Freeways, highways, and other roads as we move the coach from one site to another. Plus cat pics.
We drove our coach 254 miles, about five hours of driving, from Youngstown to Richfield Springs, New York.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading east:
An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
Not heading to Canada:
Bridge:
Tolls:
Bridge:
Exit to I-290 East:
Exit to I-90 East:
Rest area:
BK for lunch:
Roadworks:
Another rest area:
Yet another rest area:
Paladin on the dash:
Rainy:
Arriving at KOA:
Our site:
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 213 miles from Newbury, Ohio to Youngstown, New York.
We drove our coach 213 miles, about four hours of driving, from Newbury, Ohio to Youngstown, New York.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading northeast:
An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
Rain pouring off slide topper:
Needed to return the laminated parking pass:
Road near Newbury, Ohio:
I-90 East:
Fuel stop:
BK for lunch:
Paladin on the dash when we returned to our coach:
Toe beans:
Paladin on the dash when underway:
Welcome to Pennsylvania:
A truck took the curve too fast, and rolled over; that’s going to take a while to clean up:
Welcome to New York:
New York Tollway:
Service plaza parking:
Not something you see on a trailer every day:
Text stop parking area; a good idea:
Buffalo:
Tonawanda bridge:
Welcome to the City of Niagara Falls; we avoided the Niagara Scenic Parkway due to the 12’ 0” height restriction (we are 11’ 7”, rather close):
And definitely avoided accidentally heading to Canada:
Arriving at Four Mile Creek State Park:
Our site:
Our coach:
Little did we know we’d be here a little longer than expected….
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 238 miles from Shipshewana, Indiana to Newbury, Ohio.
We drove our coach 238 miles, about five hours of driving, from Shipshewana, Indiana to Newbury, Ohio.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading east:
An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
Departing; we cut through the empty site in front of us for an easier exit:
Amish rush hour:
Angola roundabout column:
“Welcome to Ohio, the heart of it all”:
Ohio Turnpike:
The Ohio Turnpike service plazas have RV hookups, with 20, 30, and 50 amp electricity, and nearby potable water and dump station, for only $20. Though limited to 40 feet; we could only fit if we disconnected our truck and parked it elsewhere:
Huge truck parking area:
Tiffin River Service Plaza — notable for us as we have a Tiffin motorhome:
BK for lunch:
Plus Starbucks coffee:
Back to our coach:
Back on the Ohio Turnpike, aka I-80 and I-90:
Covered pile in a maintenance area, I guess sand or salt for snow:
Another Ohio Turnpike toll plaza:
Another large service plaza:
Rough road:
They weren’t kidding:
Yet another large service plaza:
Exiting the turnpike:
I-480 East:
Big geodesic dome over the world HQ of ASM International:
Punderson State Park:
Camping check-in station:
Our site… once again, not entirely level:
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 220 miles from Buckley, Michigan to Shipshewana, Indiana.
We drove our coach 220 miles, about four hours of driving, from Buckley, Michigan to Shipshewana, Indiana.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading south:
An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
Detour due to a parade:
Downhill:
US-131 South:
Rest area:
Nice sploot:
Heavy traffic:
Grand Rapids:
Fuel stop:
“The Kalamazoo Promise”:
US-131 South:
“More to Discover in Indiana”, but where’s the pride in the sign?
An Amish buggy with a trailer:
Amish buggy parking:
Our destination:
Pull forward to register:
Our site for one night:
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 323 miles from St Clair to Buckley, Michigan.
We drove our coach 323 miles, about five hours of driving, from St Clair to Buckley, Michigan.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading northwest:
An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
I-69 West:
Rest area:
Flint Strong water:
North towards Saginaw:
I-75 North:
Rest area:
Paladin on the dash:
Route 10 West:
Speed Limit 75, Truck Speed 65, Minimum Speed 55:
Rest area:
I like this style of passing lane, where the dotted line strongly suggests moving right:
Arriving at KOA:
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 249 miles from Ravenna, Ohio to St Clair, Michigan.