A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 151 miles from Georgetown, Delaware to Manassas, Virginia.
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Freeways, highways, and other roads as we move the coach from one site to another. Plus cat pics.
Travel from Georgetown, Delaware to Manassas, Virginia
We drove our coach 151 miles, about three hours of driving, from Georgetown, Delaware to Manassas, Virginia, to do annual servicing and repairs at NIRVC DC.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:
An interactive map:
Exit road from the campground:
Route 16 West:
Rail crossing:
Maryland Welcomes You:
Route 404, oh no, route not found! (Geek joke.) Also, “snow emergency route” was a new one to us:
Nice church:
Kent Island Narrows:
Bridge over Chesapeake Bay; not a lot of shoulder:
Severn River:
Exit towards Baltimore:
Beltway:
Potomac River:
Welcome to Virginia (a rather hidden sign):
I-66 West:
A climbing wall:
Exit to Manassas:
Turn onto Industrial Road:
Turn onto Contractors Court:
Arriving at NIRVC DC:
We arrived on a Sunday when they were closed, so they had provided us with a link to open the gate, so we could get in and camp for the night:
Our coach, with the workshops behind:
I looked for a spot to park for the night; this was easy, though not very flat:
In the future, we’d just park on the concrete next to the building; there are electrical outlets there too. Now we know. We plan to be back again next year for our annual servicing.
Video: Cape Charles, Virginia to Georgetown, Delaware motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 132 miles from Cape Charles, Virginia to Georgetown, Delaware.
Travel from Cape Charles, Virginia to Georgetown, Delaware
We drove our coach 132 miles, about three hours of driving, from Cape Charles, Virginia to Georgetown, Delaware. Yet another new state.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:
An interactive map:
Preparing to toad up:
The campground emptied out after the weekend:
Route 13 North:
Royal Farms fuel stop:
They limited the pump to $125, so we had to do two transactions to fill up, as our 150 gallon tank was about half full:
Paladin on the passenger chair:
Maryland Welcomes You:
A rest area stop:
“Urban area, stay alert”:
Welcome to Delaware:
An accident:
Millsboro, Delaware:
Our destination:
Video: Chocowinity, North Carolina to Cape Charles, Virginia motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 156 miles from Chocowinity, North Carolina to Cape Charles, Virginia. Including a couple of tunnels.
Travel from Chocowinity, North Carolina to Cape Charles, Virginia
We drove our coach 156 miles, about two hours of driving, from Chocowinity, North Carolina to Cape Charles, Virginia. Another new state.
This was a late change in our plans. We were originally going to head more directly north, but we realized that we’d be traveling over the Memorial Day weekend, which is one of the busiest camper weekends. And checking in to a first-come-first-served Thousand Trails park during that weekend, so would probably struggle to find a good site. So we decided to add a stop elsewhere between the two, to avoid both issues. In retrospect, we chose poorly (okay, I chose poorly), since we didn’t realize that the route would involve some narrow tunnels.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading northeast:
An interactive map:
Washington, North Carolina:
13 / 17 North:
Not a lot of stopping opportunities on this route. I found a nice big parking lot that worked well, also a convenient walk to a McDonald’s for lunch:
Paladin sat in his nest on the dash as we headed out again, until we got back on the highway:
Roanoke River:
Chowan River:
Future I-87:
Paladin asleep:
Perquimans River:
Exit to Chesapeake:
Future I-87 again:
A break at the Dismal Swamp Canal Visitor Center rest area:
Snuggling with Paladin:
Paladin on the dash:
As we left this rest area, we had a strange wobble — it felt like the wheels of the coach were loose or something, but on looking at the 360 camera footage from the truck later, it looks like the front truck tires possibly weren’t pointing in the right direction as we made a turn out of the rest area, and they hopped a few times. We pulled over, then resumed while keeping any eye on things; it was fine after that. Rather disconcerting, but no harm done as far as we can tell.
That issue did occur again on a subsequent trip. But we have since replaced our truck tires, as the front ones were getting a bit bald on the outer edges, so hopefully it won’t occur again.
“Welcome to Virginia”:
Exit:
Bainbridge?! To us, Bainbridge is an island in the Puget Sound, across from Seattle:
Southern Branch Elizabeth River:
Exit:
We hadn’t seen a “Signal Red Ahead” warning before:
I wonder what was on “Pleasure House Road”?
Toll plaza:
A bridge-tunnel across the mouth of Chesapeake Bay; part bridges, part two tunnels under the water:
13’ 6” height restriction. Our coach is 12’ 7”. 11 inches of clearance is totally fine, not at all concerning!
They’re working on adding a second tunnel for opposing traffic, but for now both ways goes through the same tunnel:
A couple of snapshots from the 360 camera on the truck; look at all those inches of clearance (remember too that our AC units stick up a little higher than the roof rail):
An animated GIF:
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A ship going over the second tunnel:
Our destination:
Guided to our site:
We originally were going to go back through those tunnels, and a third tunnel and roadworks north of Virginia Beach, but decided to change our plans again to avoid those; more on that next week.
And check out the video today; it includes views from the truck, and lots of interesting bits including an instant replay of the truck wobble thing, and the truck and coach views of going through the two tunnels, and more.
Video: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to Chocowinity, North Carolina motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 201 miles from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to Chocowinity, North Carolina.
Travel from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to Chocowinity, North Carolina
We drove our coach 201 miles, about four hours of driving, from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to Chocowinity, North Carolina. Another new state.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:
An interactive map:
Leaving the campsite:
A little narrow:
A tight turn:
Toading up:
Goodbye beach:
Exiting the state park:
Myrtle Beach Welcomes You:
A plane flying low over the highway; the airport is right next to it:
Blue water at mini golf:
Wax museum:
Another mini golf:
Yet another mini golf:
Crossing the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW):
Welcome to North Carolina:
We stopped at a Hardee’s for lunch, as they had RV-sized parking spaces:
Back at our coach, Paladin in his nest:
Exit:
Hey, there’s Jenn’s brother, Leland:
Northeast Cape Fear River:
Fun with zoom:
New River:
We stopped at a defunct car dealer parking lot; very few stopping opportunities (“stopportunties”) on this route:
Paladin took my seat when I used the bathroom:
An abandoned house:
Neuse River:
A fire lookout watchtower:
Arriving at our destination for a couple of weeks:
Video: Columbia to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 150 miles from Columbia to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Travel from Columbia to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
We drove our coach 150 miles, about three hours of driving, from Columbia, South Carolina to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Reaching the East coast! (Other than Florida.)
Here’s a map showing our route, heading east:
An interactive map:
Leaving the state park:
A line for the dump station; we didn’t need to dump, but had to wait for a bit to get past:
The dump station:
I-20 East:
Fun with zoom:
Iron Skillet Restaurant at a Petro truck stop:
We like Petro, as not only do we get fuel discounts there, but they are often very large, with lots of parking spaces and uncrowded fuel lanes:
Our fuel fill; as usual, we paid less than the pump price thanks to our fuel discount card; we paid $204.71, a saving of $27.47:
Easy parking:
Petro has laundry and showers facilities, and even a hair salon:
And the aforementioned Iron Skillet Restaurant, where we had breakfast for lunch:
Back at our coach, Paladin asleep on the dash:
I-95 North:
Route 76 East:
Crossing over a portion of the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), an inland water route near the coast that runs almost all the way down the East coast from Massachusetts to Florida and across the Gulf to Texas:
Arriving at Myrtle Beach State Park:
Camper check-in:
Following the coach to our site:
