We drove our coach 233 miles, about four hours of driving, from Chesterton, Indiana to Moscow, Iowa.

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

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Leaving the campsite:

Returning the car hang tag (a hassle that most campgrounds don’t require):

I-94 West:

“Welcome to Illinois”:

“Visit Chicago”:

Very straight-edged quarry:

Exit to I-80 West:

I-80 bridge:

Narrow roadworks:

Rest stop:

More roadworks:

Another rest stop:

Crossing the Mississippi River:

“Welcome to Iowa”:

Fork to continue on I-80 West:

Arriving at HWH Corp to get them to look at our slide issue:

We drove our coach 212 miles, about four hours of driving, from Lebanon, Tennessee to Scottsburg, Indiana.

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

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Leaving NIRVC:

231 North:

Welcome to Kentucky:

101 North:

I-65 North:

Rest area:

A low plane over the freeway, coming in for a landing at the Louisville airport:

Bridges in Louisville:

More to Discover in Indiana:

Exit:

Arriving at Scottsburg KOA:

Guided to our site:

We drove our coach 335 miles, about six hours of driving, from Oregonia, Ohio to Lebanon, Tennessee.

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

This was our first time crossing timezones for several months, in fact since December 22nd, 2024 (it was July 20th, 2025 when we did this travel day; yes, I’m currently a couple of months behind live).

Here’s a map showing part of our route and colors for the Mountain, Central, and Eastern timezones:

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Paladin on the dash when leaving the campground:

I-71 South:

Cincinnati:

Welcome to Kentucky:

Rest area:

Bridge roadworks:

Stuff on the road; Google Maps usually gives me a heads-up of things like this, which is very useful:

Exit to I-264 West:

More stuff on the freeway; someone didn’t secure their load:

Exit to I-65 South:

Rest area:

Coach broken down:

Fuel stop:

Entering Central Time Zone:

Perhaps a bad end of a vacation:

Tennessee Welcomes You:

Junk cars being towed:

Heavy traffic:

Nashville:

Exit to I-40 East:

Arriving at NIRVC for the annual servicing of our coach (we arrived on a weekend, but they had sent a link to open the gate):

We were originally going to stay in our coach while it was being serviced, but we were feeling sick with Covid, so decided it’d be more comfortable to stay in a nearby pet-friendly hotel instead. So we did that, and were very glad we did.