A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 165 miles from Guymon, Oklahoma to Tucumcari, New Mexico, with a picture-in-picture of the view from the truck being towed behind our coach.
Travel from Guymon, Oklahoma to Tucumcari, New Mexico
We drove our coach 165 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Guymon, Oklahoma to Tucumcari, New Mexico.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading southwest:
An interactive map:
The drive-in screen as we depart the RV park:
Oversize load:
Welcome to Texas:
A very long train:
Big cowboy:
We stopped at a basic rest area for a bathroom break:
Seeing triple; three seemingly identical tractors driving down the road:
Railway crossing:
A mural in Dalhart:
Tatty Texas flag:
Dalhart:
We passed several feed lots; miles of smelly cattle:
I thought this was a clever idea: the start of a passing lane is marked with a dotted line, encouraging people to move right. More places should do this:
More farm equipment:
Long straght road:
Fun with the phone zoom, making it look like we’re about to drive off a cliff:
We stopped for lunch at a picnic area; “watch for rattlesnakes”:
Paladin was enjoying a box:
A rail bridge by the picnic area:
Our coach:
I got out to plug the 360 camera into a battery pack, since it was about to run out of power:
(On the passenger seat in that picture you can see stuff used for hooking up the truck to the coach.)
More fun with zoom:
Entering Mountain time zone:
We were in Mountain time, then had a couple of weeks in Central time, and now back to Mountain for a week, before returning to Central until the end of the year, when we’ll enter Eastern. Such fun.
Welcome to New Mexico, our third state today:
Nara Vista, a rather run-down town:
Bard, ditto:
Paladin asleep in his safe spot:
Lots of long straight roads on this trip:
More fun with zoom:
Canadian River?!
Tucumcari Mountain, the inspiration for Radiator Cap mountain in the Cars movie:
Our destination:
Our site:
Corral Drive-In RV Park
We stayed at Corral Drive-In RV Park in Guymon, Oklahoma. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A nice RV park, other than the highway and train noise.
Dates:
- Check in: 2023-10-01
- Check out: 2023-10-06
- 5 nights
Weather:
- Rain, thunderstorm, partly cloudy
- High temps ranging between 70-81°F, lows around 49-62°F
- Lots of wind, gusts up to 32 MPH most days
Noise:
- Nearby highway noise
- Nearby train noise (with lots of horns)
- Negligible neighbor noise
Site:
- #36, pull through, gravel
- Didn’t need to disconnect toad; parked behind coach
- Somewhat level, a little side-to-side slope
- Gravel driveway about 70 feet long by about 20 feet wide
- Grass between sites about 30 feet wide
- This was an end site, with horseshoe pits next to it
- Medium-sized trees
- No picnic table (but available upon request)
- No fire pit
- A few bottlecap-sized bits of trash in the site
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located
- 42 PSI water, conveniently located
- Good sewer connection, inconveniently located (2 10-foot pipe and a 2-foot pipe needed)
Internet (in usage priority order):
- T-Mobile: 237-282 Mbps down, 35-60 Mbps up, 67-260 ms ping
- Verizon: 2-4 Mbps down, 10-14 Mbps up, 115 ms ping
- AT&T: 95 Mbps down, 52 Mbps up, 49 ms ping
- Starlink: not used
- Campground Wi-Fi: 10-13 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up, 4 ms ping
Amenities:
- Garbage dumpster by entrance
- Package delivery to office
- An old (discontinued) drive-in movie screen
Our review on Campground Reviews:
Beautiful campground with a retro vibe
This campground was a great place to stop while traveling the Oklahoma panhandle. The sites are long and well-spaced, the utilities are in good working order, and everything is lovingly cared for. The vintage playground (and movie screen) from its previous life as a drive-in is a great touch we really enjoyed. The staff were all very friendly and helpful. The only drawback is the road and train noise at all hours, so be prepared with earplugs or white noise if you’re a light sleeper. We camped at Corral Drive-In RV Park in a Motorhome.
The map:
I don’t usually post the RV park rules, but these were amusingly worded:
An interactive map:
Our site:
Horseshoe pits next to our site:
Another new state, so after our first night we could add another sticker to our coach, completing a column. It looks like we’ve visited over half the country geographically, but only 17 of 50 states; the east coast has much smaller states:
Inside, the board for stickers and pins is also filling up:
There were several days of thunderstorms during the first half of our stay here:
An unpleasant midnight wakeup:
The entrance:
Bowling ball garden:
Office:
Vintage movie projector:
Projection house:
Movie screen and ancient playground:
Behind the screen:
Car shell:
Old truck:
Horse statue:
Other sites:
A weird one: a truck with hay bales and an Airstream trailer. Taking their hay on vacation?
The movie screen again:
We’d be happy to stay here again, but best suited for a couple of nights, due to the road and train noise.
Video: Scott City, Kansas to Guymon, Oklahoma motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 163 miles from Scott City, Kansas to Guymon, Oklahoma, with some additional footage from my 360 camera, mounted on the truck being towed behind our coach.
