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:

Route map

An interactive map:

Toading up:

Toading up

Welcome to Mississippi:

Welcome to Mississippi

I-22 West:

I-22 West

Passing by Natchez Trace Parkway:

Natchez Trace Parkway

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Bathroom stop at a truck stop:

Bathroom stop at truck stop

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Entering Tennessee:

Tennessee

Vintage trailer:

Vintage trailer

Bass Pro Shops pyramid:

Bass Pro Shops pyramid

Emergency vehicles:

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”:

Welcome to Arkansas

Small sternwheeler:

Small sternwheeler

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

52 gallons of diesel (we paid less than the pump price due to our fuel discount card):

Fuel stop

Rough road:

Rough road

Rest stop:

Rest stop

Paladin:

Paladin

He reached out to touch my foot:

Paladin

Paladin

Towns named Scott and England:

Scott England

Willow Beach Park:

Willow Beach Park

Campsites:

Campsites

Our site:

Our site

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:

Route map

An interactive map:

Leaving the campground:

Leaving campground

A very narrow road in the campground:

Very narrow road in campground

Very narrow road in campground

Roadworks:

Roadworks

Historic LaGrange:

Historic LaGrange

LaGrange park:

LaGrange park

LaGrange College:

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:

Item dragging from rear of 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:

Bag stuck on rock guard

I-20 West:

I-20 West

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

Then we parked for lunch:

Parked for lunch

Popeyes for lunch:

Popeyes for lunch

Popeyes for lunch

I-20 West

I-22 West:

I-22 West

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Bathroom break (in our coach, of course) at a truck stop:

Bathroom break at truck stop

Paladin mid-yawn:

Paladin mid-yawn

Welcome to Mississippi:

Welcome to Mississippi

MS-76:

MS-76

Highway:

Highway

Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama:

Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama

Arriving at Red Bay Acres:

Red Bay Acres

Our site:

Our site

Travel from Adel to Pine Mountain, Georgia

We drove our coach 191 miles, about four hours of driving, from Adel, Georgia to Pine Mountain, Georgia.

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

Route map

An interactive map, with potential stops marked:

Departing the state park:

Departing

A stop to take out some garbage:

Garbage stop

Bye lake:

Lake

Joining I-75 north:

I-75 north

A cute small fiver:

Cute small fiver

“Georgia for Peanuts”:

Georgia for Peanuts

Separate minimum speed signs really confused our Mobile Eye warning device:

Minimum speed sign

A large rest area:

Large rest area

Paladin sat on the dash during the rest stop, and stayed there until we got back on the freeway, then jumped down:

Paladin on the dash

“Cotton” water tower:

Cotton water tower

A stop opportunity that we didn’t use, but would have worked for us; a business parking lot:

Stop opportunity

Waiting for a train:

Waiting for a train

An interesting building in Reynolds, Georgia:

Interesting building in Reynolds, Georgia

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Entering FD Roosevelt State Park:

FD Roosevelt State Park

Uphill in the park:

Uphill in the park

The visitor center:

Visitor center

Road to the campground:

Road to campground

Lake:

Lake

Our site:

Our site

Travel from Clermont, Florida to Adel, Georgia

We drove our coach 235 miles, about four hours of driving, from Clermont, Florida to Adel, Georgia.

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

Route map

An interactive map, with potential stops marked:

Rain coming off the slide topper:

Rain coming off slide topper

A line to leave TTO:

Line to leave TTO

Line to leave TTO

Citrus Tower:

Citrus Tower

Heading north on Florida’s Turnpike:

Heading north on Florida's Turnpike

Rest stop:

Rest stop

A busy foodcourt:

Busy foodcourt

The Villages golf cart bridge:

The Villages golf cart bridge

I-75:

I-75

A nice colored Prevost bus:

Prevost bus

Motorcycles and wildflowers:

Motorcycles and wildflowers

This car was going very slowly, with a flat tire. Just pull over!

Car with a flat tire

Our coach in traffic cams:

Our coach in traffic cam

Our coach in traffic cam

Our coach in traffic cam

Paladin at a rest stop:

Paladin at rest stop

“Thank you for visiting Florida”:

Thank you for visiting Florida

“Welcome to Georgia”:

Welcome to Georgia

Reed Bingham State Park:

Reed Bingham State Park

Dam:

Dam

Arriving at our site:

Our site

 

Travel from Disney World to Clermont, Florida

We drove our coach just 52 miles, about an hour of driving, from Disney’s Fort Wilderness Campground in Disney World, Florida to Clermont, Florida.

It would actually take less than half an hour to go from Disney World to TTO (our destination), but check out time from Fort Wilderness was 11:00, and check in at TTO is very strictly not before noon, so we drove a longer route, with a fuel stop, to kill some time.

We’re planning to do this again next year, so next time we might instead wait in the Fort Wilderness overflow parking area, and go direct.

Here’s a map showing our route:

Route map

An interactive map:

Leaving the Fort Wilderness campground; we drove separately to a hitch/unhitch area, and toaded up there:

Leaving campground

Leaving campground

This is the overflow parking area, which might be a better place to kill half an hour, if there’s available space:

Overflow parking

Passing the Fort Wilderness entrance:

Fort Wilderness

Leaving the Disney World bubble; it’s been nice:

Leaving Disney World

A Mickey-shaped power pole:

Disney-shaped power pole

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

Fuel stop

Fuel stop

Our DEF (Diesel Exhaust Fluid, an additive to reduce pollutants) tank was about half full, but the DEF nozzle in our fuel lane was out of order, so we bought a Blue DEF box (for the first time):

Blue DEF box

Plane:

Plane

FL-33 highway:

FL-33

Our destination, Thousand Trails Orlando:

Thousand Trails Orlando

TTO gate:

Thousand Trails Orlando

Unlike most Thousand Trails parks, at TTO arrivals go to a central area to await your turn to pick a site from a list of available ones. Since we arrived a bit after noon, there was a line of RVs waiting to get to that area:

Line of RVs

Line of RVs

Line of RVs

We untoaded there:

Untoaded

Following our coach to a site:

Following coach to site

Our site