A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 243 miles from Paris, Texas to Scott, Arkansas.
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Freeways, highways, and other roads as we move the coach from one site to another. Plus cat pics.
Travel from Paris, Texas to Scott, Arkansas
We drove our coach 243 miles, about four hours of driving, from Paris, Texas to Scott, Arkansas.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading east:
An interactive map:
Depressions in the grass from our neighbor’s jacks and tires, due to rain making the ground a little soft:
Our coach:
I put a couple of tiles below the AquaHot exhaust, but the surrounding grass still got a little singed:
Our jack pads got embedded in the soft ground; not too difficult to pull out. The larger pads help spread the load, though, and better than having the jacks get stuck in the ground:
Leaving the full hookup area:
Solar section:
Onto I-30 East:
A fuel stop:
As usual, we paid less than this, due to our fuel discount card:
Back on I-30 East:
The Texas overpasses had the Lone Star and state outline:
Texarkana water tower:
Welcome to Arkansas:
The Arkansas overpasses had a less distinctive state outline (reminded me of a Solo cup):
A lunch stop at Southfork Restaurant in Gurdon, Arkansas:
Truck parking:
Paladin on the passenger chair:
Our coach parked with trucks:
Into the restaurant:
Menu (they also have burgers and such, but we were in the mood for breakfast):
Super slow service, but over an hour later we got our breakfast for lunch:
We’d ordered biscuits with our breakfast, but they only had one, so provided extra potatoes and lots of toast instead:
Back to our coach:
Back on I-30 East:
Arkadelphia water tower:
Fun with zoom:
Oversize load:
Rough road:
Fun with zoom:
Narrow road due to roadworks:
Slow truck:
Overpass:
Arkansas River:
Exit to Scott:
An unmarked turn to the park:
Residential road:
Entering Willow Beach Park:
Park entrance station:
Campsites:
Our site (the back-in with the shelter):
Our coach after untoading:
Our site; a bit of a slope on the driveway, but a flat concrete pad:
Video: Texarkana to Paris, Texas motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 93 miles from Texarkana, Texas to Paris, Texas.
Travel from Texarkana to Paris, Texas
We drove our coach 93 miles, about two hours of driving, from Texarkana, Texas to Paris, Texas.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:
An interactive map:
Frontage road to I-30 West:
I-30 West:
Exit 199:
Water tower:
Building transport:
US Highway 82:
We stopped at a picnic area for lunch:
Stillhouse Road exit:
Arriving at the Paris fairgrounds for an Escapees/Xscapers gathering for the total solar eclipse:
Heading to our spot:
Video: Scott, Arkansas to Texarkana, Texas motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 151 miles from Scott, Arkansas to Texarkana, Texas.
Travel from Scott, Arkansas to Texarkana, Texas
We drove our coach 151 miles, about two hours of driving, from Scott, Arkansas to Texarkana, Texas.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading southwest:
An interactive map:
We didn’t have a sewer hookup at the campground, so our gray and black tanks were getting rather full:
Following the coach to the dump station:
We used the dump station on the way out to empty our waste tanks, and hooked up our toad there:
On I-440 West, crossing the Arkansas River:
I-440 joined I-30 West:
A vintage trailer:
Roadworks:
Rather narrow lanes, with close barriers, aren’t much fun with a wide coach:
Our coach on a traffic cam:
Rest area stop:
Cute little trailer:
Back on I-30:
Oversize load (not sure what they’re carrying):
Arkadelphia:
Passing Hope, Arkansas; President Clinton’s birthplace:
Yellow field:
Texarkana, which (you may be surprised to learn) spans Texas and Arkansas:
The “Welcome to Texas” sign is across the road from our destination:
KOA:
Our site for one night:
Video: Red Bay, Alabama to Scott, Arkansas motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 282 miles from Red Bay, Alabama to Scott, Arkansas.
Travel from Red Bay, Alabama to Scott, Arkansas
We drove our coach 282 miles, about five hours of driving, from Red Bay, Alabama to Scott, Arkansas.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:
An interactive map:
Toading up:
Welcome to Mississippi:
I-22 West:
Passing by Natchez Trace Parkway:
Fun with zoom:
Bathroom stop at a truck stop:
Fun with zoom:
Entering Tennessee:
Vintage trailer:
Emergency vehicles:
The fourth state of this travel day, “Welcome to Arkansas”… hopefully the people in this accident took the advice to “buckle up for safety”:
Small sternwheeler:
Fuel stop:
52 gallons of diesel (we paid less than the pump price due to our fuel discount card):
Rough road:
Rest stop:
Paladin:
He reached out to touch my foot:
Towns named Scott and England:
Willow Beach Park:
Campsites:
Our site:
Video: Pine Mountain, Georgia to Red Bay, Alabama motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 279 miles from Pine Mountain, Georgia to Red Bay, Alabama.
Travel from Pine Mountain, Georgia to Red Bay, Alabama
We drove our coach 279 miles, about five hours of driving, from Pine Mountain, Georgia to Red Bay, Alabama.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading northwest:
An interactive map:
Leaving the campground:
A very narrow road in the campground:
Roadworks:
Historic LaGrange:
LaGrange park:
LaGrange College:
We drove over an object on the road (couldn’t avoid it), and saw in the rear-view camera that it was dragging from the rear of the coach:
So we stopped at the next opportunity, and I went out to investigate; it turned out to be a bag like for a folding chair, hooked on to the rock guard; I quickly removed it:
I-20 West:
Fuel stop:
Then we parked for lunch:
Popeyes for lunch:
I-22 West:
Fun with zoom:
Bathroom break (in our coach, of course) at a truck stop:
Paladin mid-yawn:
Welcome to Mississippi:
MS-76:
Highway:
Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama:
Arriving at Red Bay Acres:
Our site:
