A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 244 miles from San Diego, California to Bakersfield, California.
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Freeways, highways, and other roads as we move the coach from one site to another. Plus cat pics.
Travel from San Diego to Bakersfield, California
We drove our coach 244 miles, about four hours of driving, from San Diego, California to Bakersfield, California.
Here’s the map route, heading northwest:
Interactive map:
Leaving the RV park:
Plane:
Plane taking off:
Church:
Paladin:
Lagoon:
U-pick strawberries:
Rest area:
An easy lunch, prefab charcuterie:
We were amused by the “Butts Only Box”:
Paladin:
Heavy traffic:
Paladin prefers looking out the small window in the door from the steps, so I’ve been leaving the step cover open, and using the footrest instead:
Rocket:
Horrible roads in the LA area — concrete is not a good material for roads:
Cathedral:
More bad roads:
Green hills with flowers:
Fuel stop:
More flowers:
Bridge building:
Our destination:
Video: Orange to San Diego, California motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 99 miles from Orange, California to San Diego, California.
Travel from Orange to San Diego, California
We drove our coach 99 miles, about two hours of driving, from Orange (Los Angeles), California to San Diego, California.
Here’s the map route, heading south:
An interactive map, showing our stops and potential stops:
Leaving the RV park; Jenn drove our coach around the block to the check-in area so we could toad up:
Paladin on the steps; this has become one of his favorite places for travel days, so I’m happy to leave the step cover open for him:
Bright green hills:
I-5 freeway traffic:
The Pacific Ocean and yellow flowers:
A stop at a rest area to kill some time (since it was a relatively short drive) and have lunch:
Annoyingly, the truck parking was overrun with cars:
Back to heavy I-5 freeway traffic:
Heading to Chula Vista:
Checking in:
We had a back-in site, so I untoaded while Jenn checked in, then followed the coach to the site:
Our site before parking:
Video: Palm Desert to Orange, California motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 103 miles from Palm Desert, California to Orange, California.
Travel from Palm Desert to Orange, California
We drove our coach 103 miles, about two hours of driving, from Palm Desert, California to Orange (Los Angeles), California.
Here’s the map route, heading west:
An interactive map of our route, with potential stops marked:
Leaving our site:
Toading up:
Leaving the campground:
Palm Springs overpass:
There were lots of yellow flowers below the wind turbines:
A stop at a rest area:
A school bus next to us at the rest area:
Exit:
Green hills:
Snowy mountains:
Exit:
Castle Park theme park:
Heavy traffic:
Green hills:
Exit:
Honda Center:
Our destination, Orangeland RV Park:
Guided to our site by a guy on a Segway; the site was that empty one on the left, but we needed to loop around the block to get into it:
Going the wrong way, and crossing grass, to pull through into our site:
Video: Yermo to Palm Desert, California motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 146 miles from Yermo to Palm Desert, California.
Travel from Yermo to Palm Desert, California
We drove our coach 146 miles, about three hours of driving, from Yermo, California to Palm Desert, California.
Here’s the map route, heading south:
Interactive map, showing our stops and other potential stops:
Truck lane:
Fuel stop:
Paladin in the steps:
Highway CA-247:
Cafe 247, an interesting lunch stop with parking big enough for us:
They were having a motorcycle gathering, which made it feel like a biker bar, but wasn’t:
We bought a loaf from Banana Bread Man out front:
8% grade:
Highway CA-62:
Wind turbines:
Mountains:
Palm Springs:
Our destination:
Video: Death Valley to Yermo, California motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 169 miles from Death Valley, California to Yermo, California.
Travel from Death Valley to Yermo, California
We drove our coach 169 miles, about three hours of driving, from Death Valley, California to Yermo, California.
Here’s the map route, heading south:
Interactive map, showing our stops:
Leaving the campground:
Leaving Death Valley:
Paladin sleeping:
Paladin in an unapproved place; he was freaking out a bit; sometimes he forgets about travel days:
“Thanks for Experiencing Your National Park”:
Bumpy road:
Motorcycles:
The sign could use a refresh:
A roadside stop for a break:
Interesting hills:
A straight road; using a high zoom really emphasizes the bumps:
Lunch stop in Baker, with a nice big truck/RV parking area; always appreciated:
The World’s Tallest Thermometer:
We had lunch at the Mad Greek Cafe:
The Thermometer again:
EddieWorld, apparently California’s largest gas station (looks pretty small compared to Buc-ees in Texas, but we haven’t actually visited either):
Ghost Town Road:
Our destination:
