A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 250 miles from Rochester, Illinois to Cascade, Iowa.
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Freeways, highways, and other roads as we move the coach from one site to another. Plus cat pics.
Travel 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:
Video: Sullivan, Missouri to Rochester, Illinois motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 165 miles from Sullivan, Missouri to Rochester, Illinois.
Travel 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:
Video: Elberfeld, Indiana to Sullivan, Missouri motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 255 miles from Elberfeld, Indiana to Sullivan, Missouri.
Travel 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:
Video: Park City, Kentucky to Elberfeld, Indiana motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 165 miles from Park City, Kentucky to Elberfeld, Indiana.
Travel from Park City, Kentucky to Elberfeld, Indiana
We drove our coach 165 miles, about three hours of driving, from Park City, Kentucky to Elberfeld, Indiana.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading northwest:
An interactive map:
Toading up:
I-65 South:
Bridge:
Fun with zoom:
Exit to a service area:
Huck’s service plaza:
Lunch:
“The Journey is My Home”; that could be our motto:
Back to our coach:
I-165 North:
We had a fun new issue: we turned on our generator while driving, so we could run our air conditioners, it being rather hot. But when we tried to turn it off via the switch on the dash, it didn’t turn off. I also tried using the Coach Proxy web app, which also failed, and reported an error:
This has been a problem since; we’ll probably get it looked at when we go back to Red Bay in December. In the meantime, I have to open the generator compartment (once we stop, of course) and turn it off via the switch on the generator itself. A bit of a pain.
Owensboro water tower:
Rusty twin bridges over the Ohio River:
Ohio River:
“More to Discover in Indiana”:
I-69 North:
Road to the campground:
The GPS alleged that the road had a 10 ton weight limit, but it didn’t (I knew about that ahead of time from reviews of the campground):
Pond with water lilies:
Entering the campground; no human interaction required:
We just headed to our site:
2024 travel map
Back in January I published a map of our planned travels for 2024. We’ve mostly stuck to that plan, though have changed a few stops. Here’s an updated map of our motorhome travel route this year; click or tap for a higher-resolution image:
I thought it’d be fun to share a Google Maps edition too; an interactive map with markers for our stops. Click or tap this link to view the map.
Without the above image to guide you, the east coast part of the Google map would look like a random distribution of markers!
Video: Pigeon Forge, Tennessee to Park City, Kentucky motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 227 miles from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee to Park City, Kentucky.