Travel from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee to Park City, Kentucky

We drove our coach 227 miles, about four hours of driving, from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee to Park City, Kentucky.

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

Route map

An interactive map:

Dollywood:

Dollywood

Gocart track:

Gocart track

MagiQuest:

MagiQuest

Leaning building:

Leaning building

Crossover intersection:

Crossover intersection

I-40 West:

I-40 West

Knoxville:

Knoxville

Knoxville

Fun with zoom:

I-40 West

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

A tank or something on a truck:

Tank

Our coach:

Our coach

We went to the Iron Skillet restaurant at the truck stop for lunch:

Iron Skillet restaurant

Menu

Breakfast for lunch

Truckers chapel:

Truckers chapel

“Enter Central Time”:

Enter Central Time

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Rest area:

Rest area

Monterey:

Monterey

Livingston Highway:

Livingston Highway

Paladin asleep:

Paladin asleep

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Celina Highway:

Celina Highway

Celina:

Celina

Celina

Horses sign:

Horses

Bathroom stop at a gas station:

Bathroom stop at gas station

“Welcome to Kentucky”:

Welcome to Kentucky

A pond:

Pond

A horse and buggy sign:

Horse and buggy

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Paladin asleep:

Paladin asleep

Entering Mammoth Cave National Park:

Entering Mammoth Cave National Park

The RV park’s office is across the road from the campground, at the Diamond Caverns attraction:

Diamond Caverns

Diamond Caverns

RV office

Our coach

Paladin sat on the dash for the drive from the office to the campground:

Paladin on dash

Welcome:

Welcome

We untoaded here:

We untoaded here

Following the coach:

Following coach

Our site:

Our site

Travel from Beaver, West Virginia to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

We drove our coach 246 miles, about four hours of driving, from Beaver, West Virginia to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

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

Route map

An interactive map, showing potential stops:

We had no sewer hookup at our campsite; when we were ready to leave our gray and black tanks were both at 83%:

83% gray and black tanks

So we stopped by the dump station on the way out:

Dumping waste tanks

A very narrow road out of the park:

Narrow road

Of course, as we head out of West Virginia, we had to play John Denver’s Take Me Home, Country Roads:

John Denver's Take Me Home, Country Roads

Country roads:

Country roads

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Fun with zoom

South on I-77:

South on I-77

5% downgrade; nice to have actual hills for a change:

5% downgrade

East River Mountain tunnel:

East River Mountain tunnel

East River Mountain tunnel

East River Mountain tunnel

“Welcome to Virginia”:

Welcome to Virginia

Rest stop:

Rest stop

Big Walker Mountain tunnel:

Big Walker Mountain Tunnel

Big Walker Mountain Tunnel

Big Walker Mountain Tunnel

Fun with zoom

A colorful water tower, painted to look like a hot air balloon:

Colorful water tower

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

Fuel stop

Sbarro for lunch:

Sbarro for lunch

Back to our coach:

Back to our coach

An accident ahead:

Accident ahead

Accident

“Tennessee Welcomes You”:

Tennessee Welcomes You

Rest area:

Rest area

Heading in to Pigeon Forge:

Fun with zoom

Titanic:

Titanic

Hollywood Wax Museum:

Hollywood Wax Museum

MagiQuest:

MagiQuest

Swimwear and alligators:

Swimwear etc

Camp Margaritaville:

Camp Margaritaville

Check in:

Check in

Arriving at our site:

Our site

Travel from College Park, Maryland to Beaver, West Virginia

We drove our coach 314 miles, about five hours of driving, from College Park, Maryland to Beaver, West Virginia. The beginning of our westward migration, heading towards our home base in Washington state.

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

Route

An interactive map:

Toading up:

Toading up

I-495:

I-495

Church

I-495

Welcome to Virginia:

Welcome to Virginia

Paladin in his high place:

Paladin in his high place

I-64:

I-64

I-66:

I-66

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

Fuel stop

Tiffin Phaeton motorhome:

Tiffin Phaeton motorhome

Apples on water tower:

Apples on water tower

We were going to park and have lunch at the fuel stop, but there wasn’t any parking that would work for us, so we continued on. There wasn’t any room at the next rest area either:

Rest area

So I made lunch on the road:

Lunch

A later rest area:

Rest area

Rest area

I-64:

I-64

I-64

I-64

Welcome to West Virginia:

Welcome to West Virginia

Of course, we had to play John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” while entering the state:

Take Me Home, Country Roads

Rest area:

Rest area

Rest area

I-64 hill:

I-64 hill

I-64

7% grade:

7% grade

Sandstone Mountain elevation 2,765 feet:

Sandstone Mountain elevation 2765 feet

Little Beaver State Park:

Little Beaver State Park

Narrow sloping curve:

Narrow sloping curve

Little Beaver State Park

Narrow entrance:

Narrow entrance

Lake:

Lake overflow

Lake

Very narrow road to campground:

Narrow road to campground

Narrow curvy road

Campground office:

Check-in office

Guided to our site:

Guided to our site

Travel from Hanover, Pennsylvania to College Park, Maryland

We drove our coach just 65 miles, about 1.5 hours of driving, from Hanover, Pennsylvania to College Park, Maryland.

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

Map

An interactive map:

Leaving the campground:

Leaving the campground

Road outside the park:

Road outside park

Narrow curvy road:

Narrow curvy road

Barn:

Barn

Maryland Welcomes You:

Maryland Welcomes You

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Manchester:

Manchester

Barn:

Barn

Roundabout:

Roundabout

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

I-95:

I-95

Maryland 212 West:

Maryland 212 West

Our destination, Cherry Hill Park:

Cherry Hill Park

Check-in lanes:

Check-in lanes

Entrance lanes

24-hours staffed entrance gate:

Entrance gate

Our site:

Our site

Backing in:

Backing in

Travel from Manassas, Virginia to Hanover, Pennsylvania

We drove our coach 102 miles, about two hours of driving, from Manassas, Virginia to Hanover, Pennsylvania. This was a last-minute change to our route, to avoid spending the weekend at NIRVC, and so we could pick up another state.

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

Route map

An interactive map:

I-495:

I-495

I-495

I-495

Narrow lanes:

Narrow lanes

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

Maryland Welcomes You:

Maryland Welcomes You

Fun with zoom

Exit to Damascus:

Exit to Damascus

Water tower:

Water tower

Interesting tower:

Interesting tower

Westminster, Maryland:

Westminster, Maryland

Westminster, Maryland

Some kids on the side of the road waved and signaled to blow our air horn; Jenn obliged them, and they jumped with joy (see it in the video from today):

Kids

Mason-Dixon Line:

Mason-Dixon Line

Welcome to Pennsylvania:

Welcome to Pennsylvania

Fun with zoom:

Fun with zoom

A little narrow:

A little narrow

“Sorry your GPS is wrong”; one of our GPSes did say to go through this driveway as if it were a road, but fortunately I check our route quite carefully, so I knew about it ahead of time:

Sorry your GPS is wrong

Lots of distinctive Pennsylvania barns like this in the area:

Barn

Entering the state park, “campers next left”:

Campers next left

Camper check-in:

Camper check-in

We untoaded in the dump station:

Dump station

Following the coach to our site:

Following coach

Our site, rather unlevel:

Our site