A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 146 miles from New Orleans, Louisiana to Spanish Fort, Alabama, including a picture-in-picture from the 360 camera on the truck being towed behind the coach.
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Freeways, highways, and other roads as we move the coach from one site to another. Plus cat pics.
Travel from New Orleans, Louisiana to Spanish Fort, Alabama
We drove our coach 146 miles, about 2 hours of driving, from New Orleans, Louisiana to Spanish Fort, Alabama.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading northeast:
An interactive map with potential stops; we actually only stopped at the Flying J:
Preparing to leave our site:
Hooking up our truck, with the City of New Orleans paddleboat in the background:
Rail crossing and onramp:
Drawbridge:
Bridge:
Another drawbridge:
I-10:
“Welcome to Mississippi”:
We stopped at a Flying J truck stop for lunch:
The truck parking was rather full. With our toad attached we can’t back up, and this parking area has back-to-back spots, so we could only park where there was two adjacent ones empty so we could pull through. It was a difficult turn and tight squeeze, but Jenn’s driving skills got it done:
This Flying J has a Denny’s restaurant, so we had lunch there:
I tried a rather decadent “choconana pancake slam”, just to be different:
Jenn’s was a bit more conventional:
Back to our coach:
“I love the way you look at me” Buc-ee’s billboard… a little creepy, perhaps:
I had fun spotting our coach passing by on traffic cameras:
Bridge:
An amusing info sign: “Cats have 9 lives. You are not a cat. Buckle up”:
Another traffic camera:
Alabama state line:
“Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama”:
I think these are electrical transformers:
Another couple of glimpses of our coach on Alabama traffic cameras:
Mobile, Alabama:
A tunnel under the Mobile River:
You can see it curving downward as it goes under the river:
USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park:
Our destination for the next two weeks, Meaher State Park:
Check out the video from this drive, which includes a picture-in-picture of the view from the truck behind our coach.
Travel from Toomsuba, Mississippi to New Orleans, Louisiana
We drove our coach 208 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Toomsuba, Mississippi to New Orleans, Louisiana.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading southwest:
An interactive map:
Back along the narrow road from the campground:
We stopped at the Loves truck stop to use their CAT scale to weigh our coach and truck:
The results are much the same as previous times, though the truck is heavier, no doubt due to the addition of the canopy and slide; all still within the limits:
Heading onto I-59 south:
The truck parking areas have totally reassuring signs saying “No Security Provided”; we have to wonder what incident caused them to add such signs:
Lots of space in this parking area:
Roadworks:
Another parking area stop; a little smaller and busier, but we found a spot:
“Welcome to Louisiana” sign:
Twin span bridge over Lake Pontchartrain:
Old bridge segment, I guess? Now a fishing pier:
Drawbridge:
Chef Menteur Highway bridge:
Abandoned buildings on the road to our destination:
Arriving at our destination:
Guided to our site:
We had a pull-in waterfront spot for two weeks:
Unfortunately no travel video again today; I didn’t notice that it had filled up and wasn’t recording until after this trip.
Travel from Red Bay, Alabama to Toomsuba, Mississippi
We drove our coach 180 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Red Bay, Alabama to Toomsuba, Mississippi.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading southeast:
An interactive map:
Leaving the Red Bay Acres RV park:
“Welcome to Mississippi”:
Highway 76:
Exit to I-22:
I-22:
Tombigbee River:
A momentary loss of visibility from farm dust:
The speed limit signs also have a minimum speed, unusually:
Exit to Tupelo:
We stopped for lunch at Tin Lizzie Cafe in West Point, Mississippi:
BLT (without the tomato) and “tater babies” wedges:
The highway had frequent turnaround lanes:
Paladin asleep next to the passenger chair:
Highway 45:
Exit to I-20:
I-20:
TA fuel stop:
The pump price was $371.99 for 107 gallons of diesel (thirsty coach!), though we actually paid less, thanks to our Open Roads discount (see below):
The slowest DEF pump; it took 10 minutes to pump five gallons:
$23.69 for 5.779 gallons of DEF:
The Open Roads statement indicated that we saved $30.65 on the diesel (the DEF isn’t discounted):
A narrow road to our destination:
And a narrower road:
Our destination, a KOA Journey:
Our site:
Unfortunately no travel video today; my dashcam had filled up and failed to record.
Video: Memphis, Tennessee to Red Bay, Alabama motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 139 miles from Memphis, Tennessee to Red Bay, Alabama.
Travel from Memphis, Tennessee to Red Bay, Alabama
We drove our coach 139 miles, about 2 hours of driving, from Memphis, Tennessee to Red Bay, Alabama.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading southeast:
An interactive map:
“Welcome to Mississippi” sign (just passing through):
Building transportation:
Our coach at a truck stop for lunch:
Menu:
Breakfast for lunch:
River:
“Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama” sign:
Exit to Red Bay:
Hotel Red Bay:
Our destination, Red Bay Acres RV Resort:
General Store:
Heading to our site:
Our site (#31):
Video: Hot Springs, Arkansas to Memphis, Tennessee motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 196 miles from Hot Springs, Arkansas to Memphis, Tennessee.
Travel from Hot Springs, Arkansas to Memphis, Tennessee
We drove our coach 196 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Hot Springs, Arkansas to Memphis, Tennessee.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading east:
An interactive map:
Leaving the RV park:
Bubba’s, where we got tasty food during our stay:
An uncomfortably narrow lane due to roadworks:
A break at some truck parking:
I had fun watching traffic cameras to spot us driving by; yes, that’s our coach and truck in the right lane at the bottom:
Another traffic camera showing us:
And another one, showing us from the other direction:
Another snapshot:
Another stop at truck parking:
A snapshot:
A bridge over the Mississippi River into Tennessee; a big milestone for us, crossing this major river for the first time:
Dissapointingly, there was no sign marking the occasion. Probably due to roadworks (with uncomfortably narrow lanes again):
Our destination, Graceland RV Park:
The office:
Our site before parking:
Video: Russellville to Hot Springs, Arkansas motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 128 miles from Russellville, Arkansas to Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Travel from Russellville to Hot Springs, Arkansas
We drove our coach 128 miles, about 2 hours of driving, from Russellville, Arkansas to Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading east then south then west:
An interactive map of our route:
We had planned to take a more direct but curvier highway route, below, but it was raining heavily, so opted for the slightly longer but safer Interstate route, above:
Rain off the slide topper:
A bit flooded next to the wet bay:
After bringing in the slides, there were a bunch of leaves on the topper:
Our truck hooked up to our coach; the tow bar lit up:
Lake:
We saw a new icon on the Mobileye guidance system, which I had to look up; a little yellow eyeball, indicating that the device had low visibility:
Unsurprising, since it was rather rainy and foggy:
The name “Toad Suck” amuses us:
A break at some truck parking:
Breathe in:
Fuel stop:
A stop we regretted, as we didn’t get the advertised fuel discount, and the pump limited us to 35 gallons, so we did three transactions:
I-30:
Overpass:
Our destination:
Our coach about to back in to our site:
