See a summary of driving our Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome throughout 2025!
This combines all of the motorhome travel timelapses for 2025 into one video, at 20x the speed of the original timelapse videos.
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Posts featuring the coach.
2025 travel days
An interesting summary of our RV travel days in 2025. 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 traveled in our coach. Previous years posts are 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.
You can also see all of these summary posts together via the Travel Summary tag, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top.
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.
Read to the end for some sneak peeks of places we went that I haven’t yet posted about!
Travel from Carrabelle to Dunnellon, Florida:
Travel from Dunnellon to Clermont, Florida:
Travel from Clermont to Disney World, Florida:
Travel from Disney World to Clermont, Florida:
Travel from Clermont to Wauchula, Florida:
Travel from Wauchula, Florida to Saint Marys, Georgia:
Travel from Saint Marys, Georgia to Charleston, South Carolina:
Travel from Charleston, South Carolina to Wake Forest, North Carolina:
Travel from Wake Forest, North Carolina to Emporia, Virginia:
Travel from Emporia to Gloucester, Virginia:
Travel from Gloucester, Virginia to College Park, Maryland:
Travel from College Park, Maryland to Ocean View, New Jersey:
Travel from Ocean View, New Jersey to Lebanon, Pennsylvania:
Travel from Lebanon, Pennsylvania to Ravenna, Ohio:
Travel from Ravenna, Ohio to St Clair, Michigan:
Travel from St Clair to Buckley, Michigan:
Travel from Buckley, Michigan to Shipshewana, Indiana:
Travel from Shipshewana, Indiana to Newbury, Ohio:
Travel from Newbury, Ohio to Youngstown, New York:
Travel from Youngstown to Richfield Springs, New York:
Travel from Richfield Springs, New York to White River Junction, Vermont:
Travel from White River Junction, Vermont to Wells, Maine:
Travel from Wells to Trenton, Maine:
Travel from Trenton, Maine to Foxboro, Massachusetts:
Travel from Foxboro, Massachusetts to Plattekill, New York:
Travel from Plattekill, New York to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania:
Travel from Bellefonte to Tarentum, Pennsylvania:
Travel from Tarentum, Pennsylvania to Oregonia, Ohio:
Travel from Oregonia, Ohio to Lebanon, Tennessee:
Travel from Lebanon, Tennessee to Scottsburg, Indiana:
Travel from Scottsburg to Chesterton, Indiana:
Travel from Chesterton, Indiana to Moscow, Iowa:
Travel from Moscow, Iowa to Milton, Wisconsin:
Travel from Milton to Kewaunee, Wisconsin:
Travel from Kewaunee, Wisconsin to Hancock, Michigan:
Travel from Hancock, Michigan to Cloquet, Minnesota:
Travel from Cloquet to Kabetogama, Minnesota:
Travel from Kabetogama 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 Buffalo, Wyoming:
Travel from Buffalo to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming:
Travel from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming to Missoula, Montana:
Travel from Missoula, Montana to Ephrata, Washington:
Travel from Ephrata to Shelton, Washington:
Travel from Shelton, Washington to Fairview, Oregon:
Travel from Fairview to Eugene, Oregon:
Travel from Eugene to Sutherlin, Oregon:
Travel from Sutherlin, Oregon to Red Bluff, California:
Travel from Red Bluff to Paicines, California:
Travel from Paicines to Bakersfield, California: [post coming later]
Travel from Bakersfield to Long Beach, California: [post coming later]
Travel from Long Beach to Northridge, California: [post coming later]
We traveled around New Zealand at this point, but I’ll summarize those sometime after I’ve published the blog posts about them.
Travel from Northridge to Orange, California: [post coming later]
Travel from Orange to Palm Desert, California: [post coming later]
That’s a lot of travel!
2025 modifications
Happy New Year! 🎉
As we begin 2026, let’s look back at 2025, as is my tradition on this blog.
I will have a series of blog posts reviewing topics from last year. I typically 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 2025; also check out the changes from 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.
You can also see all of these summary posts together via the Modifications Summary tag, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top.
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.
