Routes
The revised 6th trip north (TN6) plan
If you have been paying attention, you know that our (bleeping) truck has completely destroyed our original TN6 plans. I currently have a part on order and expect to have a new turbocharger connector hose installed by competent professionals by, at the latest, tomorrow (Friday) morning. So I need to revise the TN6 plan to … Continue reading
Travel doodling, MLB edition
While the summer of 2019 was intense in terms of medical drama, it was light on time-consuming activities. No softball, not a lot of golf or disc golf. Few outings to restaurants, theaters or even family events. I had spare time on my hands and the travel bug ate away at me. So I devoted … Continue reading
TN5 Hop 3: Flagler Beach FL to Worcester MA
1436 miles via I-95, Merritt Parkway and I-84, about 960 miles on Amtrak and 220 tow miles to return the RV to Ft Myers. Cumulative tow miles: 457. Cumulative truck miles: 1675. The additional truck miles were accumulated in traveling between the Bulow RV Resort and the Jacksonville Amtrak station, visiting the Florida state parks … Continue reading
TN5 Hop 2: Flagler Beach FL to Flagler Beach FL
10 miles via FL A1A, FL 100 and Old Kings Rd. Cumulative tow miles: 237. Truck miles: 293. Cumulative truck miles: 530. The truck miles were accumulated in my trip to St Augustine and various shopping trips in and around Flagler Beach. Plus two trips to the hospital. Once again, this was not the hop … Continue reading
TN5 Hop 1: Fort Myers FL to Flagler Beach FL
227 miles via FL 31, US 17, FL 557, I-4, I-95 and FL 100. Cumulative tow miles: 227. Truck miles: 237. Cumulative truck miles: 237. This was not a fun hop, primarily due to I-4 through Orlando. I think I-4 and I-84 in CT are competing to be our “least favorite” interstate. Both are very … Continue reading
TN5 plan
The plan for the fifth trip north (TN5) has us towing the RV 1,732 miles in 15 days and 7 hops, from Fort Myers FL to Conway NH. It will be a relatively quick trip, the compressed span being necessitated by our obligation to be in NH by Memorial Day and our interest in getting … Continue reading
TS4 wrapup
TS4 was a trip to forget. Yes, there were some good things about it but they were overwhelmed by the bad things: two complete breakdowns of the truck and extensive repairs to the RV costing over $5,000. A very expensive, very stressful trip. The trip was done in two segments. The segments themselves were meaningless … Continue reading
TS4-2 Hop 7: Bushnell FL to Ft Myers FL
178 miles via CR 475, FL 48, I-75 and local roads. Cumulative tow miles: 1013. Truck miles: 193. Cumulative truck miles: 1438. Two trips to run errands in Bushnell accounted for the extra truck miles. Notice that Google gave me an alternate route down US 301, US 98, US 17 and FL 31. I almost … Continue reading
TS4-2 Hop 6: Tifton GA to Bushnell FL
217 miles via I-75 and CR 475, with a detour at the end. Cumulative tow miles: 835. Truck miles: 228. Cumulative truck miles: 1245. The few extra truck miles were from a refueling/shopping trip. The GPS is still obstinately refusing to function, but for this hop it wasn’t needed. We traveled about a mile to … Continue reading
TS4-2 Hop 5: Stone Mountain GA to Tifton GA
197 miles via US 78, I-285 (around Atlanta), I-675 (south of Atlanta), I-75 and I-475 (around Macon). Cumulative tow miles: 618. Truck miles: 233. Cumulative truck miles: 1017. The extra truck miles were due to a couple of trips to WalMart to buy food and fuel and our sightseeing around Stone Mountain Park. This was … Continue reading