Routes
TX1 Hop 6: Fairhope AL to Lake City FL
347 miles via US 98, I-10 and I-75 with a stop for fuel and lunch at Ruby Tuesday. Cumulative miles: 2259. Another easy trip to navigate, but another long day in the car. Ooma drove the first half but I took over after lunch as she was very tired. Our one-night stay in Fairhope AL … Continue reading
TX1 Hop 5: Lafayette LA to Fairhope AL
277 miles via I-10, I-12 (north of New Orleans) and US 98. We took a bit of a roundabout way getting from our hotel in Lafayette to I-10 and stopped for lunch in Port Allen LA. Cumulative miles: 1912. This was an easy trip to navigate, but, like most of the other hops on TX1, … Continue reading
TX1 Hop 4: Austin TX to Lafayette LA
386 miles via TX 183, TX 71 and I-10 with two rest and refueling stops. Cumulative miles: 1635. About 10 miles were due to a wrong turn at the start of the TX 71 segment and a navigational error by yours truly that took us to the wrong hotel. Oops. This was an easy hop … Continue reading
TX1 Hop 3: Port Allen LA to Austin TX
428 miles via I-10, US 69, TX 105 and US 290. Cumulative miles: 1249. This was a miserable trip that involved nearly 9 hours of travel time. Some of that time was due to the planned breaks, including lunch at McDonald’s, but 6 miles were due to missing the Texas Welcome Center which Ooma wanted … Continue reading
TX1 Hop 2: Tallahassee FL to Port Allen LA
443 miles, almost entirely on I-10, except for I-12 north of New Orleans. Cumulative miles: 821. This was a simple hop in terms of navigation: get on I-10 west, go until I-12 split off, go to the end of I-12 and rejoin I-10 then take the exit for the hotel in Port Allen. But the … Continue reading
TX1 Hop 1: Ft Myers FL to Tallahassee FL
378 miles via I-75, I-275 (around Tampa), FL 589, US 44, US 19/US 98 and I-10. Cumulative miles: 378. We took one bio break, one lunch break and one refueling stop. This is a trip by car, sans RV, so there is no need to keep track of truck miles. In case you were wondering, … Continue reading
The first Texas trip (TX1) preview
I agonized for about 6 seconds over what label I should give to this trip. It certainly isn’t my first trip to Texas – I flew to Austin at Christmas – nor is it the first time I have traveled to Texas by car or RV. It is, however, the first road trip where Texas … Continue reading
TS7 wrapup
First, the numbers: 4,188 tow miles (the 4th-longest trip I have taken, after the GTW, STE and STW). 5,911 truck miles 51 nights 20 hops (shortest: 64 miles, longest: 367 miles) $2,453 in campground fees ($48.10 per night) 644.7 gallons of diesel fuel consumed for a total fuel expenditure of $1,989 ($3.09 per gallon average … Continue reading
TS7 Hop 20 – Ocala FL to Fort Myers FL
210 miles via US 27, FL-64, US 17, FL-70, FL-31 and FL-80. Cumulative tow miles: 4188, Truck miles: 381. Cumulative truck miles: 5911. The extra truck miles were due to refueling and chores in the Ocala area. I opted to take some back roads rather than the longer-but-faster (usually) I-75 route. I don’t like I-75 … Continue reading
TS7 Hop 19 – Dade City FL to Ocala FL
64 miles, almost all on US 301. Cumulative tow miles: 3978. Truck miles: 127. Cumulative truck miles: 5530. The extra truck miles were due to refueling and a bit of touring of central Florida. This was a short hop. So short, in fact, that I had to kill some time in the parking lot of … Continue reading