Travel from Wake Forest, North Carolina to Emporia, Virginia

We drove our coach 111 miles, about two hours of driving, from Wake Forest, North Carolina to Emporia, Virginia.

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

Map

An interactive map:

Leaving the campground; a nice view:

Leaving campground

Falls Lake:

Falls Lake

Route 1 North:

Route 1 North

I-85 North:

I-85 North

Welcome to Virginia:

Welcome to Virginia

Welcome center:

Welcome center

Rest area lunch stop:

Rest area lunch stop

Route 58 East:

Route 58 East

Brodnax water tower:

Brodnax water tower

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

I-95 North:

I-95 North

Exit to KOA:

Exit to KOA

Arriving at KOA:

Arriving at KOA

Guided to our site:

Guided to our site

Travel from Charleston, South Carolina to Wake Forest, North Carolina

We drove our coach 301 miles, about five hours of driving, from Charleston, South Carolina to Wake Forest, North Carolina.

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

Route map

An interactive map:

Preparing to leave our site:

Preparing to leave our site

Nice looking but mildly concerning trees overhanging the road:

Nice looking but mildly concerning trees overhanging the road

Approaching Charleston:

Approaching Charleston

Roadworks:

Roadworks

Exit to I-95 North:

Exit to I-95 North

Rest area, unusual in that truck parking is through the car parking:

Rest area, unusual in that truck parking is through the car parking

Paladin looking at Lake Marion bridge:

Paladin looking at Lake Marion bridge

Petro fuel stop:

Petro fuel stop

$206.27 for 57 gallons of diesel before discount:

$206.27 for 57 gallons of diesel before discount

Iron Skillet lunch:

Iron Skillet lunch

Back to our coach:

Back to our coach

Hello fellow Tiffin Allegro Bus:

Hello fellow Tiffin Allegro Bus

South of the Border:

South of the Border

Welcome to North Carolina:

Welcome to North Carolina

Sleepy Paladin:

Sleepy Paladin

Rest area:

Rest area

An interesting building:

An interesting building

Arriving at Holly Point Campground in Falls Lake State Recreation Area:

Arriving at Holly Point Campground in Falls Lake State Recreation Area

Entrance station:

Entrance station

Arriving at our site:

Arriving at our site

Travel from Saint Marys, Georgia to Charleston, South Carolina

We drove our coach 214 miles, about five hours of driving, from Saint Marys, Georgia to Charleston, South Carolina.

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

Route map

An interactive map:

Joining I-95 North:

Joining I-95 North

Bridge:

Bridge

Buc-ees under construction:

Buc-ees under construction

Rest area:

Rest area

Paladin on the driver chair:

Paladin on the driver chair

Rainy:

Rainy

Having a snack while watching the map showing lightning nearby:

Snack and lightning nearby

US Air Force plane outside an Air Force museum:

US Air Fore plane

Heavy traffic:

Heavy traffic

Welcome to South Carolina:

Welcome to South Carolina

Rest area:

Rest area

Charleston exit:

Charleston exit

Arriving at James Island County Park:

Arriving at James Island County Park

Check in:

Check in

Arriving at our site:

Arriving at our site

Travel from Wauchula, Florida to Saint Marys, Georgia

We drove our coach 273 miles, about five hours of driving, from Wauchula, Florida to Saint Marys, Georgia.

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

Route map

An interactive map:

A tight corner leaving the campground, made more tricky by vehicles parked close to the road, but we didn’t have any difficulties:

Tight corner leaving campground

I-4 East:

I-4 East

Rest area:

Rest area

Heavy traffic and an RV on the side of the freeway:

Heavy traffic and RV on the side of the freeway

RV on the side of the freeway

Traffic cams with our coach:

Traffic cam with our coach

Traffic cam with our coach

Passing downtown Orlando:

Downtown Orlando

I-95 North; we appreciate road markings on lanes to make it very clear where we need to be:

I-95 North

Snuggly Paladin:

Snuggly Paladin

Snuggly Paladin

Handy rest area truck parking spaces available sign:

Handy rest area truck parking space available sign

Rest area:

Rest area

I suspect they don’t want anyone parking there:

I suspect they don't want anyone parking there

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

$296.20 of diesel, before our discount:

$296.20 of diesel, before our discount

Rainy:

Rainy

The Napoleon Bonaparte Broward bridge aka Dames Point bridge in Jacksonville, lost in the clouds. Apparently some Floridians are scared of this bridge, because it’s so high (and Floridians aren’t used to high places, being such a flat state!):

Bridge lost in the clouds

Thank you for visiting Florida:

Thank you for visiting Florida

Welcome to Georgia, state of inconveniently-placed poles:

Welcome to Georgia

Sub outside Kings Bay Sub Base:

Sub outside Kings Bay Sub Base

Crooked River State Park:

Crooked River State Park

Our site:

Our site

Travel from Clermont to Wauchula, Florida

We drove our coach 68 miles, about 1.5 hours of driving, from Clermont to Wauchula, Florida.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading south (though we actually took the route closer to Lakeland):

Route map

An interactive map, showing our actual route:

Pulling out of our site:

Pulling out of our site

Line to leave TTO:

Line to leave TTO

A gate ranger collecting site tags:

Ranger collecting site tags

Can only turn right out of TTO, so we needed to do a U-turn to head south; we’d done it before, so know it’s easy for us:

Preparing to do U-turn

Another RV doing the U-turn:

Another RV doing the U-turn

Us doing the U-turn; doesn’t look like it here, but there was heaps of room, didn’t even need to go into the bike lane:

Us doing the U-turn; easy

Passing an accident:

Accident

I-4 West:

I-4 West

Route 570 toll road:

Route 570 toll road

Route 98 South:

Route 98 South

Turn:

Turn

17 / 98 South:

17 / 98 South

Paladin on the dash:

Paladin on the dash

An interesting building in Bowling Green:

An interesting building in Bowling Green

Arriving at Thousnd Trails Peace River:

Arriving at Thousnd Trails Peace River

Check in line:

Check in line