A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 282 miles from Red Bay, Alabama to Scott, Arkansas.
Travel from Red Bay, Alabama to Scott, Arkansas
We drove our coach 282 miles, about five hours of driving, from Red Bay, Alabama to Scott, Arkansas.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:
An interactive map:
Toading up:
Welcome to Mississippi:
I-22 West:
Passing by Natchez Trace Parkway:
Fun with zoom:
Bathroom stop at a truck stop:
Fun with zoom:
Entering Tennessee:
Vintage trailer:
Emergency vehicles:
The fourth state of this travel day, “Welcome to Arkansas”… hopefully the people in this accident took the advice to “buckle up for safety”:
Small sternwheeler:
Fuel stop:
52 gallons of diesel (we paid less than the pump price due to our fuel discount card):
Rough road:
Rest stop:
Paladin:
He reached out to touch my foot:
Towns named Scott and England:
Willow Beach Park:
Campsites:
Our site:
Video: Red Bay Acres and offsite vendors timelapse
A timelapse of our stay at Red Bay Acres for Tiffin services, plus a couple of trips to offsite vendors.
Red Bay Acres RV Resort
We stayed at Red Bay Acres RV Resort in Red Bay, Alabama. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A nice full-hookup RV park in the hometown of Tiffin Motorhomes. Our second stay here.
Dates:
- Check in: 2024-03-24
- Check out: 2024-03-31
- 7 nights
Weather:
- Partly cloudy, some rain
- High temps ranging between 63-72°F, lows around 38-52°F
- One very windy day, gusts to 54 MPH, otherwise negligible
Noise:
- No road noise
- No train noise
- Hourly clock tower noise
- A little neighbor and tech services noise
Site:
- #24, back in, concrete
- Needed to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
- Somewhat level; used air and hydraulic leveling at different times
- Concrete driveway about 60 feet long by about 12 feet wide
- Grass between sites wedge-shaped, from about 20 to 25 feet wide (their smallest “premium” site)
- Picnic table on 12 by 12 feet concrete patio; fire pit
- Clean site
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located
- 60 PSI water, conveniently located
- Good sewer connection, fairly conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)
Internet (in usage priority order):
- T-Mobile: 50 Mbps down, 45 Mbps up, 40 ms ping
- AT&T: 130 Mbps down, 15 Mbps up, 35 ms ping
- Verizon: 28 Mbps down, 8 Mbps up, 28 ms ping
- Starlink: not used
- Campground Wi-Fi: not used
Amenities:
- Garbage pickup from site
- Package delivery to site
- Onsite restaurant
- Pond
- Hometown of Tiffin; local RV repairs
Our review on Campground Reviews (from our previous visit):
Nice place to return to after service
This is the place to stay when in Red Bay for service. It is a beautifully maintained park, with all the sites facing the fishing pond. All the other parks in town were basic gravel lots. The one drawback is having to back in to the site when coming back from service each day, but that’s not a big deal. The concrete pad was nicely level and all the utilities were good. It’s also nice to have the Yacht Club on-site for a bite to eat at the end of the day. If you’re looking to get service done on-site, make sure to check the list of approved vendors. We camped at Red Bay Acres RV Resort in a Motorhome.
Tip for Other Campers: Lost Pines Coffee had decent coffee and baked goods for a midday pick-me-up. The Natchez Trace Parkway is fairly close and a very nice scenic drive.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site this time; again one of the larger corner sites, though this was only barely larger:
I used my ladder to check on a leak behind our shower (a loose connection, easily fixed):
Stuff from basement bays piled up, while doing wet bay enhancements:
Clearing land behind the park was a little noisy:
Other sites:
Central pond:
We visited the onsite Red Bay Yacht Club several times (you know, land yachts):
Pond view from inside:
We ate some dinners there, including pizza and loaded fries:
Desserts:
Chicken wings and sandwich, while playing Phase 10:
Another night, tacos and more Phase 10:
Games:
Dog park:
We wandered across the road to the Happy Hollow Outdoors store:
Video: Pine Mountain, Georgia to Red Bay, Alabama motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 279 miles from Pine Mountain, Georgia to Red Bay, Alabama.
Travel from Pine Mountain, Georgia to Red Bay, Alabama
We drove our coach 279 miles, about five hours of driving, from Pine Mountain, Georgia to Red Bay, Alabama.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading northwest:
An interactive map:
Leaving the campground:
A very narrow road in the campground:
Roadworks:
Historic LaGrange:
LaGrange park:
LaGrange College:
We drove over an object on the road (couldn’t avoid it), and saw in the rear-view camera that it was dragging from the rear of the coach:
So we stopped at the next opportunity, and I went out to investigate; it turned out to be a bag like for a folding chair, hooked on to the rock guard; I quickly removed it:
I-20 West:
Fuel stop:
Then we parked for lunch:
Popeyes for lunch:
I-22 West:
Fun with zoom:
Bathroom break (in our coach, of course) at a truck stop:
Paladin mid-yawn:
Welcome to Mississippi:
MS-76:
Highway:
Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama:
Arriving at Red Bay Acres:
Our site:
Refilling our fresh tank with a water bladder and pump
We usually stay at full-hookup campgrounds, as we enjoy our creature comforts. But occasionally we stay at more rustic campgrounds or rallies where there isn’t a water faucet in our site. If a week or less, we just avoid doing laundry, long showers, and using our rear toilet (as that is a macerating one that uses more water on each flush), and can cope without difficulties.
But if we’re staying longer, we have the ability to refill our fresh water tank via a water bladder and pump.
I bought an Aquatank II water bladder from Amazon, a drinking-water-safe flexible water container with a 60 gallon capacity. It folds up really small for when we don’t need it, and fits in the bed of our truck when in use.
Our fresh tank is 90 gallons, so it takes two loads if totally empty, though I usually do one load when it’s about halfway.
Here it is empty, spread out in the bed of our truck. It has an upper hose fitting for adding water, and a lower hose fitting underneath for draining:
I drive the truck to the potable water supply at the campground, and use a hose to connect it to the water bladder:
I use a water meter to track how much I’ve added:
The water bladder mostly full:
50 gallons:
I then drive back to our campsite, and use an electric pump to get the water into our coach, via the usual filters and water softener as I use for campsite hookups:
(I also got a drill pump as an emergency backup.)
The electric pump is about 16 PSI:
The water bladder during draining:
It takes about an hour to do the full fill and empty cycle, depending on the water pressure at the campground. Definitely not as convenient as a faucet at our site, but when we don’t have one, this solution lets us stay longer without having to worry as much about water usage.
Video: F.D. Roosevelt State Park campground timelapse
A timelapse of the view from our site of F.D. Roosevelt State Park in Pine Mountain, Georgia.
F.D. Roosevelt State Park
We stayed at F.D. Roosevelt State Park in Pine Mountain, Georgia. (Campground Reviews listing.)
Another nice state park, though a little tight for a big rig.
Dates:
- Check in: 2024-03-17
- Check out: 2024-03-24
- 7 nights
Weather:
- Partly cloudy; a couple days with some rain
- High temps ranging between 59-70°F, lows around 30-50°F
- Some wind, gusts to 29 MPH
Noise:
- No road noise
- No train noise
- Negligible neighbor noise
Site:
- #104, pull-through, gravel
- Didn’t need to disconnect toad, parked behind coach
- Fairly level, a little high on the driver side; used hydraulic leveling
- Gravel driveway about 75 feet long by about 15 feet wide
- Slope to driver-side site 20 feet wide
- Grass and trees on passenger side about 75 feet wide
- Picnic table and fire pit on 20×10 feet gravel patio
- Clean site
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, somewhat conveniently located
- 40 PSI water, somewhat conveniently located
- Good sewer connection, somewhat inconveniently located (2 10-foot pipes needed)
Internet (in usage priority order):
- Starlink: 6-9 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 60 ms ping
- T-Mobile: 10 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up, 50-120 ms ping
- Verizon: 15-25 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 50 ms ping
- AT&T: 30 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
- Campground Wi-Fi: none
Amenities:
- Garbage dumpsters
- Trading post
- Lake
- Park
Our review on Campground Reviews:
Nice park, a little tight for big rigs
Very few sites here are FHU, but they all have lovely views of the lake in one form or another. The roads into and around the campground are a bit narrow and windy to drive a big rig around comfortably, but if you take your time and pay attention it’s manageable. Lots of nice trails around the park for hiking and boat rentals are available at the lake. Nice camp store at the main building where you check in and a convenient trading post in the campground itself, where you can get snacks, bait, firewood, etc. In the spring, the pollen is positively ridiculous, turning every internal and external surface bright yellow. If you’re sensitive to such things, bring your meds. We camped at F. D. Roosevelt State Park in a Motorhome.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site:
There was tree pollen everywhere; here’s some on our truck:
We used our griddle:
The visitor center; we went straight to our site, then drove our truck back to check in, since their parking lot is too small for our coach and toad:
Park info sign:
Visitor center:
This site, #113, would probably be my preference if we were to stay here again:
It has a nice private patio overlooking the lake, down a couple of steps:
Another Tiffin Allegro Bus:
Other sites:
Playground:
Tent sites:
Bathrooms:
Shelter:
Little free library:
Goose:
Lake:
Trading Post:
The nearby Liberty Bell Pool:
A narrow exit road:
Video: Adel to Pine Mountain, Georgia motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 191 miles from Adel, Georgia to Pine Mountain, Georgia.