Travel from Ocean View, New Jersey to Lebanon, Pennsylvania

We drove our coach 162 miles, about three hours of driving, from Ocean View, New Jersey to Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

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

Map

An interactive map:

Taking out the trash on the way out of the campground:

Taking out the trash on the way out of the campground

Tollway:

Tollway

Bridge over Great Egg Harbor Bay:

Bridge over Great Egg Harbor Bay

Walt Whitman Bridge over Delaware River:

Walt Whitman Bridge over Delaware River

Wide toll plaza:

Wide toll plaza

Philadelphia:

Philadelphia

Heavy traffic:

Heavy traffic

St John the Baptist church:

St John the Baptist church

Another toll plaza:

Another toll plaza

Very close roadworks barrier:

Very close roadworks barrier

Paladin on the dash leaving a rest area:

Paladin on the dash leaving a rest area

Another super-narrow toll plaza:

Another super-narrow toll plaza

Heading towards Hershey:

Heading towards Hershey

Chicken:

Chicken

Thousand Trails:

Thousand Trails

Following our coach to our site:

Following coach to our site

Our site:

Our site

Travel from College Park, Maryland to Ocean View, New Jersey

We drove our coach 164 miles, about three hours of driving, from College Park, Maryland to Ocean View, New Jersey.

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

Map

An interactive map:

Fort McHenry Tunnel, under the Baltimore harbor:

Fort McHenry Tunnel under the Baltimore harbor

Fort McHenry Tunnel under the Baltimore harbor

Fort McHenry Tunnel under the Baltimore harbor

Roadworks with a very close barrier on I-95 North:

Roadworks with a very close barrier on I-95 North

Rest stop:

Rest stop

Crab for lunch… a mistake, as it took about 25 minutes to get the food:

Crab for lunch

Crab for lunch

Susquehanna River:

Susquehanna River

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Welcome to Delaware, blink and you’ll miss it:

Welcome to Delaware, blink and you'll miss it

Toll plaza:

Toll plaza

Delaware Memorial Bridge:

Delaware Memorial Bridge

Delaware Memorial Bridge

Welcome to New Jersey:

Welcome to New Jersey

Truck rest area:

Truck rest area

Muffler man statue:

Muffler man

Our destination:

Our destination

Travel from Gloucester, Virginia to College Park, Maryland

We drove our coach 178 miles, about three hours of driving, from Gloucester, Virginia to College Park, Maryland.

We had planned to drive double that distance to our next destination, which would have been over six hours driving, but we wisely decided to split that up into two legs. We prefer to limit travel days to around three hours.

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

Map

An interactive map:

Leaving our site:

Leaving our site

Exiting the campground:

Exiting the campground

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Drawbridge:

Drawbridge

I-64 West:

I-64 West

I-95 North:

I-95 North

I-95 North

Exit:

Exit

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

Parking with trucks; since we can’t reverse with our toad attached, we need to find back-to-back sites we can pull through:

Parking with trucks

Heading in for lunch:

Heading in for lunch

Popeyes for lunch:

Popeyes for lunch

Back to our coach:

Back to our coach

Paladin on the dash:

Paladin on the dash

Oversize load:

Oversize load

Lots of traffic on the other side:

Lots of traffic on the other side

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Paladin on the dash:

Paladin on the dash

National Museum of the Marine Corps:

National Museum of the Marine Corps

Truck rest area:

Truck rest area

Truck rest area

Heavy traffic:

Heavy traffic

Breakdown?

Breakdown?

“Caution Horses”:

Caution Horses

Lanes divide:

Lanes divide

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge:

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge

Maryland Welcomes You:

Maryland Welcomes You

I-95 and I-495 North:

I-95 and I-495 North

Swoopers; two cars going into the lane in front of us:

Swoopers

Exit to College Park:

Exit to College Park

Arriving at Cherry Hill Park:

Arriving at Cherry Hill Park

Security gate:

Security gate

Our site:

Our site

In order to get to our site we needed to head between cabins to loop around:

Heading between cabins

Approaching our site:

Our site

Travel from Emporia to Gloucester, Virginia

We drove our coach 104 miles, about two hours of driving, from Emporia to Gloucester, Virginia.

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

Map

An interactive map:

I-95 North:

I-95 North

Exit to I-295 North:

Exit to I-295 North

Bridge over James River:

Bridge over James River

James River:

James River

Exit to I-64:

Exit to I-64

Virginia Welcome Center:

Virginia Welcome Center

“Virginia is for Lovers”:

Virginia is for Lovers

Welcome center

Brochures:

Brochures

I collected a bunch:

I collected a bunch

Back to our coach:

Back to our coach

Route 33 east:

Route 33 east

Bridge by a packaging products plant:

Bridge by a packaging products plant

Mattaponi River:

Mattaponi River

Route 198:

Route 198

Arriving at Thousand Trails Cheaspeake Bay:

Arriving at Thousand Trails Cheaspeake Bay

This was the first day the campground was open for the season, so there was a long line to check in. We joined the line at 12:53 (check in started at noon):

Long line to check in

At 13:00:

Long line to check in

At 13:21:

Long line to check in

Guided to our site (unnecessarily, it wasn’t hard to find) at 13:30:

Guided to our site (unnecessarily)

Our site:

Our site

Travel from Wake Forest, North Carolina to Emporia, Virginia

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:

Map

An interactive map:

Leaving the campground; a nice view:

Leaving campground

Falls Lake:

Falls Lake

Route 1 North:

Route 1 North

I-85 North:

I-85 North

Welcome to Virginia:

Welcome to Virginia

Welcome center:

Welcome center

Rest area lunch stop:

Rest area lunch stop

Route 58 East:

Route 58 East

Brodnax water tower:

Brodnax water tower

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

I-95 North:

I-95 North

Exit to KOA:

Exit to KOA

Arriving at KOA:

Arriving at KOA

Guided to our site:

Guided to our site