A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 227 miles from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee to Park City, Kentucky.
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Freeways, highways, and other roads as we move the coach from one site to another. Plus cat pics.
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:
An interactive map:
Dollywood:
Gocart track:
MagiQuest:
Leaning building:
Crossover intersection:
I-40 West:
Knoxville:
Fun with zoom:
Fuel stop:
A tank or something on a truck:
Our coach:
We went to the Iron Skillet restaurant at the truck stop for lunch:
Truckers chapel:
“Enter Central Time”:
Fun with zoom:
Rest area:
Monterey:
Livingston Highway:
Paladin asleep:
Fun with zoom:
Celina Highway:
Celina:
Horses sign:
Bathroom stop at a gas station:
“Welcome to Kentucky”:
A pond:
A horse and buggy sign:
Fun with zoom:
Paladin asleep:
Entering Mammoth Cave National Park:
The RV park’s office is across the road from the campground, at the Diamond Caverns attraction:
Paladin sat on the dash for the drive from the office to the campground:
Welcome:
We untoaded here:
Following the coach:
Our site:
Video: Beaver, West Virginia to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 246 miles from Beaver, West Virginia to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
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:
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%:
So we stopped by the dump station on the way out:
A very narrow road out of the park:
Of course, as we head out of West Virginia, we had to play John Denver’s Take Me Home, Country Roads:
Country roads:
Fun with zoom:
South on I-77:
5% downgrade; nice to have actual hills for a change:
East River Mountain tunnel:
“Welcome to Virginia”:
Rest stop:
Big Walker Mountain tunnel:
A colorful water tower, painted to look like a hot air balloon:
Fuel stop:
Sbarro for lunch:
Back to our coach:
An accident ahead:
“Tennessee Welcomes You”:
Rest area:
Heading in to Pigeon Forge:
Titanic:
Hollywood Wax Museum:
MagiQuest:
Swimwear and alligators:
Camp Margaritaville:
Check in:
Arriving at our site:
Video: College Park, Maryland to Beaver, West Virginia motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 314 miles from College Park, Maryland to Beaver, West Virginia.
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:
An interactive map:
Toading up:
I-495:
Welcome to Virginia:
Paladin in his high place:
I-64:
I-66:
Fuel stop:
Tiffin Phaeton motorhome:
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:
So I made lunch on the road:
A later rest area:
I-64:
Welcome to West Virginia:
Of course, we had to play John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” while entering the state:
Rest area:
I-64 hill:
7% grade:
Sandstone Mountain elevation 2,765 feet:
Little Beaver State Park:
Narrow sloping curve:
Narrow entrance:
Lake:
Very narrow road to campground:
Campground office:
Guided to our site:
Video: Hanover, Pennsylvania to College Park, Maryland motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 65 miles from Hanover, Pennsylvania to College Park, Maryland.
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:
An interactive map:
Leaving the campground:
Road outside the park:
Narrow curvy road:
Barn:
Maryland Welcomes You:
Fun with zoom:
Manchester:
Barn:
Roundabout:
Fun with zoom:
I-95:
Maryland 212 West:
Our destination, Cherry Hill Park:
Check-in lanes:
24-hours staffed entrance gate:
Our site:
Backing in:
Video: Manassas, Virginia to Hanover, Pennsylvania motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 102 miles from Manassas, Virginia to Hanover, Pennsylvania. Including an instant replay of when a bunch of kids request Jenn sound the coach air horn, which she obliged.
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:
An interactive map:
I-495:
Narrow lanes:
Fun with zoom:
Maryland Welcomes You:
Exit to Damascus:
Water tower:
Interesting tower:
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):
Welcome to Pennsylvania:
Fun with zoom:
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:
Lots of distinctive Pennsylvania barns like this in the area:
Entering the state park, “campers next left”:
Camper check-in:
We untoaded in the dump station:
Following the coach to our site:
Our site, rather unlevel:
