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:

Route

An interactive map:

Back along the narrow road from the campground:

Narrow road

We stopped at the Loves truck stop to use their CAT scale to weigh our coach and truck:

CAT scale

CAT scale

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:

CAT scale results

Heading onto I-59 south:

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:

No Security Provided

Lots of space in this parking area:

Parking area

Roadworks:

Roadworks

Another parking area stop; a little smaller and busier, but we found a spot:

Another parking area

“Welcome to Louisiana” sign:

Welcome to Louisiana

Twin span bridge over Lake Pontchartrain:

Twin span bridge over Lake Pontchartrain

Old bridge segment, I guess? Now a fishing pier:

Old bridge, I guess?

Twin span bridge over Lake Pontchartrain

Drawbridge:

Drawbridge

Chef Menteur Highway bridge:

Chef Menteur Highway bridge

Abandoned buildings on the road to our destination:

Abandoned buildings

Arriving at our destination:

Our destination

Our destination

Guided to our site:

Guided to our site

We had a pull-in waterfront spot for two weeks:

Our site

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:

Route

An interactive map:

Leaving the Red Bay Acres RV park:

Leaving Red Bay Acres

Leaving Red Bay Acres

“Welcome to Mississippi”:

Welcome to Mississippi

Highway 76:

Highway 76

Exit to I-22:

Exit to I-22

I-22:

I-22

Tombigbee River:

Tombigbee River

A momentary loss of visibility from farm dust:

Farm dust

The speed limit signs also have a minimum speed, unusually:

Minimum speed sign

Exit to Tupelo:

Exit to Tupelo

We stopped for lunch at Tin Lizzie Cafe in West Point, Mississippi:

Tin Lizzie Cafe

Tin Lizzie Cafe

Tin Lizzie Cafe

Tin Lizzie Cafe

Tin Lizzie Cafe

BLT (without the tomato) and “tater babies” wedges:

BLT and wedges

The highway had frequent turnaround lanes:

Turnaround

Paladin asleep next to the passenger chair:

Paladin

Highway 45:

Highway 45

Exit to I-20:

Exit to I-20

I-20:

I-20

TA fuel stop:

TA fuel stop

TA fuel stop

TA fuel stop

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):

$371.99 for 107 gallons of diesel

The slowest DEF pump; it took 10 minutes to pump five gallons:

DEF

$23.69 for 5.779 gallons of DEF:

$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):

Open Roads statement

A narrow road to our destination:

Narrow road

And a narrower road:

Narrower road

Our destination, a KOA Journey:

Our destination

Our destination

Our site:

Our destination

Our destination

Unfortunately no travel video today; my dashcam had filled up and failed to record.

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:

Route

An interactive map:

“Welcome to Mississippi” sign (just passing through):

Welcome to Mississippi

Building transportation:

Building transportation

Our coach at a truck stop for lunch:

Our coach at truck stop

Menu:

Menu

Breakfast for lunch:

Breakfast for lunch

River:

River

“Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama” sign:

Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama

Exit to Red Bay:

Exit to Red Bay

Hotel Red Bay:

Hotel Red Bay

Our destination, Red Bay Acres RV Resort:

Red Bay Acres RV Resort

General Store:

General Store

Store

Heading to our site:

Heading to our site

Our site (#31):

Our site (31)

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:

Route

An interactive map:

Leaving the RV park:

Leaving RV park

Bubba’s, where we got tasty food during our stay:

Bubba's

An uncomfortably narrow lane due to roadworks:

Narrow lane

A break at some truck parking:

Truck parking

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:

Traffic camera

Another traffic camera showing us:

Traffic camera

And another one, showing us from the other direction:

Traffic camera

Another snapshot:

Traffic camera

Another stop at truck parking:

Truck parking

Truck parking

A snapshot:

Traffic camera

A bridge over the Mississippi River into Tennessee; a big milestone for us, crossing this major river for the first time:

Bridge over Mississippi River

Bridge over Mississippi River

Dissapointingly, there was no sign marking the occasion. Probably due to roadworks (with uncomfortably narrow lanes again):

Roadworks

Roadworks

Our destination, Graceland RV Park:

Graceland RV Park

The office:

Office

Our site before parking:

Our site before parking

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:

Route

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:

Rain off slide topper

A bit flooded next to the wet bay:

Flooded

After bringing in the slides, there were a bunch of leaves on the topper:

Leaves on slide topper

Our truck hooked up to our coach; the tow bar lit up:

Tow bar with lights

Lake:

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:

Mobileye icon

Unsurprising, since it was rather rainy and foggy:

Rainy and foggy

Low visibility

The name “Toad Suck” amuses us:

Toad Suck

A break at some truck parking:

Truck parking

Breathe in:

Truck parking

Fuel stop:

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:

Fuel

I-30:

I-30

Overpass:

Overpass

Our destination:

Our destination

Our coach about to back in to our site:

Our coach

Our site

Travel from Choctaw, Oklahoma to Russellville, Arkansas

Back to our regularly scheduled blog posts, catching up with travel from October last year. Where we left off, we were in Oklahoma.

We drove our coach 248 miles, about 4 hours of driving, from Choctaw, Oklahoma to Russellville, Arkansas.

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

Route

An interactive map:

I-40:

I-40

“Speed limit 75, no tolerance”:

No tolerance

I-40

A stop at a rest area:

Rest area

Paladin:

Paladin

Crossing the Arkansas River:

Arkansas River

A VW microbus:

A VW microbus

“Welcome to Arkansas”:

Welcome to Arkansas

Another rest area:

Rest area

Crane:

Crane

Fall foliage:

Fall foliage

A motorhome and vanlifer:

Motorhome and vanlifer

It’s that VW microbus again!

It's that VW microbus again

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Causeway:

Causeway

Lake Dardanelle State Park entrance:

Lake Dardanelle State Park

Checking in:

Checking in

Visitor center

Checking in