Freeways, highways, and other roads as we move the coach from one site to another. Plus cat pics.
We drove our coach 198 miles, about three hours of driving, from Oakdale, Wisconsin to Maple Grove, Minnesota.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading northwest:
An interactive map:
Checklist:
Lunch stop:
Paladin on the dash while leaving the truck stop:
Roadworks:
Rest area:
I-94:
Chimney:
Minnesota Welcomes You:
Rest area:
Crossover:
Our destination, another KOA:
Guided to our site:
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 186 miles from Cascade, Iowa to Oakdale, Wisconsin.
We drove our coach 186 miles, about three hours of driving, from Cascade, Iowa to Oakdale, Wisconsin.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:
An interactive map:
1873 building in Cascade:
Curve tightens:
Interesting bridge:
Bull Durham:
Shiny:
Dubuque bridge:
Wisconsin Welcomes You:
We lay Paladin’s tower on its side on the bed while traveling; he sat inside the box:
Barn:
Fun with zoom:
Mount Horeb:
Trolls:
Jet, tank, helicopter:
Paint testing:
Overpass artwork:
Interesting rocks:
Mouse standing on cheese:
Our destination, a KOA Journey:
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 250 miles from Rochester, Illinois to Cascade, Iowa.
We drove our coach 250 miles, about five hours of driving, from Rochester, Illinois to Cascade, Iowa.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:
An interactive map:
Peoria:
A weird trailer:
Roadworks:
A helicopter dusting corn:
Paladin in his dash bed on the freeway; very unusual for him, though he’s been getting more comfortable staying there for a few minutes before jumping down:
Flooded road:
Welcome to Iowa:
Paladin asleep:
Iowa 80 truck stop, the world’s largest truck stop:
A very Iowa fun with zoom:
Barn:
Wapsipinicon River:
Oxford Junction:
Corn:
Onslow:
We had to do a long detour due to a closed road:
Cascade:
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 165 miles from Sullivan, Missouri to Rochester, Illinois.
We drove our coach 165 miles, about three hours of driving, from Sullivan, Missouri to Rochester, Illinois.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading northeast:
An interactive map:
Toading up:
“Impassable during high water”; it was raining, but not flooded yet:
Rain:
Nearby tornado warning:
Heavy rain:
Emergency Alert, flash flood warning; totally fine time to be traveling:
The other side of the freeway was flooded, with water up to the top of the barrier, and a (presumably) broken down car:
“Water over roadway”:
Flooding beside the freeway:
Rest area:
Roadworks with a narrow lane:
KOA on KOA Road:
One-lane bridge:
Narrow road:
Our site:
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 255 miles from Elberfeld, Indiana to Sullivan, Missouri.
We drove our coach 255 miles, about five hours of driving, from Elberfeld, Indiana to Sullivan, Missouri.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:
An interactive map:
Water lilies:
Heading on to I-69 North:
Pulling up a yellow stripe:
Love’s fuel stop:
87.122 gallons of diesel for $367.57; we saved $58.42 off that pump price via our fuel discount card:
Bridge roadworks:
Wabash River:
“Welcome to Illinois”:
We haven’t seen a pump jack for a while:
More bridge roadworks:
Rest area:
Crossover roadworks:
An interestingly shaped trailer (a mobile stage):
Another rest area:
A sign that says “After 11 hours driving, you need 10 hours rest”; we prefer to drive only two hours, but will go up to six on interstates, and stay at least one night when “sprinting”, preferably one to two weeks:
Our first glimpse of the Gateway Arch:
“Missouri Welcomes You”:
Six Flags theme park, yep, with six flags out front:
Approaching our destination, Meramec State Park:
Our site:
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 165 miles from Park City, Kentucky to Elberfeld, Indiana.