Humidifier and water distiller:
Girard replaced window awning:
Polished and replaced exhaust tips:
Power steering fluid leak repair, engine bracket replacements, underside of coach:
Override Tecma macerating toilet controller with this one weird trick:
Loose mudguard above rear wheels:
Using a sewer tote tank and macerator pump to dump waste tanks from the back of our truck again:
Using magnets to hold a cupboard door out of the way:
Compact garbage bin fits next to toilet:
Moved toilet paper holder in half bath:
Replacing light under kitchen sink:
Polishing wheel rims and headlights:
We were stuck! Slide-out failed to retract due to leaking piston:
Replacing cover on vent fan lid lift motor:
Starlink Mini mounted on our truck:
Oregon Motorcoach Center repair of hydraulic slide-out:
I hope you found these posts interesting and useful.
Thousand Trails San Benito
We stayed at Thousand Trails San Benito in Paicines, California. (Campground Reviews listing.)
Our second stay here. Our first stay was our very first experience of a Thousand Trails park. Not a super great experience, but not bad enough to put us off TT. (Which we have some misgivings about, but it has been mostly worthwhile.)
This time, the campground was in the midst of a much-needed major improvements to their electrical system, with new 50/30/20 amp pedestals on all of the sites. At the time we stayed, only about the third of the park was open.
Dates:
- Check in: 2025-10-20
- Check out: 2025-10-31
- 11 nights
Weather:
- Mostly sunny
- High temps 65-82°F, lows 48-54°F
- Little wind, gusts to 17 MPH
Noise:
- No road noise
- No train horn noise
- Little neighbor noise
Site:
- #C-010, back-in, gravel
- Needed to disconnect toad, parked beside coach
- Somewhat level site; a little high on passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
- Gravel driveway about 60 feet long by 12 feet wide
- 75-95 feet to neighbor on passenger side
- 32 feet to neighbor on driver side
- Just grass between sites
- Picnic table
- Fire pit
- Tall trees
- Somewhat clean site
- Elevation 720 feet, front facing north/east/south/west
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located
- 60 PSI water, conveniently located
- Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)
Internet (in usage priority order):
- Starlink: 76-108 Mbps down, 22-44 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
- RoamLink: 50 Mbps down, 3-5 Mbps up, 125 ms ping (RoamLink uses whichever is best of AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile)
- AT&T: 101-145 Mbps down, 1-5 Mbps up, 70 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
- Campground Wi-Fi: none
Amenities:
- Garbage dumpsters
- Pool
Campground map; much of the campground was being renovated at the time of our stay:
An interactive map:
Our site:
The tree next to our site:
During our stay the electricians needed to make some modifications to the pedestal; replacing one of the breakers:
And installing a ground rod:
Can’t get packages at the campground, so we used Amazon lockers in Hollister (30 minutes away):
And the nearby post office in Paicines (9 minutes away):
Pool (and ex-hot tub):
While there, I added a Pokémon Pokéstop at the playground:
Other sites:
New big solar array over storage area:
A big stump with a bird box:
Lots of gnomes around the place:
Cat:
Deer:
Birb:
A mostly peaceful campground. We’d be happy to stay here again.
Video: Red Bluff to Paicines, California motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 297 miles from Red Bluff to Paicines, California.
Travel from Red Bluff to Paicines, California
We drove our coach 297 miles, about six hours of driving, from Red Bluff to Paicines, California.
We had originally planned to do this in two steps, since we like to aim for about three hours of driving per day. But at our first rest stop we decided we’d prefer to have a single longer drive, since it was mostly on I-5, so arranged to arrive earlier and cancel our original stop for that night.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading south:
An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
Entering I-5 South:
Hey, hay!
Rice field:
Our coach on traffic cams:
Swimming pool:
Rest area:
Woodland bridge:
Sacramento River:
Sacramento:
Paladin touching my foot:
Aquaduct:
Fuel stop:
Interesting pea soup restaurant:
San Luis Reservoir:
Exit to Hollister:
School bus:
A trailer that didn’t disconnect the water hose and electrical cable; not a great way to travel:
Road to Thousand Trails:
Thousand Trails San Benito:
Narrow bridge:
Our site:
Red Bluff KOA Journey
We stayed at Red Bluff KOA Journey in Red Bluff, California. (Campground Reviews listing.)
Our second stay here. One of the nicest KOAs, though a pity about the location near a noisy freeway and train track. We enjoyed walking across the road to a Shari’s for dinner.
Dates:
- Check in: 2025-10-19
- Check out: 2025-10-20
- 1 night
Weather:
- Sunny
- High temp 78°F, low 52°F
- Some wind, gusts to 22 MPH
Noise:
- Nearby freeway noise
- Occasional train horn noise
- Little neighbor noise (some dogs)
Site:
- #114, pull-through, concrete
- Didn’t need to disconnect toad, and didn’t, since only one night
- Level site; used hydraulic leveling, since on concrete
- Concrete driveway about 63 feet long by 15 feet wide
- 13 feet to neighbor on passenger side
- 0-23 feet to road on driver side
- Picnic table
- No fire pit
- Some trees
- Clean site
- Elevation 280 feet, front facing west
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located
- 70 PSI water, conveniently located
- Didn’t connect sewer
Internet (in usage priority order):
- Starlink: 80-134 Mbps down, 24-30 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
- RoamLink: 44 Mbps down, 14 Mbps up, 145 ms ping (RoamLink uses whichever is best of AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile)
- AT&T: 340-360 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up, 40 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
- Campground Wi-Fi: not used
Amenities:
- Garbage pickup from site
- Pool
See our previous review on Campground Reviews.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site:
Other sites:
See our first visit for more photos. We’d be happy to stay here again.
Video: Sutherlin, Oregon to Red Bluff, California motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 285 miles from Sutherlin, Oregon to Red Bluff, California.
Travel from Sutherlin, Oregon to Red Bluff, California
We drove our coach 285 miles, about six hours of driving, from Sutherlin, Oregon to Red Bluff, California.
A long drive, but all on I-5, so pretty easy and familiar.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading south:
An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
I-5 South:
Rainy:
“Slow Down”:
Misty mountains:
Examples of various solutions for transporting a side-by-side — motorhome towing, toy hauler, and truck camper towing:
Rest area:
Crossover intersection:
Fuel stop:
Me taking a photo of Jenn taking a photo of Paladin:
Jenn’s photo:
Southern Oregon hills:
Ashland:
“Siskiyou Mountain Summit, elevation 4310 feet, highest elevation on I-5”:
“Oregon Thanks You, Come Back Soon”:
“Welcome to California”:
Agricultural Inspection Station:
Junk cars in a rest area:
Shasta Lake:
KOA:
Our site:
Sutherlin/Umpqua Valley KOA Holiday
We stayed at Sutherlin/Umpqua Valley KOA Holiday in Sutherlin, Oregon. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A KOA in an old drive-in movie theater, which still shows movies on the projection screen, and provided a viewing area with chairs and fire pits. The movie sound is played out loud, and can be tuned on a radio station for people who want to watch from inside their RV (for the sites that have a view of the screen, as ours did).
Dates:
- Check in: 2025-10-17
- Check out: 2025-10-19
- 2 nights
Weather:
- Partly sunny
- High temps 62-70°F, lows 45-47°F
- Little wind, gusts to 13 MPH
Noise:
- Little road noise
- No train horn noise
- Little neighbor noise
- Movie noise in evening
Site:
- #86, pull-through, gravel
- Didn’t need to disconnect toad, parked behind coach
- Mostly level site; a little high on passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
- Gravel driveway about 55 feet long by 12 feet wide
- 12 feet to neighbors on both sides
- Fence between sites
- Patio table and chairs
- Bench seat
- Propane fire pit
- A tall tree
- Clean site
- Elevation 540 feet, front facing north
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located
- 40 PSI water, conveniently located
- Loose sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)
Internet (in usage priority order):
- RoamLink: 40-52 Mbps down, 6 Mbps up, 140 ms ping (RoamLink uses whichever is best of AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile)
- AT&T: 60-260 Mbps down, 14-16 Mbps up, 40 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
- Campground Wi-Fi: not measured
- Starlink: not used
Amenities:
- Garbage dumpsters
- Movie screen
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site:
Hey look, the driver-side slide out for the first time in four months!
A nice fenced patio:
Convenient utilities:
Movie screen, viewed from our site:
Other sites:
The movies were a bit noisy, but over before quiet time, and a fun novelty. We’d be happy to stay here again.