2025 travel route

Let’s look back at our coach travel in 2025. You may also want to check out the travel summaries from 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.

You can also see all of these summary posts together via the Route Summary tag, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top.

We bought our 2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP diesel pusher motorhome in September 2021, and other than a few times when we’ve been out of it during servicing appointments or flying vacations, we’ve lived in it full-time since then.

When we bought the coach, it only had 5,161 miles on the odometer. In 2021 we drove it about 2,300 miles. In 2022 we drove another 8,772 miles. In 2023 we added 9,945 miles. In 2024 we went much further, 12,248 miles. In 2025 we reversed the upward trend, with “only” 11,524 miles. So we have driven our coach 44,789 miles on our adventures so far, for a grand total of 49,950 on the odometer. (The circumference of the Earth at the equator is 24,901 miles, so we’ve effectively driven it twice around the world!)

One of our goals is to visit every state in the US:

  • In 2021 we stayed in 7 states: Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, California, and Arizona.
  • In 2022 we added 5 more: Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas (plus revisited others).
  • In 2023 we visited 11 more new states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida, in addition to revisits.
  • In 2024 we stayed in 15 new states: Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
  • In 2025 we completed the contiguous states, with 10 more: New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

A total of 48 states. Just two left, Alaska and Hawaii! (We’ve been to Hawaii before, but only count states visited since purchasing our coach.)

We also traveled around New Zealand in a campervan in 2025, but I’ll summarize that in a future post.

Here’s a map of our coach travels and stays in 2025, via the excellent RV Life Trip Wizard website, using a variation of their maps that more clearly shows the state borders and color-coded time zones. We started the year in the panhandle of Florida, then the route headed mostly counter-clockwise, with some messy loops in the northeast, finally ending up in California:

Timezones 2025 map

Another variation of the map, with more detail:

Route map 2025

Here’s a slightly out-of-date animated GIF that shows the northeast route, since it’s a bit messy:

Route map 2025

Here’s the route map with the travel in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021 also displayed in different colors; our 2025 travel in light green, our 2024 travel in orange, our 2023 travel in purple, our 2022 travel in blue, our 2021 coach travel in dark green, and our 2021 Yellowstone rental trailer trip in brown:

Route map for 2021 to 2025

The same map as an animated GIF, adding each year:

2021 to 2025 maps

Here’s a fun variation, showing the 2025 route without the background map:

Route map for 2025 without background

As usual, we revised our route a few times from what we had planned for 2025; here’s an animated GIF that compares what we had originally planned (as shown in last year’s 2025 travel plans post), and what we ended up doing (as above):

2025 maps

Another interesting animated GIF, showing the elevations along our route (also from last year’s 2025 travel plans post); see the elevations and road gradients at the bottom, and a moving dot along the map route showing where those elevations occur (this route has some differences from the latest maps, but I didn’t want to bother redoing the GIF):

Map with elevations

Super flat until we reached the Bighorn mountains and Yellowstone in Wyoming.

Here’s a Google Maps list that shows the places we stayed in 2025.

Fascinating!

2025 modifications

Happy New Year! 🎉

As we begin 2026, let’s look back at 2025, as is my tradition on this blog.

I will have a series of blog posts reviewing topics from last year. I typically schedule my posts following a pattern: Modification Mondays, Travel Tuesdays, Whereabouts Wednesdays, and To and Fro Thursdays and Fridays (okay, those last ones are bit of a stretch). So I will post my annual summaries in that order too (though not on those days), starting with modifications today.

We have done a number of modifications to our 2017 Tiffin Allegro Bus 40SP motorhome, to make it more comfortable as a full-time home, to improve the features, or to repair issues. This is a summary of some of the changes done in 2025; also check out the changes from 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.

You can also see all of these summary posts together via the Modifications Summary tag, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top.

For each modification topic I include a link to the corresponding blog post, and a sample picture; see the post for details. (Tip: you can click or tap on either the link or picture to go to the corresponding post.)

You can see all of the modification-related blog posts via the modifications category, with the earliest posts at the top, or the latest posts at the top.

Humidifier and water distiller:

Distiller

Broom hanging grippers:

Broom and mop on wall

Girard replaced window awning:

New window awning

Shower soap dispensers:

Shower soap dispensers

Extra pantry shelf:

Pantry shelves

Custom desk tweaks:

Desk

Polished and replaced exhaust tips:

Aqua-Hot exhaust tip

Power steering fluid leak repair, engine bracket replacements, underside of coach:

Behind the front wheels, with air horns and generator exhaust

Clock in bathroom:

Clock

Peeking behind the wet bay:

Pipes

Override Tecma macerating toilet controller with this one weird trick:

Toilet wires

Loose mudguard above rear wheels:

Mudguard above rear wheel

Using a sewer tote tank and macerator pump to dump waste tanks from the back of our truck again:

Dumping at dump station

Using magnets to hold a cupboard door out of the way:

Magnets joined to hold the door

Compact garbage bin fits next to toilet:

Garbage bin

Mirror head replacement:

New mirror head

AC replacements:

Carrying new AC up to roof

Moved toilet paper holder in half bath:

Toilet paper holder

Replacing light under kitchen sink:

Light

Flushing the gray tank:

Wet bay

Exploded AC squirrel cage:

Broken squirrel cage

Polishing wheel rims and headlights:

Purple metal polish

We were stuck! Slide-out failed to retract due to leaking piston:

Capped hydraulic hoses

Replacing cover on vent fan lid lift motor:

Cover on motor

RoamLink cellular service:

RoamLink

Dashcams:

Dashcams

Starlink Mini mounted on our truck:

Starlink dish in magnetic mount

Entry steps stuck:

Disconnected motor

Oregon Motorcoach Center repair of hydraulic slide-out:

Fridge connected to electricity

I hope you found these posts interesting and useful.

Thousand Trails San Benito

We stayed at Thousand Trails San Benito in Paicines, California. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Our second stay here. Our first stay was our very first experience of a Thousand Trails park. Not a super great experience, but not bad enough to put us off TT. (Which we have some misgivings about, but it has been mostly worthwhile.)

This time, the campground was in the midst of a much-needed major improvements to their electrical system, with new 50/30/20 amp pedestals on all of the sites. At the time we stayed, only about the third of the park was open.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2025-10-20
  • Check out: 2025-10-31
  • 11 nights

Weather:

  • Mostly sunny
  • High temps 65-82°F, lows 48-54°F
  • Little wind, gusts to 17 MPH

Noise:

  • No road noise
  • No train horn noise
  • Little neighbor noise

Site:

  • #C-010, back-in, gravel
  • Needed to disconnect toad, parked beside coach
  • Somewhat level site; a little high on passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
  • Gravel driveway about 60 feet long by 12 feet wide
  • 75-95 feet to neighbor on passenger side
  • 32 feet to neighbor on driver side
  • Just grass between sites
  • Picnic table
  • Fire pit
  • Tall trees
  • Somewhat clean site
  • Elevation 720 feet, front facing north/east/south/west

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, conveniently located
  • 60 PSI water, conveniently located
  • Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • Starlink: 76-108 Mbps down, 22-44 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
  • RoamLink: 50 Mbps down, 3-5 Mbps up, 125 ms ping (RoamLink uses whichever is best of AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile)
  • AT&T: 101-145 Mbps down, 1-5 Mbps up, 70 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
  • Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpsters
  • Pool

Our review on Campground Reviews is forthcoming.

Campground map; much of the campground was being renovated at the time of our stay:

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

The tree next to our site:

Tree

During our stay the electricians needed to make some modifications to the pedestal; replacing one of the breakers:

Electrical pedistal

And installing a ground rod:

Electrical pedistal

Electrical pedistal

Can’t get packages at the campground, so we used Amazon lockers in Hollister (30 minutes away):

Amazon lockers

And the nearby post office in Paicines (9 minutes away):

Post office

Pool (and ex-hot tub):

Pool

While there, I added a Pokémon Pokéstop at the playground:

Pokémon Pokéstop

Other sites:

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

New big solar array over storage area:

New big solar array over storage area

A big stump with a bird box:

Stump with bird box

Lots of gnomes around the place:

Lots of gnomes around the place

Cat:

Feral cat

Deer:

Deer

Birb:

Birb

A mostly peaceful campground. We’d be happy to stay here again.

Travel from Red Bluff to Paicines, California

We drove our coach 297 miles, about six hours of driving, from Red Bluff to Paicines, California.

We had originally planned to do this in two steps, since we like to aim for about three hours of driving per day. But at our first rest stop we decided we’d prefer to have a single longer drive, since it was mostly on I-5, so arranged to arrive earlier and cancel our original stop for that night.

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

Map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Entering I-5 South:

Entering I-5 South

Hey, hay!

Hey, hay!

Rice field:

Rice field

Our coach on traffic cams:

Our coach on a traffic cam

Our coach on a traffic cam

Swimming pool:

Swimming pool

Swimming pool

Rest area:

Rest area

Woodland bridge:

Woodland bridge

Sacramento River:

Sacramento River

Sacramento:

Sacramento

Paladin touching my foot:

Paladin touching my foot

Aquaduct:

Aquaduct

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

Fuel stop

Interesting pea soup restaurant:

Interesting pea soup restaurant

San Luis Reservoir:

San Luis Reservoir

Exit to Hollister:

Exit to Hollister

School bus:

School bus

A trailer that didn’t disconnect the water hose and electrical cable; not a great way to travel:

Trailer didn't disconnect water hose and electrical cable

Road to Thousand Trails:

Road to Thousand Trails

Thousand Trails San Benito:

Thousand Trails San Benito

Narrow bridge:

Narrow bridge

Our site:

Our site

Red Bluff KOA Journey

We stayed at Red Bluff KOA Journey in Red Bluff, California. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Our second stay here. One of the nicest KOAs, though a pity about the location near a noisy freeway and train track. We enjoyed walking across the road to a Shari’s for dinner.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2025-10-19
  • Check out: 2025-10-20
  • 1 night

Weather:

  • Sunny
  • High temp 78°F, low 52°F
  • Some wind, gusts to 22 MPH

Noise:

  • Nearby freeway noise
  • Occasional train horn noise
  • Little neighbor noise (some dogs)

Site:

  • #114, pull-through, concrete
  • Didn’t need to disconnect toad, and didn’t, since only one night
  • Level site; used hydraulic leveling, since on concrete
  • Concrete driveway about 63 feet long by 15 feet wide
  • 13 feet to neighbor on passenger side
  • 0-23 feet to road on driver side
  • Picnic table
  • No fire pit
  • Some trees
  • Clean site
  • Elevation 280 feet, front facing west

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, conveniently located
  • 70 PSI water, conveniently located
  • Didn’t connect sewer

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • Starlink: 80-134 Mbps down, 24-30 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
  • RoamLink: 44 Mbps down, 14 Mbps up, 145 ms ping (RoamLink uses whichever is best of AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile)
  • AT&T: 340-360 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up, 40 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
  • Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

  • Garbage pickup from site
  • Pool

See our previous review on Campground Reviews.

Campground map:

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

Other sites:

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

See our first visit for more photos. We’d be happy to stay here again.

Travel from Sutherlin, Oregon to Red Bluff, California

We drove our coach 285 miles, about six hours of driving, from Sutherlin, Oregon to Red Bluff, California.

A long drive, but all on I-5, so pretty easy and familiar.

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

Route

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

I-5 South:

I-5 South

Rainy:

Rainy

“Slow Down”:

Slow Down

Misty mountains:

Misty mountains

Examples of various solutions for transporting a side-by-side — motorhome towing, toy hauler, and truck camper towing:

Examples of various solutions for transporting a side-by-side

Rest area:

Rest area

Crossover intersection:

Crossover intersection

Fuel stop:

Fuel stop

Me taking a photo of Jenn taking a photo of Paladin:

Jenn taking a photo of Paladin

Jenn’s photo:

Jenn's photo

Southern Oregon hills:

Southern Oregon hills

Southern Oregon hills

Ashland:

Ashland

Southern Oregon hills

“Siskiyou Mountain Summit, elevation 4310 feet, highest elevation on I-5”:

Siskiyou Mountain Summit, elevation 4310 feet, highest elevation on I-5

Hills

“Oregon Thanks You, Come Back Soon”:

Oregon Thanks You, Come Back Soon

“Welcome to California”:

Welcome to California

Agricultural Inspection Station:

Agricultural Inspection Station

Mount Shasta:

Mount Shasta

Mount Shasta

Junk cars in a rest area:

Junk cars in a rest area

Shasta Lake:

Shasta Lake

Shasta Lake

KOA:

KOA

Our site:

Our site

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

We visited Disneyland for our pre-Christmas holiday lights this year. The blog post about that visit won’t be published until March, but here’s a seasonal sneak peek:

Disneyland

Jenn and David at Disneyland

It's a Small World

Christmas tree

Sutherlin/Umpqua Valley KOA Holiday

We stayed at Sutherlin/Umpqua Valley KOA Holiday in Sutherlin, Oregon. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A KOA in an old drive-in movie theater, which still shows movies on the projection screen, and provided a viewing area with chairs and fire pits. The movie sound is played out loud, and can be tuned on a radio station for people who want to watch from inside their RV (for the sites that have a view of the screen, as ours did).

Dates:

  • Check in: 2025-10-17
  • Check out: 2025-10-19
  • 2 nights

Weather:

  • Partly sunny
  • High temps 62-70°F, lows 45-47°F
  • Little wind, gusts to 13 MPH

Noise:

  • Little road noise
  • No train horn noise
  • Little neighbor noise
  • Movie noise in evening

Site:

  • #86, pull-through, gravel
  • Didn’t need to disconnect toad, parked behind coach
  • Mostly level site; a little high on passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
  • Gravel driveway about 55 feet long by 12 feet wide
  • 12 feet to neighbors on both sides
  • Fence between sites
  • Patio table and chairs
  • Bench seat
  • Propane fire pit
  • A tall tree
  • Clean site
  • Elevation 540 feet, front facing north

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, conveniently located
  • 40 PSI water, conveniently located
  • Loose sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • RoamLink: 40-52 Mbps down, 6 Mbps up, 140 ms ping (RoamLink uses whichever is best of AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile)
  • AT&T: 60-260 Mbps down, 14-16 Mbps up, 40 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
  • Campground Wi-Fi: not measured
  • Starlink: not used

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpsters
  • Movie screen

Our review on Campground Reviews is forthcoming.

Campground map:

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Hey look, the driver-side slide out for the first time in four months!

Our site

Our site

Our site

A nice fenced patio:

Patio

Convenient utilities:

Utilities

Movie screen, viewed from our site:

Movie screen, viewed from our site

Movie screen, viewed from our site

Movie screen, viewed from our site

Movie screen, viewed from our site

Other sites:

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

The movies were a bit noisy, but over before quiet time, and a fun novelty. We’d be happy to stay here again.