Travel from Scott City, Kansas to Guymon, Oklahoma
We drove our coach 163 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Scott City, Kansas to Guymon, Oklahoma.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading south:
An interactive map:
Our coach by the lake, before hooking up our truck:
Toaded:
We stopped by the dumpsters to take out the trash on the way out:
Departing the park:
Paladin in his safe space next to the passenger chair:
Scott City:
A clever idea to use the water tower as a cell tower:
There were lots of oversize load trucks on this route, including several with really long wind turbine blades:
And other things:
A brief bathroom stop (using the bathroom in our coach, of course):
More wind turbine blades and farm equipment:
Presumably a radar sphere:
Another one:
A lunch stop at a Subway at a gas station:
Another oversize load:
Paladin in his safe spot:
A pedestrian bridge in the ironically named Liberal, Kansas:
Oklahoma state line, and some roadworks:
Oklahoma sign:
This water tower reminded me of the famous Warner Bros one:
Hooker, Oklahoma (the Wikipedia article says the motto is “It’s a location, not a vocation”):
Half the main road through town closed for roadworks:
Our destination:
Replacing fridge drawer cover
It’s said that an RV is a rolling earthquake, as things bounce around while driving down the road. Every time we open the fridge for the first time after (or during) a drive, we are careful to do so slowly, in case anything fell, like this occasion:
Heavy stuff like that OJ and wine landing on the cover of the bottom drawer in the fridge cracked it down the middle:
I temporarily patched it with glue:
But that obviously wasn’t a very satisfactory solution. Fortunately, I was able to find the replacement part on Amazon:
Which was trivial to swap out:
Much better!
Kansas rocks
While staying at Lake Scott State Park, we took a drive around some local scenery, including Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork, Monument Rocks, Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park, and Lake Scott itself, including an El Cuartelejo pueblo.
An interactive map of our route:
We started heading south from our campsite, visiting the El Cuartelejo pueblo, the northernmost and easternmost pueblo in the country:
Steele House museum:
Monument of the Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork, the site of the last battle between Indians and the United States Army in the state of Kansas:
Battle Canyon:
An interesting canyon along the road:
Monument Rocks, some impressive chalk formations:
Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park:
We walked along the quarter mile overlook trail, instead of the longer trail, since it was almost 100°F:
Little Pyramids rocks:
Back to Lake Scott State Park; here’s the lake overflow area (it is an artificial lake):
A view across the lake towards our campground:
A peek of the rear of our coach:
An interesting drive. Who knew Kansas had such scenery?!
Circle Drive Campground, Lake Scott State Park
We stayed in the Circle Drive Campground of Lake Scott State Park near Scott City, Kansas. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A pleasant oasis by a lake.
Dates:
- Check in: 2023-09-26
- Check out: 2023-10-01
- 5 nights
Weather:
- Sunny
- High temps ranging between 86-93°F, lows around 55-68°F
- Some wind most days, gusts up to 37 MPH
Noise:
- No road noise
- No train noise
- Negligible neighbor noise; more so when it filled up more on the weekend
Site:
- #40, back in, gravel
- Needed to disconnect toad; parked in front of coach
- Somewhat level, a little side-to-side slope
- Gravel driveway about 55 feet long by about 8 feet wide
- Grass between sites about 40 feet wide
- Big trees
- Picnic table
- Some minor trash in the site
- Lots of biting flies and gnats
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located
- 50 PSI water, conveniently located
- Too recessed sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)
Internet (in usage priority order):
- Starlink: 7-101 Mbps down, 5-10 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
- Verizon: 27 Mbps down, 11-21 Mbps up, 50 ms ping
- T-Mobile: 31 Mbps down, 16-25 Mbps up, 65 ms ping, unreliable
- AT&T: no or negligible service
- Campground Wi-Fi: none
Amenities:
- Lake
- Garbage dumpsters in central (inconvenient) location
- Historic park
Our review on Campground Reviews:
Hidden oasis in the prairie
This park is a hidden gem amongst the rolling prairie of western Kansas. The lake was lovely, and there was plenty to see and do in the area. We had a back-in site close to the water in the Circle Drive campground with full hookups, which was a definite bonus. The only downside to our stay was the multitude of biting insects, so come prepared with repellent. We would definitely stay here again. We camped at Lake Scott State Park in a Motorhome.
No paper map; here’s an interactive map; we were in the Circle Drive Campground:
Some side-to-side slope before leveling:
Our site:
Picnic table and our griddle:
We added Kansas to the state stickers on our coach:
A playground behind our site (a little distance away):
A smoker at a picnic area:
U-shaped picnic table:
The lake:
Beach House, closed for the season:
Swimming beach:
Sunset:
Old playground:
Docks:
Tent area:
“Even good dogs must be on a leash”:
Self-pay station and map:
Full moon:
A nice state park (and very affordable). We’d be happy to stay here again.
Video: Ogallala, Nebraska to Scott City, Kansas motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 209 miles from Ogallala, Nebraska to Scott City, Kansas.
Travel from Ogallala, Nebraska to Scott City, Kansas
We drove our coach 209 miles, about 4 hours of driving, from Ogallala, Nebraska to Scott City, Kansas.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading south:
An interactive map, with potential stops:
Sunrise:
Leaving the campground:
Spaceship water tower across the highway:
Lots of fields of corn:
Old car store:
Silos:
Not sure what this was? Perhaps for grain loading?
Tractor:
Paladin asleep:
Truck with hay bales:
More silos:
We stopped in a large gravel area at this gas station for a bathroom break:
Zoomed highway:
Welcome to Kansas:
Zoomed view of the highway, emphasizing some big dips:
Paladin mostly asleep:
Fuel and lunch stop:
Almost 90 gallons for $412; we saved $47 on this fuel up via our Open Roads discount card:
We then parked:
And had some tasty IHOP breakfasts for lunch:
An unusual thing; the napkin-wrapped silverware came with a straw; haven’t seen that before:
Paladin asleep again:
Cornfield and pump jack; two great tastes that taste great together:
Paladin asleep yet again:
Wind turbine blade:
Large farm equipment:
Lake Scott State Park:
Our site:
