A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 136 miles from Alpine, Wyoming to Yellowstone, Wyoming.
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Freeways, highways, and other roads as we move the coach from one site to another. Plus cat pics.
Travel from Alpine to Yellowstone, Wyoming
We drove our coach 270 miles, over four hours of very scenic driving, from Alpine, Wyoming to Yellowstone, Wyoming.
Here’s the map route, heading north:
An interactive map, with potential stops; we only actually stopped at Flagg Ranch:
Leaving our site:
Leaving the RV park:
Alpine:
Snake River:
Interesting rocks:
Snowmobile:
Jackson:
HQ of the rafting company we patronized:
Entering Grand Teton National Park:
Paladin in his safe space:
For some reason, the entrance station for Grand Teton National Park is nowhere near the entrance:
The built-in GPS in our coach claimed that no RVs were allowed (and the wrong speed limit); bad data:
We stopped at Flagg Ranch for lunch, since it had a huge mostly empty parking lot:
Paladin on upturned dining chairs:
Entering Yellowstone National Park (with people taking selfies in front of the sign, thanks for that):
The Yellowstone south entrance station:
Lewis River:
Roadworks:
Continental Divide:
West Thumb of Lake Yellowstone:
Fishing Bridge over Yellowstone River:
Yellowstone General Store:
Checking in to Fishing Bridge RV Park:
Arriving at our site for the next two weeks:
Such a scenic drive!
Video: Glenns Ferry, Idaho to Alpine, Wyoming motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 270 miles from Glenns Ferry, Idaho to Alpine, Wyoming.
Travel from Glenns Ferry, Idaho to Alpine, Wyoming
We drove our coach 270 miles, over four hours of driving, from Glenns Ferry, Idaho to Alpine, Wyoming.
Here’s the map route, heading east:
An interactive map, with potential stops marked:
Our actual stops:
Preparing to leave:
Mural:
Snake River:
Love’s travel centers have been adding RV parks; this looks like a decent one, with pull-through sites:
Wide load:
Shoshone:
Zoomed perspective of the road (highway 26):
Another wide load:
We chose this route so we could visit Craters of the Moon National Monument:
It has some RV parking, which barely fits us, so we were able to visit on a travel day — a first for us:
We unhooked our truck, and drove around the park (see a forthcoming post about that):
When we got back, the RV parking was full:
Onward on US-20:
Arco, Idaho, the first city in the world to be lit by atomic power:
We made an unplanned stop at a rest area, to take a break from unnervingly high wind gusts:
Peaks:
Fuel stop:
We had to wait for a long time due to an inconsiderate truck driver that had parked and gone inside; the convention at truck stops is after fueling you can pull forward and stop for up to 15 minutes, but this driver was gone much longer than that:
Potato fields:
Snake River:
Palisades Dam:
Palisades Reservoir:
“Welcome to Wyoming”:
Our destination:
Video: La Grande, Oregon to Glenns Ferry, Idaho motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 242 miles from La Grande, Oregon to Glenns Ferry, Idaho.
Travel from La Grande, Oregon to Glenns Ferry, Idaho
We drove our coach 242 miles, about four hours of driving, from La Grande, Oregon to Glenns Ferry, Idaho.
Here’s the map route, heading southeast:
Interactive map, with potential stops marked:
Another interactive map, with the places we actually stopped:
I-84:
Cementworks:
Rest area stop:
Snuggling with Paladin:
A video from our internal security cam while our coach was driving down the road; it’s a rolling earthquake, but much more stable than a trailer. If you look closely, you may notice Paladin asleep on the stacked dining chairs in the lower-right corner:
River:
I-84:
“Oregon Thanks You, Come Back Soon”; yep, we’ll be back every year, as we tour around the country and return to Washington each year for health checkups etc:
“Welcome to Idaho”:
Another rest area:
A biplane crop duster:
Fuel stop:
Paladin asleep:
River:
Murals:
Water tower:
River:
Y Knot Winery:
Our coach parked at the winery while we checked in:
Their RV park, still under construction:
Video: Welches to La Grande, Oregon motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 262 miles from Welches, Oregon to La Grande, Oregon.
Travel from Welches to La Grande, Oregon
We drove our coach 262 miles, about four hours of driving, from Welches, Oregon to La Grande, Oregon.
Here’s the map route, heading east:
Interactive map:
Preparing to toad up in the maintenance area:
Mount Hood:
Our tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) reported a high temperature on the front passenger-side tire, which was concerning, but resolved itself (they normally run at less than 99°F):
Columbia River:
A stop at a rest area:
Paladin was enjoying sitting on the stacked dining chairs:
Interesting overpass:
Dam:
Sternwheeler river boat:
Bridge:
Wind turbines:
Another dam:
Bridge:
Another rest area; we were amused by the motorhome towing a jet-ski:
We ran the generator so we could use the ACs, but got a wiring status error; when I looked at the generator later, I noticed that the breaker was off; no doubt from when we got it serviced recently; I’m glad it wasn’t an actual fault:
Solar farm:
A viewpoint stop:
A sharp corner onto a dirt road towards our destination:
Our destination:
Video: Buxton to Welches, Oregon motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 75 miles from Buxton, Oregon to Welches, Oregon.
Travel from Buxton to Welches, Oregon
We drove our coach 77 miles, about two hours of driving, from Buxton, Oregon to Welches, Oregon.
This is the start of our eastern migration, as we head from the west coast toward the east coast, ending the year in Florida.
Here’s the map route, heading east:
Interactive map (no stops):
We drove our coach and truck separately to the welcome center, as a convenient place to toad up:
Leaving the state park:
Roadworks, replacing a bridge:
Heavy traffic near the Vista Ridge tunnel, as usual:
A bike and pedestrian bridge over the Willamette River:
Jenn driving, with a glimpse of downtown Portland beyond:
Portland downtown:
Overpasses:
Freeway with the convention center towers in the background:
Bridge:
MAX light rail station:
A water tower and a glimpse of Mt Hood:
A plane coming in for a landing, and Mt Hood:
We took NE 238th Drive, which used to be unsuitable for RVs and trucks, but was widened a few years ago:
Some somewhat close trees:
Our RV GPS kept warning of 40 foot length limits, which no longer applied since the road was improved. It’s a nice feature when up-to-date, though:
Totally fine, though:
Turning on to Burnside Road (with some roadworks; good thing we didn’t want to go straight):
US-26 highway:
Downtown Sandy:
Our homestead was somewhat near Sandy (25 minutes away, but it was where we went shopping). But we never made it to the rather distinctive Joes Donut Shop:
Mt Hood Pet Resort was where we took our dog for playtime and boarding, often grabbing a coffee at Mountain Moka Cafe next door:
Interesting structure:
A glimpse of Mt Hood:
Motorcycles:
Our destination, Mt Hood Village:
Driving to our site:
Our site before parking:
When we get into a site, we are always careful when opening cupboards and the fridge for the first time, as things can shift. On this occasion, our fridge was rather full, and an expensive bottle of bubbly, some juice, and some food fell down; if we had just pulled the fridge door open without being careful, they would have smashed on the floor, and we would have been very sad:
