Travel from Cascade, Iowa to Oakdale, Wisconsin

We drove our coach 186 miles, about three hours of driving, from Cascade, Iowa to Oakdale, Wisconsin.

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

Route map

An interactive map:

1873 building in Cascade:

1873 building in Cascade

Curve tightens:

Curve tightens

Interesting bridge:

Interesting bridge

Bull Durham:

Bull Durham

Shiny:

Shiny

Dubuque bridge:

Dubuque bridge

Wisconsin Welcomes You:

Wisconsin Welcomes You

We lay Paladin’s tower on its side on the bed while traveling; he sat inside the box:

Paladin in his tower box on the bed

Barn:

Barn

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Mount Horeb:

Mount Horeb

Trolls:

Trolls

Jet, tank, helicopter:

Jet, tank, helicopter

Paint testing:

Paint testing

Overpass artwork:

Overpass artwork

Interesting rocks:

Interesting rocks

Mouse standing on cheese:

Mouse standing on cheese

Our destination, a KOA Journey:

KOA Journey

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:

Route map

An interactive map:

Peoria:

Peoria

A weird trailer:

A weird trailer

Roadworks:

Roadworks

A helicopter dusting corn:

Helicopter

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:

Paladin in his dash bed

Flooded road:

Flooded

Welcome to Iowa:

Welcome to Iowa

Paladin asleep:

Paladin asleep

Iowa 80 truck stop, the world’s largest truck stop:

Iowa 80 truck stop

Iowa 80 truck stop

Iowa 80 truck stop

Iowa 80 truck stop

A very Iowa fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Barn:

Barn

Fun with zoom

Wapsipinicon River:

Wapsipinicon River

Oxford Junction:

Oxford Junction

Corn:

Corn

Onslow:

Onslow

We had to do a long detour due to a closed road:

Closed road

Cascade:

Cascade

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:

Route map

An interactive map:

Toading up:

Toading up

“Impassable during high water”; it was raining, but not flooded yet:

Impassable during high water

Rain:

Rain

Nearby tornado warning:

Tornado warning

Heavy rain:

Heavy rain

Emergency Alert, flash flood warning; totally fine time to be traveling:

Emergency Alert

The other side of the freeway was flooded, with water up to the top of the barrier, and a (presumably) broken down car:

Flooded freeway

Flooded freeway

Flooded freeway

Flooded freeway

Flooded freeway

“Water over roadway”:

Water over roadway

Flooding beside the freeway:

Flooding

Rest area:

Rest area

Roadworks with a narrow lane:

Roadworks

KOA on KOA Road:

KOA on KOA Road

One-lane bridge:

One-lane bridge

Narrow road:

Narrow road

Our site:

Our site

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:

Map

An interactive map:

Water lilies:

Water lilies

Heading on to I-69 North:

Heading on to I-69 North

Pulling up a yellow stripe:

Pulling up a yellow stripe

Love’s fuel stop:

Fuel stop

87.122 gallons of diesel for $367.57; we saved $58.42 off that pump price via our fuel discount card:

87.122 gallons for $367.57

Bridge roadworks:

Roadworks

Wabash River:

Wabash River

“Welcome to Illinois”:

Welcome to Illinois

We haven’t seen a pump jack for a while:

Pump jack

More bridge roadworks:

Roadworks

Rest area:

Rest area

Crossover roadworks:

Crossover roadworks

An interestingly shaped trailer (a mobile stage):

An interestingly shaped trailer (a mobile stage)

Another rest area:

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:

After 11 hours driving you need 10 hours rest

Our first glimpse of the Gateway Arch:

Our first glimpse of the Gateway Arch

Gateway Arch

Gateway Arch

Gateway Arch

“Missouri Welcomes You”:

Missouri Welcomes You

Gateway Arch

Gateway Arch

Gateway Arch

Gateway Arch

Six Flags theme park, yep, with six flags out front:

Six Flags

Six Flags

Approaching our destination, Meramec State Park:

Meramec State Park

Meramec State Park

Meramec State Park

Meramec State Park

Our site:

Our site

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:

Route map

An interactive map:

Toading up:

Toading up

I-65 South:

I-65 South

Bridge:

Bridge

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Exit to a service area:

Exit to service area

Huck’s service plaza:

Huck's service plaza

Huck's service plaza

Lunch:

Lunch

“The Journey is My Home”; that could be our motto:

The Journey is My Home

Back to our coach:

Back to our coach

I-165 North:

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:

Coach Proxy screenshot

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:

Owensboro water tower

Rusty twin bridges over the Ohio River:

Rusty twin bridges over Ohio River

Rusty twin bridges over Ohio River

Ohio River:

Ohio River

“More to Discover in Indiana”:

More to Discover in Indiana

I-69 North:

I-69 North

Road to the campground:

Road to 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):

GPS

Pond with water lilies:

Pond with water lilies

Entering the campground; no human interaction required:

Entering the campground

We just headed to our site:

Approaching our site

Approaching 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:

Route map

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!