A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 203 miles from Carrabelle to Dunnellon, Florida.
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Travel from Carrabelle to Dunnellon, Florida
We drove our coach 203 miles, about four hours of driving, from Carrabelle to Dunnellon, Florida.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading southeast:
An interactive map, with potential stops marked (we actually only stopped once, at Rocky’s 98):
Toading up at Ho-Hum RV Park; we miss that view:
Why does their bear sign look like a polar bear?
Goodbye Gulf Coast:
Lunch stop at Rocky’s 98 gas station:
They had convenient big-rig-sized parking:
A kitchen with various food options:
We just grabbed some super-healthy stuff for lunch (and fudge for dessert later):
Paladin on the dash:
Turning right in Perry:
Paladin was feeling very snuggly on this trip:
“Follow That Dream Parkway”:
Arriving at Rainbow Springs State Park; we had to wait for several minutes for another RV blocking the entrance, presumably because they didn’t have the gate code; this park is unusual in that you need a code to get in even before checking in, which they provide via email beforehand:
Check in parking:
Office:
Our site:
Custom desk tweaks
While in Red Bay we got Cody Poores of Cody’s Custom Cabinets to do a few tweaks to the custom desk he previously built for us.
As a reminder, here’s the pull-out desktop he originally built. It was fine, but had a few things that bothered me:
Firstly, the front edge was flush with the cabinet below, making it harder to open, which also meant that when it was extended the desk chair would have to be on the edge of the carpet. Secondly, the ends of the sliders were exposed, which was untidy. Thirdly, the piece of Corian next to the desktop didn’t match the height of the others:
And lastly, the desktop was sloped towards the back:
He removed the old desktop and side piece, and had new ones made:
The new desktop addresses all of those issues — it extends four inches in front of the cabinet, so is easier to pull out and the chair doesn’t have to go onto the slide carpet; it has a wider front to hide the slides, it isn’t angled, and it has a lip on the back to prevent things falling into the monitor lift area:
Plus the piece to the right of the desktop now also matches better:
The desk in use, with the monitor raised:
Much nicer.
Video: a peaceful timelapse of one day from a waterfront site at Ho-Hum RV Park
Watching the sun rise and set while the tide comes in, recorded from a waterfront site in our favorite Gulf Coast campground, Ho-Hum RV Park in Carrabelle, on the panhandle of Florida.
Video: a peaceful timelapse of a couple of weeks from a waterfront site at Ho-Hum RV Park
A peaceful timelapse watching the sun rise and set while the tide comes in over a couple of weeks, recorded from a waterfront site in our favorite Gulf Coast campground, Ho-Hum RV Park in Carrabelle, on the panhandle of Florida.
Video: Ozark, Alabama to Carrabelle, Florida motorhome travel timelapse in 360°
A silent 360° timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 155 miles from Ozark, Alabama to Carrabelle, Florida. Drag to look around anywhere while playing the video.
Ho-Hum RV Park
We stayed at Ho-Hum RV Park in Carrabelle, Florida. (Campground Reviews listing.)
Our second stay here, again over the holidays. Still one of our favorite RV parks.
Dates:
- Check in: 2024-12-22
- Check out: 2025-01-12
- 21 nights
Weather:
- Mostly sunny, some drizzle
- High temps 50-69°F, lows 33-62°F
- Some windy days, gusts to 39 MPH
Noise:
- Some highway noise
- No train horn noise
- Some neighbor noise: dogs, and some kids (this is really not a place for kids, but weekenders will be weekenders)
Site:
- #45A, pull-in, gravel
- Needed to disconnect toad, parked beside coach
- Somewhat level site; high in front and passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
- Gravel driveway about 55 feet long by 22 feet wide
- Just gravel between sites
- Picnic table
- One tree
- Clean site
- Elevation 10 feet, front facing SE
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located
- 30 PSI water, conveniently located
- Good sewer connection, conveniently located (less than 1 10-foot pipe needed)
- Dangerously fluctuating power for a day due to a corroded connection; used generator until fixed
Internet (in usage priority order):
- T-Mobile: 27-55 Mbps down, 11 Mbps up, 35 ms ping
- Campground Wi-Fi: 7-11 Mbps down, 0.5-3 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
- Verizon: 5 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 55 ms ping
- AT&T: 6-28 Mbps down, 0.05-0.12 Mbps up, 90 ms ping
- Starlink: not used
Amenities:
- Garbage dumpsters
- Waterfront (gulf)
- Package delivery to office
Our review on Campground Reviews:
Hidden Gem on the Forgotten Coast
This was our second stay here, and I would happily come back again and again. There’s no better view than watching the water and gulls from the front of our coach. The atmosphere is laid-back and inviting, and the staff is helpful and friendly. There was a power issue part of the way through our stay, but they kept us updated on the status of repairs and understood when we needed to run our generator during the outage. This is not the beachfront place for partying and carrying on; it is the beachfront place for quiet contemplation and chilling. We camped at Ho-Hum RV Park in a Motorhome.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site:
With RVs on either side, as it was most of the time (often a trailer on the driver side, which is preferred over a motorhome, since their living area is away from us; fortunately we didn’t have a trailer on the passenger side, which would have been facing us):
View from our site:
View out our windshield:
We enjoyed watching the various birds, including sandpipers, pelicans, cranes, ducks, and others:
Paddling:
Gentle waves:
Foggy:
Sunset:
Partway through our stay (on New Year’s Eve) our Power Watchdog reported electrical issues, saying the voltage was dangerously low or high (actually both), and neutral reversed:
I wasn’t sure if it was just us or a wider issue, but talked with some neighbors who also had the issue. So after further diagnostics and talking with the RV park owners, I unplugged the power, and we used the generator. The next evening (New Year’s Day), the electrical company came out and repaired a corroded pigtail; hazards of a waterfront RV park!
The seawall and sandy strip in front of our site:
Other sites:
Dog park and beach area:
Entrance:
Bathrooms and such:
Laundry room:
Activity center, where packages are delivered:
Fishing pier:
You can see our coach near the center:
We’d be happy to stay here again in the future.
Video: Ozark, Alabama to Carrabelle, Florida motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 155 miles from Ozark, Alabama to Carrabelle, Florida.
Travel from Ozark, Alabama to Carrabelle, Florida
We drove our coach 155 miles, about three hours of driving, from Ozark, Alabama to Carrabelle, Florida. Our last travel day of 2024.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading south:
An interactive map:
US-231 South:
Lots of routes:
National Peanut Festival:
Big peanut:
“Welcome to the Free State of Florida”, and “Photo Opportunity at Welcome Center”:
“Campbellton, Gateway to Florida”:
Entering I-10 East:
Rest area, our only stop for this trip:
Blountstown mural:
Crossing Apalachicola River, where we entered Eastern Time Zone:
CR-67, a little narrow, but fine:
Lake Morality Road, also narrow, but only a couple of miles:
Arriving at our destination for the rest of 2024, Ho-Hum RV Park:
Following the coach to our site:
Arriving in our site:
Extra pantry shelf
While in Red Bay we had Cody Poores of Cody’s Custom Cabinets do a few tweaks for us. One was a minor tweak to a shelf in a bedroom cupboard, to reduce the size of the lip on it. Another was to add an extra shelf in the upper pull-out pantry next to our fridge.
Here’s the pantry drawer as it came from the factory:
Since we use it mostly for cans, there was enough room for another shelf. So Cody made one that matches the existing ones:
The extra storage capacity is very useful!