Travel from Dunnellon to Clermont, Florida

We drove our coach 77 miles, only about 1.5 hours of driving, from Dunnellon, Florida to Clermont, Florida.

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

Route map

An interactive map:

After exiting our (very nice) site and looping around, we passed our site on the way to the check in area to toad up:

Passing our site

Exiting the campground:

Exiting park

A fuel stop:

Fuel stop

Filling the DEF (Diesel Exhaust Fluid):

Filling DEF

“Welcome to Florida’s Turnpike, The Less Stressway”:

Welcome to Florida's Turnpike, The Less Stressway

Toll plaza when exiting the turnpike:

Toll plaza

Arriving at Thousand Trails Orlando:

Thousand Trails Orlando

“Welcome to Thousand Trails Orlando; We Are Family”:

Welcome to Thousand Trails Orlando; We Are Family

A long line to get sites:

Line to get sites

At TTO people go to a parking lot then are guided to a site; you can request an area that you like, and are shown to that section, and can ask for a different site if you don’t like it. Kinda a hybrid between the usual Thousand Trails approach of first-come-first-served, where you roam around and find a vacant site, and the more typical assigned sites approach of other RV parks. Though Thousand Trails is moving to an assigned sites approach.

A bunch of RVs waiting to be guided to a site; this is where motorhomes untoad, too:

Waiting for a site

Guided to our site:

Guided to our site

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:

Route

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:

Toading up at Ho-Hum RV Park

Why does their bear sign look like a polar bear?

Why does their bear sign look like a polar bear?

Goodbye Gulf Coast:

Goodbye Gulf Coast

Lunch stop at Rocky’s 98 gas station:

Rocky's

They had convenient big-rig-sized parking:

Convenient parking

A kitchen with various food options:

Food options

We just grabbed some super-healthy stuff for lunch (and fudge for dessert later):

Lunch

Paladin on the dash:

Paladin on the dash

Turning right in Perry:

Turning right in Perry

Paladin was feeling very snuggly on this trip:

Snuggly Paladin

Snuggly Paladin

Snuggly Paladin

Snuggly Paladin

Snuggly Paladin

“Follow That Dream Parkway”:

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:

Rainbow Springs State Park

Check in parking:

Check in parking

Office:

Office

Our site:

Our site

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:

Route map

An interactive map:

US-231 South:

US-231 South

Lots of routes:

Lots of routes

National Peanut Festival:

National Peanut Festival

Big peanut:

Big peanut

“Welcome to the Free State of Florida”, and “Photo Opportunity at Welcome Center”:

Welcome to the Free State of Florida

“Campbellton, Gateway to Florida”:

Campbellton, Gateway to Florida

Entering I-10 East:

Entering I-10 East

Rest area, our only stop for this trip:

Rest area

Blountstown mural:

Blountstown mural

Crossing Apalachicola River, where we entered Eastern Time Zone:

Crossing Apalachicola River

CR-67, a little narrow, but fine:

CR-67

Lake Morality Road, also narrow, but only a couple of miles:

Lake Morality Road

Arriving at our destination for the rest of 2024, Ho-Hum RV Park:

Arriving at Ho-Hum RV Park

Following the coach to our site:

Following coach to our site

Arriving in our site:

Arriving in our site

Travel from Red Bay to Ozark, Alabama

We drove our coach 288 miles, about five hours of driving, from Red Bay to Ozark, Alabama. (With lots of Paladin pics.)

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

Route map

An interactive map:

A video of Paladin getting pushed by the slide-out coming in while we were preparing the leave; he didn’t care:

Goodbye Red Bay Acres:

Goodbye Red Bay Acres

SR-19:

SR-19

I-22 East:

I-22 East

I-22 East

Lunch stop:

Lunch stop

Back on I-22 East, with Paladin on the dash:

Back on I-22 East, with Paladin on the dash

Paladin on the dash

“Break the drive if sleepy”:

Break the drive if sleepy

Rest area:

Rest area

Paladin on the dash again:

Paladin on the dash again

“End higher fines”… sounds like a protest sign:

End higher fines!

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

Some women admiring Paladin at the fuel stop:

Some women admiring Paladin at a fuel stop

US-231 South:

US-231 South

KOA:

KOA

Guided to our site:

Guided to our site