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!
Sunday, July 30, 2017
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