A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 140 miles from Meyers Flat, California to Crescent City, 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 Meyers Flat to Crescent City, California
We drove our coach 140 miles, about three hours of driving, from Meyers Flat, California to Crescent City, California.
Here’s the map route, heading north:
An interactive map, with potential and actual stops:
Ready to depart:
Not the most successful departure, though; it was a rather tight corner getting out of the site, between a couple of signs, so we had to disconnect the truck so we could back up and try again:
Another sharp corner at the exit:
Outside the RV park was a rather sketchy road:
7% downgrade:
Eel River:
Bridge:
For the first time ever, we stopped at a casino for lunch. We parked behind another coach in the parking lot of Bear River Casino in Loleta, California:
Back on the road:
Interesting murals in Eureka:
A rest area stop:
Inside the coach with slides in:
Low clouds:
Entering Redwood National and State Parks:
Damaged building:
Klamath River bridge:
Roadworks with a temporary bridge:
Trees of Mystery:
Ocean:
More one-way roadworks:
Redwoods:
We tried a Pacific Pride fuel station, to see if it’d work, but it didn’t (which was fine, we didn’t need it, just wanted to try it, since our Open Roads fuel card is the same network, but Pacific Pride is more picky):
Arriving at our destination:
Video: Petaluma to Meyers Flat, California motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 181 miles from Petaluma, California to Meyers Flat, California.
Travel from Petaluma to Meyers Flat, California
We drove our coach 181 miles, about three hours of driving, from Petaluma, California to Meyers Flat, California.
Here’s the map route, heading northwest:
An interactive map, with potential and actual stops:
Ready to depart:
Motorcycles:
Vines:
Bridge:
Lunch stop:
Rough road — hey California, concrete isn’t a good road surface:
Roadworks:
Listening to a Seattle Mariners game via the MLB app:
Cows:
Rest area stop:
Rough road, no kidding:
7% grade:
Warning sign of tight curves:
Yep, a sharp curve:
River:
Redwoods:
Narrow detour:
One-Log House:
Road Narrows, yay:
Very close redwoods:
Legend of Bigfoot:
Bridge:
More roadworks:
River:
Our destination:
Video: Paso Robles to Petaluma, California motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 244 miles from Paso Robles, California to Petaluma, California.
Travel from Paso Robles to Petaluma, California
We drove our coach 244 miles, about four hours of driving, from Paso Robles, California to Petaluma, California.
Here’s the map route, heading northwest:
An interactive map, with potential and actual stops:
A steep hill in the RV park on the way out:
Joining US-101 for our trip up the coast (somewhat inland at this stage):
Listening to a Mariners baseball game, streaming from the MLB app:
Pump jacks; when did we get back to Texas?
Vineyards:
Roadside artwork:
A lunch stop at Wildhorse Cafe in King City:
Back to our coach:
Paladin on the steps, with my feet up:
Historic El Camino Real bell markers:
Roadside artwork:
Bright pink flowers:
A bald eagle:
Paladin looking a little freaked out:
A fuel stop at SC Fuels in Gilroy:
It’s a cardlock fuel station, but works with our Open Roads discount fuel card:
A snack (fun fact: the Pringles can sticks magnetically to the MacBook Pro in that spot):
Oakland Coliseum:
Oakland:
Flowers:
Toll booths:
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge:
Green hills:
Drawbridge:
Our destination, a KOA:
Following our coach to our site (with some adventures with that; stay tuned!):
Video: Bakersfield to Paso Robles, California motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 116 miles from Bakersfield, California to Paso Robles, California.
Travel from Bakersfield to Paso Robles, California
We drove our coach 116 miles, about two hours of driving, from Bakersfield, California to Paso Robles, California.
Here’s the map route, heading west:
An interactive map, with potential and actual stops:
Leaving the RV park:
Dam water!
Paladin enjoying the steps:
Big cow:
Fuel and lunch stop:
Paladin in the steps, with my feet up:
Interesting bridge:
Lots of pump jacks:
Solar farm:
Flowers and green hills:
Vineyard:
Paso Robles:
Resort entrance:
I untoaded while Jenn checked in, then followed our coach to our site:
Video: San Diego to Bakersfield, California motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 244 miles from San Diego, California to Bakersfield, California.
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:
