhome, with an updated tour of the interior:

U-Haul to move stuff from a storage unit to a shed:

The shed:

ENGWE Y600 830W electric scooter:

Follow Sinclair Trails on Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, Micro.blog, Facebook, YouTube, and more:

Preminder app for iPhone helps remind you when to book RV parks:

2024 podcasts

In 2024 I started posting about RV-related podcasts that I enjoy. This is a summary of those posts.

RV Miles Podcast:

StressLess Camping:

Just a couple so far, but I plan to mention more in the future.

2024 campgrounds

Another interesting summary of 2024 — the places we stayed during the year. See also the posts for 2023, for 2022, and for 2021.

For each location, I’ve included a link to the corresponding blog post, so you can click through to see a lot more information, and a picture of our site.

You can also see all of the campground-related blog posts via the campsite category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top.

Thousand Trails Orlando RV Resort in Orlando, Florida:

Long Pine Key Campground, Everglades National Park, Florida:

Sugarloaf Key / Key West KOA Resort in the Florida Keys:

Encore Sunshine Key RV Resort & Marina in the Florida Keys:

Yacht Haven Park & Marina in Fort Lauderdale, Florida:

Disney’s Fort Wilderness Campground in Disney World, Florida:

Thousand Trails Orlando RV Resort in Orlando, Florida:

Reed Bingham State Park in Adel, Georgia:

F.D. Roosevelt State Park in Pine Mountain, Georgia:

Red Bay Acres RV Resort in Red Bay, Alabama:

Willow Beach Campground in Scott, Arkansas:

Texarkana KOA Journey in Texarkana, Texas:

Paris Fairgrounds for Escapees/Xscapers gathering in Paris, Texas:

Willow Beach Campground in Scott, Arkansas:

Red Bay Acres RV Resort in Red Bay, Alabama:

Hard Labor Creek State Park in Rutledge, Georgia:

Sesquicentennial State Park in Columbia, South Carolina:

Myrtle Beach State Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina:

Twin Lakes RV & Camping Resort in Chocowinity, North Carolina:

Cape Charles / Chesapeake Bay KOA Resort in Cape Charles, Virginia:

Homestead Campground in Georgetown, Delaware:

NIRVC DC in Manassas, Virginia:

Codorus State Park in Hanover, Pennsylvania:

Cherry Hill Park in College Park, Maryland:

Little Beaver State Park in Beaver, West Virginia:

Camp Margaritaville RV Resort and Lodge in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee:

Thousand Trails Diamond Caverns RV & Golf Resort in Park City, Kentucky:

Miles Landing Campground in Elberfeld, Indiana:

Meramec State Park in Sullivan, Missouri:

Springfield KOA Journey in Rochester, Illinois:

Riverview Ridge Campground in Cascade, Iowa:

Oakdale KOA Journey in Oakdale, Wisconsin:

Minneapolis Northwest KOA Journey in Maple Grove, Minnesota:

Mitchell KOA Journey in Mitchell, South Dakota:

Legion Lake Campground in Custer State Park, South Dakota:

Love’s RV Stop – Hardin, Montana:

Jim & Mary’s RV Park in Missoula, Montana:

Thousand Trails Crescent Bar in Quincy, Washington:

Our Washington home in Shelton, Washington:

Mt Hood Village RV & Camping Resort in Welches, Oregon:

Emigrant Lake – The Point RV Park in Ashland, Oregon:

Red Bluff KOA Journey in Red Bluff, California:

Turtle Beach RV Resort in Manteca, California:

Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes in Groveland, California:

Sequoia RV Park in Dunlap, California:

Thousand Trails Soledad Canyon in Acton, California:

Orangeland RV Park in Orange, California:

Thousand Trails Palm Springs in Palm Desert, California:

Encore Pilot Knob RV Resort in Winterhaven, California:

Voyager RV Resort & Hotel in Tucson, Arizona:

Las Cruces KOA Journey in Las Cruces, New Mexico:

Marathon Motel & RV Park in Marathon, Texas:

San Antonio / Alamo KOA Holiday in San Antonio, Texas:

Galveston Island State Park in Galveston, Texas:

Tickfaw State Park in Springfield, Louisiana:

Leake County Water Park in Lena, Mississippi:

Red Bay Acres RV Resort in Red Bay, Alabama:

Ozark / Fort Rucker KOA Journey in Ozark, Alabama:

Ho-Hum RV Park in Carrabelle, Florida:

Lots of interesting (and not so interesting) places to stay this year.

Video

Video: 2024 motorhome travel timelapses

See a summary of driving our Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome throughout 2024!

This combines all of the motorhome travel timelapses for 2024 into one video, at 20x the speed of the original timelapse videos.

2024 travel days

I thought it’d be interesting and useful to include a summary of travel days in 2024. Here are links to blog posts, and a sample picture of the view of each, so you can see how the landscape changed as we travelled in our coach. Previous years posts are 2023, 2022, and 2021.

You can see all of the travel-related blog posts via the travel category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top.

Travel from Carrabelle to Clermont, Florida:

Travel from Clermont to Homestead, Florida:

Travel from Homestead to Sugarloaf Key, Florida:

Travel from Sugarloaf Key to Ohio Key, Florida:

Travel from Ohio Key to Fort Lauderdale, Florida:

Travel from Fort Lauderdale to Disney World, Florida:

Travel from Disney World to Clermont, Florida:

Travel from Clermont, Florida to Adel, Georgia:

Travel from Adel to Pine Mountain, Georgia:

Travel from Pine Mountain, Georgia to Red Bay, Alabama:

Travel from Red Bay, Alabama to Scott, Arkansas:

Travel from Scott, Arkansas to Texarkana, Texas:

Travel from Texarkana to Paris, Texas:

Travel from Paris, Texas to Scott, Arkansas:

Travel from Scott, Arkansas to Red Bay, Alabama:

Travel from Red Bay, Alabama to Rutledge, Georgia:

Travel from Rutledge, Georgia to Columbia, South Carolina:

Travel from Columbia to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina:

Travel from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to Chocowinity, North Carolina:

Travel from Chocowinity, North Carolina to Cape Charles, Virginia:

Travel from Cape Charles, Virginia to Georgetown, Delaware:

Travel from Georgetown, Delaware to Manassas, Virginia:

Travel from Manassas, Virginia to Hanover, Pennsylvania:

Travel from Hanover, Pennsylvania to College Park, Maryland:

Travel from College Park, Maryland to Beaver, West Virginia:

Travel from Beaver, West Virginia to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee:

Travel from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee to Park City, Kentucky:

Travel from Park City, Kentucky to Elberfeld, Indiana:

Travel from Elberfeld, Indiana to Sullivan, Missouri:

Travel from Sullivan, Missouri to Rochester, Illinois:

Travel from Rochester, Illinois to Cascade, Iowa:

Travel from Cascade, Iowa to Oakdale, Wisconsin:

Travel from Oakdale, Wisconsin to Maple Grove, Minnesota:

Travel from Maple Grove, Minnesota to Mitchell, South Dakota:

Travel from Mitchell to Custer, South Dakota:

Travel from Custer, South Dakota to Hardin, Montana:

Travel from Hardin to Missoula, Montana:

Travel from Missoula, Montana to Quincy, Washington:

Travel from Quincy to Shelton, Washington:

Travel from Shelton, Washington to Welches, Oregon:

Travel from Welches, Oregon to Ashland, Oregon:

Travel from Ashland, Oregon to Red Bluff, California:

Travel from Red Bluff to Manteca, California:

Travel from Manteca to Groveland, California:

Travel from Groveland to Dunlap, California:

Travel from Dunlap to Acton, California:

Travel from Acton to Orange, California:

Travel from Orange to Palm Desert, California:

Travel from Palm Desert to Winterhaven, California:

Travel from Winterhaven, California to Tucson, Arizona:

Travel from Tucson, Arizona to Las Cruces, New Mexico:

Travel from Las Cruces, New Mexico to Marathon, Texas:

Travel from Marathon to San Antonio, Texas:

Travel from San Antonio to Galveston, Texas:

Travel from Galveston, Texas to Springfield, Louisiana:

Travel from Springfield, Louisiana to Lena, Mississippi:

Travel from Lena, Mississippi to Red Bay, Alabama:

Travel from Red Bay to Ozark, Alabama:

Travel from Ozark, Alabama to Carrabelle, Florida:

That’s a lot of travel!

2024 modifications

Happy New Year! 🎉

As we begin 2025, let’s look back at 2024, as is my tradition on this blog.

I will have a series of blog posts reviewing topics from last year. I schedule my posts following a pattern: Modification Mondays, Travel Tuesdays, Whereabouts Wednesdays, and To and Fro Thursdays and Fridays (okay, those last ones are bit of a stretch). So I will post my annual summaries in that order too (though not on those days), starting with modifications today.

We have done a number of modifications to our 2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP motorhome, to make it more comfortable as a full-time home, to improve the features, or to repair issues. This is a summary of some of the changes done in 2024; also check out the changes from 2023, 2022, and 2021.

For each modification topic I include a link to the corresponding blog post, and a sample picture; see the post for details. (Tip: you can click or tap on either the link or picture to go to the corresponding post.)

You can see all of the modification-related blog posts via the modifications category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top.

Garbage bin hanging on back of driver chair:

Steering wheel cover:

Replacing cover on light under sink:

Extra shelving:

Replacing window valances:

Cockpit carpet:

Tweaks at Davidson RV:

Fixing TV lift:

Roof AC inspection:

Engine compartment insulation:

New tires:

Photographic artwork:

Replacing solar fuse with breaker:

Refilling our fresh tank with a water bladder and pump:

Using a sewer tote tank and macerator pump to dump waste tanks from the back of our truck:

Replacing the cabin air filter:

MagSafe charger on bedroom wall:

Replaced shower rain head:

Sewer hose closure:

Window awning repair:

Windshield leak repair:

Tiffin parts store:

Easy reach awning opener:

Replaced SeeLeveL II panel:

Barrier cushions:

Roofline seal repair:

Entry door repairs:

Slide glide replacement:

Replacing controller for Tecma macerating toilet:

Kenwood DNR1008RVS GPS receiver:

NIRVC annual servicing:

Custom desk:

Custom couch side tables:

Integrating water filters and softener into the coach, and more:

The best hose quick connectors:

RV tank cleaning:

RV headlight polishing:

Shower shelf bar:

Using a filter canister to help sanitize the coach water systems:

You should vacuum out under the fridge occasionally:

Dumping waste tanks into house septic system:

Replacing pump connections with Wago lever nuts:

Velvet flocking liner for shelves:

How to prevent the auto-generator start (AGS) from turning off when manually starting the generator:

Rechargeable motion lights:

Towel rails:

I hope you found these posts interesting and useful.

San Antonio / Alamo KOA Holiday

We stayed at San Antonio / Alamo KOA Holiday in San Antonio, Texas. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A one-night stay on our way east, but a nice campground; we’d be happy to stay here longer.

Dates:

Check in: 2024-11-30
Check out: 2024-12-01
1 night

Weather:

Partly cloudy
High temp 65°F, low 44°F
No wind, gusts to 7 MPH

Noise:

Negligible road noise
Faint distant train horn noise
A little neighbor noise

Site:

#E5, pull-through, gravel
Didn’t need to disconnect toad, and didn’t, since only one night
Completely level site; used air leveling, since only one night
Gravel driveway about 73 feet long by 15 feet wide
12 feet to neighbors on both sides
Picnic table
Fire pit
Some tall trees
Clean site

Utilities:

50 amp power, conveniently located
60 PSI water, somewhat conveniently located
Good sewer connection, very inconveniently located (for a motorhome) at the back of the site (3 10-foot pipes needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

T-Mobile: 85-105 Mbps down, 5-10 Mbps up, 25 ms ping
AT&T: 470-550 Mbps down, 15 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
Verizon: 5 Mbps down, 15 Mbps up, 30-100 ms ping
Starlink: not used
Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

Garbage dumpsters and pickup from site
Pool
Onsite cafe with breakfast and Hunt Brothers pizza/wings for dinner

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Nice and convenient

We stayed here only one night on our way through San Antonio, and it was quite pleasant. There is easy access to freeways and anything you could want to do in the city. Since it was a short stay, we enjoyed having the on-site cafe available for dinner and breakfast. The staff were all friendly and helpful. We would stay here again and for longer. We camped at San Antonio / Alamo KOA Holiday in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

Map