A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 187 miles from Shelton, Washington to Concrete, Washington. (Departure omitted for privacy.)
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Freeways, highways, and other roads as we move the coach from one site to another. Plus cat pics.
Travel from Shelton to Concrete, Washington
We drove our coach 187 miles, about 5 hours of driving, from Shelton, Washington to Concrete, Washington.
The map route, heading north (exact start omitted for privacy):
A narrow road:
Paladin on the dash, unusual for him when driving:
On the dash in front of Jenn isn’t acceptable, though:
Freeway:
Joining I-5:
A bridge over I-5 in Olympia, the state capitol:
Paladin on the back of my chair:
On the dash again; he seems to be getting more comfortable with seeing the traffic outside:
While driving through Tacoma, a semi truck got too close to us and clipped our mirror with theirs, shattering the upper mirror glass:
Tacoma Dome:
We stopped at a rest area for lunch:
The SeaTac northbound rest area is rather nice, with a dump station and separate RV parking:
I got out to inspect the shattered mirror; more on this in a future post (I should be able to replace just the glass):
Lunch for us and my Pokémon buddy:
(My trainer code is 5198 7224 2799 if you play; my referral code is BT9H6KRBC, if you don’t but want to start.)
Paladin on my lap:
Boeing Field:
Seattle:
The freeway goes under downtown buildings:
Paladin on my lap:
And sleeping on the back of my chair:
We stopped at another rest area, and used their dump station:
There was a handy map of rest areas and dump stations:
Our exit:
Paladin on the floor between us:
Highway:
Our destination:
Video: Eatonville, Washington to Shelton, Washington motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 84 miles from Eatonville, Washington to Shelton, Washington. (Arrival omitted for privacy.)
Travel from Eatonville to Shelton, Washington
We drove our coach 84 miles, about 2.5 hours of driving, from Eatonville, Washington to Mom’s place near Shelton, Washington.
The map route, heading northwest (exact destination omitted for privacy):
Jenn driving our coach:
Paladin:
Windy road:
We turn around our knife block to prevent it from falling over while driving… but forgot this time, oops:
I picked it up while we were driving down the road; Paladin watching me, plus the GPS on the TV:
A water tower:
Not a huge fan of tight roundabouts in our coach:
Entering I-5:
Paladin on the dash; unusual when driving:
Shelton exit:
Shelton sign:
Not a huge fan of this narrow bridge in Shelton, either:
Paladin on my lap:
Not a huge fan of the narrow roads near the destination, too:
But happy to arrive at Mom’s place. Here’s our coach and truck in their driveway:
Slides in:
Slides out:
While “moochdocking” at Mom’s place, we hooked up the coach to an electrical outlet in the house. Our coach has a 50 amp cord, so we used an adapter to convert the 15 amp house plug to a 30 amp connector, and another to our 50 amp cord:
Not enough power to run ACs, but it keeps the fridge going, plus lights and such.
Me in the backyard:
We spent a week at Mom’s place, sleeping in our coach to keep Paladin company, showering and hanging out in the house during the day. It was great to spend time with Mom and Mike. Thanks for putting up with us!
Video: Welches, Oregon to Eatonville, Washington motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 163 miles from Welches, Oregon to Eatonville, Washington.
Travel from Buxton, Oregon to Eatonville, Washington
We drove our coach 163 miles, about 4 hours of driving, from Buxton, Oregon to Eatonville, Washington.
