A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 169 miles from Death Valley, California to Yermo, California.
travel
Freeways, highways, and other roads as we move the coach from one site to another. Plus cat pics.
Travel from Death Valley to Yermo, California
We drove our coach 169 miles, about three hours of driving, from Death Valley, California to Yermo, California.
Here’s the map route, heading south:
Interactive map, showing our stops:
Leaving the campground:
Leaving Death Valley:
Paladin sleeping:
Paladin in an unapproved place; he was freaking out a bit; sometimes he forgets about travel days:
“Thanks for Experiencing Your National Park”:
Bumpy road:
Motorcycles:
The sign could use a refresh:
A roadside stop for a break:
Interesting hills:
A straight road; using a high zoom really emphasizes the bumps:
Lunch stop in Baker, with a nice big truck/RV parking area; always appreciated:
The World’s Tallest Thermometer:
We had lunch at the Mad Greek Cafe:
The Thermometer again:
EddieWorld, apparently California’s largest gas station (looks pretty small compared to Buc-ees in Texas, but we haven’t actually visited either):
Ghost Town Road:
Our destination:
Where I have been
Lots of people on Micro.blog have been posting lists of places they’ve been, so I thought I’d join the fun.
Despite living full-time in a motorhome, I actually haven’t been all that many places yet. But we’re working on it.
My list, with emojis inspired by Jean’s much more impressive list:
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- 🇨🇦 Canada:
- 🇬🇧 British Columbia
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- 🇺🇸 United States:
- 🏜️ Arizona
- 🏄♂️ California
- 🏔️ Colorado
- 🏛️ DC
- ☀️ Florida
- 🥜 Georgia
- 🌈 Hawaii
- 🥔 Idaho
- 🎣 Montana
- 🎰 Nevada
- 🌶️ New Mexico
- 🗽 New York
- 🦫 Oregon
- ⭐️ Texas
- 🏝️ US Virgin Islands
- 🐝 Utah
- 🌲 Washington
- 🤠 Wyoming
We have a map on our coach for places we’ve visited since buying it, which is a shorter list — Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas:
We’ll pick up 10 more states later this year — North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas. Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida (I’ve been to Florida before, but not in the coach):
Video: Las Vegas, Nevada to Death Valley, California motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 121 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada to Death Valley, California.
Travel from Las Vegas, Nevada to Death Valley, California
We drove our coach 121 miles, about three hours of driving, from Las Vegas, Nevada to Death Valley, California.
Here’s the map route, heading west:
An interactive map, with our stops marked:
Horses artwork:
Driving past the buildings of the Vegas strip:
Overpass artwork:
Snowy mountains:
A snack while driving:
Paladin in his safe space:
Mountain:
We stopped for lunch at the Area 51 Alien Center:
It’s Nevada, so there’s also the Alien Cathouse Brothel:
The Area 51 Alien Center:
They have a cafe, but it was closed, so we grabbed packaged sandwiches for lunch:
Cow artwork:
Leaving Nevada, entering California (no welcome sign, just “click it or ticket”; real friendly there, California):
Bumpy road:
Enering Death Valley National Park:
Most of the park is below sea level; passing sea level elevation, heading down:
-5 elevation:
The Ranch at Death Valley, at -190 feet elevation:
Video: Kingman, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 114 miles from Kingman, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Travel from Kingman, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada
We drove our coach 114 miles, about two hours of driving, from Kingman, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Here’s the map route, heading northwest:
An interactive map, with our stops marked:
I-40:
Interesting rocks:
Rough road:
Interesting rocks:
Lake Mead National Recreation Area:
6% downgrade:
Bridge:
Hoover Dam and Lake Mead:
Entering Nevada:
Lake Mead:
Artwork:
Las Vegas:
Our destination:
Video: Surprise to Kingman, Arizona motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 219 miles from Surprise, Arizona to Kingman, Arizona.
Travel from Surprise to Kingman, Arizona
We drove our coach 165 miles, about three hours of driving, from Surprise, Arizona to Kingman, Arizona.
Here’s the map route, heading northwest:
An interactive map, with our stops marked:
This route was rather bad in terms of potholes on the road; these were relatively minor examples:
So much so that some of our internet stuff fell down:
We had planned to stay at Horspitality RV Resort, but changed it due to our NIRVC visit:
A nearby horse event:
Back to saguaros:
Interesting rocks:
A roadside stop, basically a wide dirt area, where we made lunch in our coach:
More interesting rocks:
A river:
A truck had a tire blowout on their trailer, with bits of the tire on the road:
An interesting old Silver Streak trailer:
The rough road seemed to have shook our front driver-side slide slightly out; there was a little light coming in underneath. That’s not great:
Snowy mountains:
We filled up at a Petro truck stop:
Paladin stretching at the truck stop:
We filled about 76 gallons of diesel (half our tank capacity; we usually fill when it gets about halfway). The pump price was $376.66:
But that’s not what we actually paid, thanks to the Open Roads fuel discount program; we saved $92.82 on that fuel up, so “only” paid $293.77:
Our destination:
Video: Tombstone to Surprise, Arizona motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 219 miles from Tombstone, Arizona to Surprise, Arizona, to visit NIRVC.