Sunday, July 30, 2017

It's a new world record!

Well, for this motorhome...a FIVE STATE DAY!!  Whoohooo!

Today would be about making miles.  We were rolling out of the campground around 9:00; the proposed destination: somewhere in Pennsylvania.

This tour will be a "through the windshield," because we only stopped to gas/eat/pee.

Two lane roads as we pulled away from Plymouth, MA, then onto the Interstate...



State Two: Rhode Island...


It doesn't count if you don't do one of the following: stay overnight, eat, pee.  Check that off!  Speaking of eating, apparently, they are concerned about my sodium intake...


We passed the highest point in Rhode Island: Jerimoth Hill, elevation 812 feet.  Checking Gas Buddy, we stopped to fill up the tank in the coach... about 40¢ per gallon less than in Connecticut.


Rhode Island is a small state - didn't take that long to roll through.  Onto State Three, Connecticut...


"Turn at the next highway."

"Nott Highway?"

"What?  Yes, it is a highway!"


It says so right on the GPS: Nott Highway.  Who's on first?  ;-)

More two lanes and Interstate...



Hartford looked nice as we passed by...


Um, I think this might be my exit...


Scenic, wooded roads...


And then, the first of the traffic back-ups...


State Number Four...


Ah, yes, we're back in the land of the Text Stops...


A nice vista...


And more traffic...



A traffic accident - nothing you can do but move along at about 5 mph.  Then, crossing the Hudson River...



A bit browner than I remember.  "Hey, if we take a left here, we can zip through New York City..."


OK, maybe not.  On to State Five...


If I had been willing to take a short detour, we could have made it a Six State Day (New Jersey is right across the river).  Nah, I'm done for the day.  We pulled into an RV park for an overnight stop - this is not a campground...



Hard-packed gravel sites.  None of those pesky trees in the way.  It is close enough to the highway that we can hear the road noise... the a/c will block that out.  This park got decent reviews on one of the RV park review sites that we use, and I get it: easy in, easy out, mostly pull-through sites (don't have to unhook the car), and decent utility hookups.

Izzy was ready for a walk; I was ready to relax.  We compromised and went for a walk.

"Where's the grass?"


"There's some grass over that way - by those pallets of bricks"...


"Interesting.  132... no, wait - 133 dogs have peed right here."  I guess she wasn't really all that interested in the grass.


We'll go for another walk later, after it cools down a bit.  Got to around 80º this afternoon.  I like air conditioning!


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