The map route, heading north:
We pulled into a maintenance area to hook up our tow bar:
Our new Sinclair Trails logo sticker is visible inside with the slide-out in:
Jenn driving; yes, she drives our coach:
Enjoying some coffee at a traffic light stop:
Sandy:
Interesting MAX light rail station:
MAX light rail:
Heading towards Seattle:
Paladin on the back of my chair:
Leaving Portland:
Leaving Oregon:
Stopping at a rest area:
Lunch:
The rest area had an RV dump station; nice:
Paladin:
Bridge:
A small plane taking off:
Driving:
Another Tiffin joining the freeway:
Paladin passing over my lap:
Gee Cee’s Truck Stop; quite nice and not busy:
Another bridge:
We have Sinclair Trails logo Yeti coffee mugs:
Sleeping Paladin:
Mayfield Lake:
Jenn driving:
Paladin asleep:
Highway 12:
Hey look, another bridge:
Hobo Inn, staying in train cars:
Day use area at Alder Lake:
Our destination, Rocky Point campground:
A rather narrow road within the campground:
Video: Buxton, Oregon to Welches, Oregon motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 79 miles from Buxton, Oregon to Welches, Oregon, with a detour to Todd’s Auto & RV in Portland.
Travel from Buxton to Welches, Oregon
We drove our coach 79 miles, about 2 hours of driving, from Buxton, Oregon to Welches, Oregon, with a detour to Todd’s Auto & RV Service in Portland.
The map route for the first leg, heading east:
And the route for the second leg, also heading east:
Leaving Buxton:
Paladin on the steps:
Sunset highway:
The freeway tunnel:
Downtown Portland:
Todd installed our tow system last year, but recently the light on the dash that confirmed the brake was being applied in our toad stopped working. Fortunately, we had to pass near Todd’s shop when heading through Portland, so we arranged to stop by there so he could investigate (supervised by Paladin):
The issue turned out (as we suspected) to be a bad indictator light; he was able to swap it out for a good one; this light comes on when the truck’s braking system is activated, due to the coach brake being applied. It’s a useful confirmation that the truck is actively braking with the coach:
We then continued on, passing through Gresham:
MAX light rail stop:
Paladin asleep in his safe space:
Through Sandy; here’s their “trolly” bus:
Downtown Sandy:
Sandy used to be our local town (well, Estacada was closer, but smaller; we preferred to shop in Sandy). Mt Hood Pet Resort is where we took our dog for daycare and boarding:
Speaking of Mount Hood, a view from the highway:
And our destination, Mt Hood Village RV Resort:
Video: Lebanon, Oregon to Buxton, Oregon motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 190 miles from Lebanon, Oregon to Buxton, Oregon, with a detour to the Oregon Motorcoach Center in Eugene.
Travel from Lebanon to Buxton, Oregon
We drove our coach 190 miles, about 4 hours of driving, from Lebanon, Oregon to Buxton, Oregon, with a detour to the Oregon Motorcoach Center in Eugene.
The map route for the first leg, heading south:
And the second leg, heading north:
We hooked up our toad on the way out of Gill’s Landing RV Park:
Heading south on good ol’ I-5:
I watched a travel day video on travel day:
Eugene exits:
Arriving at Oregon Motorcoach Center:
Our coach surrounded by others:
Reception:
We hung out in the waiting area, enjoying the company of one of the two resident dogs; a very well-behaved dog, who liked to play, but wasn’t overly pushy about it:
Our coach:
We went out for a Shari’s breakfast for lunch:
Our coach, with a tech installing SoftStartRV units on the roof ACs:
Other coaches:
Once they were done, they backed up our coach for us, so we could hook up our truck:
A great company to work with; they were responsive via email in scheduling the appointment, and got several things done, including replacing the engine air filter, installing two SoftStartRV units, fixing some interior accent lighting, and investigating a couple of other minor issues. And they were happy for Paladin to stay in the coach while we hung out in the nice waiting room, started work promptly, and wrapped up in time for us to continue our journey. We’ll definitely use them again in the future, probably every year as we head back to Portland.
Back on the road, a diesel fuel stop on the way out of Eugene (our tank is 150 gallons, but we usually don’t let it get below halfway); spendy stuff:
Back on I-5, heading north:
A rest area stop:
Hey #vanlifer, you may be an RV, but you don’t need to be in the truck parking:
My Pokémon buddy brought me a gift:
217 exit:
Typical 217 traffic:
26 exit:
26 westbound:
Vernonia exit:
Arriving at our destination, Stub Stewart State Park:
Our coach backing in to our site:
