Freeways, highways, and other roads as we move the coach from one site to another. Plus cat pics.
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 131 miles from Bend, Oregon to Lebanon, Oregon.
I forgot to start the dash cam for a few minutes, so the video starts with a few photos of departing the campground, including the sewer dump.
We drove our coach 131 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Bend, Oregon to Lebanon, Oregon.
The map route, heading northwest:
Jenn had lunch while waiting for the dump station at the Thousand Trails park, and I had mine on the way out of the park:
Paladin sitting on the step cover:
Passing through Bend, Oregon:
An old van:
Sisters, Oregon:
Rainy forest:
Third warning sign of 11 miles of 6% downgrade:
Curves:
Roadworks:
Rough road:
River:
Rain:
After getting out of the hills, we pulled over to let people past:
Foster Lake:
Sweet Home, Oregon:
Water tower:
Some people consider it a sign of civilization if there is a Walmart present (though that is not our metric):
Our destination, Gill’s Landing RV Park:
Rail bridge:
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 140 miles from Dayville, Oregon to Bend, Oregon.
We drove our coach 140 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Dayville, Oregon to Bend, Oregon.
The map route, heading southwest:
When departing we toaded up (i.e. hooked up our truck to our coach) on a road outside the park:
We had an issue where the airbag suspension wasn’t reaching travel height; in the end we decided to start forward anyway, and suddenly it reached the right level. My theory was that since we were heading downhill, there was too much weight on the front, until we leveled out. An important lesson to always get to travel height before moving (which we almost always do; this was an unusual situation).
Dayville Cafe:
Mesa:
Picture Gorge; scenic, but a little nerve-wracking in a 40-foot coach:
A nice meadow and barn:
Paladin:
Hills:
Another nice meadow and barn, the kind of place we might like to have as a home base one day:
Lake:
Tastee Treet:
Horse sculptures:
Mountains:
Redmond sculpture:
Thousand Trails entrance:
They were replacing the entrance barriers:
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 196 miles from Caldwell, Idaho to Dayville, Oregon.
We drove our coach 196 miles, about 4 hours of driving (plus a couple of hours of waiting), from Caldwell, Idaho to Dayville, Oregon. It felt really good to be back in Oregon!
The map route, heading northwest:
Leaving the RV park:
Roadworks:
Paladin’s expression seems to say “a travel day AGAIN?!”; we feel that; three days in a row was a bit much; we plan to avoid that in the future:
Happy enough sitting on the back of my chair:
Crossing Snake River from Idaho into Oregon:
Welcome to Oregon:
We stopped at the rest area just after entering Oregon:
Check out time of the RV park was 11:00 MDT, check in time at the next destination was 16:00 PDT (unusually late), and travel time was about 4 hours, so we needed to wait a couple of hours. So we hung out at the rest area:
We had a super-classy lunch of hotdog buns with bologna and American cheese:
Our coach and truck:
We also visited the welcome center and wandered around the rather nice grounds:
Flowering prickly pear cacti; probably the last we’ll see of those for a few months (other than the one we have in our coach):
Oregon Trail info:
Then back on the road; nice Oregon bridge artwork:
Love’s diesel and DEF stop; $6.419 for diesel is rather a lot, though we paid less, thanks to a fuel discount card:
Turn to Bend:
Barn:
We followed this haymaker for a while:
And discovered a new dash indicator: after following that farm equipment with our hazard lights on, a “Check Info” light came on the dash, with a message on the display saying “Turn Signal On”. Apparently that appears if you drive more than a mile with a turn signal on, as a reminder for people who (somehow?!) don’t notice leaving it on. The message can be dismissing by hitting a button:
Hills:
Old building:
Fun fact: there is a portion of Oregon that uses Mountain time. So we entered the Pacific time zone further into the state:
A pleasant lakeside stop:
Our coach and truck:
A picturesque lake (actually Murray Reservoir):
Our truck and coach:
Back on the highway:
Sleepy Paladin:
Nice hills:
An idyllic meadow; this is the kind of place we could see ourselves settling down one day (for at least half the year):
Log building:
Mountains:
A wagon by a viewpoint:
Prairie City:
Cute little purple flowers:
I seemed to be a barn-pics mood:
The town of John Day:
Hills and John Day River:
Welcome to Dayville, “our fossils are friendly”:
Our destination, Fish House Inn and RV Park:
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 188 miles from Declo, Idaho to Caldwell, Idaho.
We drove our coach 188 miles, about 3 hours, from Declo, Idaho to Caldwell, Idaho.
The map route, heading northwest:
Leaving the RV park:
Paladin:
I-84:
My devices: iPad with RV gauges, tire pressure monitor, Mac with map, and iPhone with navigation:
Rest area stop:
Paladin:
Snake River:
We saw several wind turbine blades on trucks, plus these ones on the side of the road:
Another rest area stop:
Paladin:
Triple trailer truck:
Our destination:
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 219 miles from Heber City, Utah to Declo, Idaho.
We drove our coach 219 miles, about 4 hours, from Heber City, Utah to Declo, Idaho.
The map route, heading northwest:
Leaving Heber City:
We planned to stop for fuel in Salt Lake City, so I left the step cover open. Paladin took advantage of that to look out the lower window:
Roadworks:
US-40 freeway:
Paladin in his safe space:
I-80:
Paladin on the steps again:
Exit to Love’s for fuel:
Onto I-215:
And I-15 (with a triple trailer truck merging):
Paladin again:
One nice thing about interstate freeway travel is rest areas. We stopped at one for lunch:
Paladin on the back of my chair:
Scenic hills by I-84:
Goodbye Utah, welcome to Idaho:
Another rest area stop:
Continuing on I-84:
Sleepy Paladin; he’s definitely getting more comfortable with travel days:
Exit to Declo:
Our destination RV park was right off the freeway:
