Camping on the river

September 10 – We thought we’d be on the road by 8 but it never works out!  It was 8:30 but then we got blocked in at the exit by the propane delivery truck.  It was a pretty boring day, just driving and stopping for breaks and lunch and fuel.  We drove the rest of MA and into NY.  Our route took us through Albany and past the cut off to Cooperstown.  Wish we had time for another visit there!  We drove through Corning and I really wanted to stop.  I wanted to visit there last summer but it was too far from the campground we were working at.  That’s where Corning glassware is made and I think a factory tour would be really interesting.  We stopped for the night in Olean, NY, which is only about 90 minutes to the funny corner of PA and then into OH. 

It has been beautiful hilly, tree capped landscapes along the highway.  However, the highways all appeared to be under construction and we spent a lot of time in singles lanes.  We took turns driving.  Bill would still prefer I do all the driving as he admits he gets nervous BUT a deal is a deal and he said if we got a Class A he’d drive.  I don’t mind driving but I need a pedal extender on the gas. No matter how I adjust the seat and steering column I have to use my toes to push the gas.

Right in front of our site

Our campground is small but nice with big tall trees and no limbs to avoid.  Our site is right on the river but as our luck would have it we didn’t get to enjoy it.  We hooked to 50 amp service and the washing machine still will not come on.  I checked Google and there was one Laundromat in town and it closed at 8.  I had planned to make venison burgers for dinner but we hurried and loaded the car with over a

The "Window Sitter"

week’s laundry and drove into town.  When we finally found it we learned it was open until 9 so we had plenty of time.  I did 3 loads and Bill just went across the street to Wendy’s and got us some salads for dinner.  Those washers did more of a rinse than a wash.  I’ve never seen a washer do a hot or warm load in 21 minutes!  But we have clean underwear for a few more days and no bags of dirty clothes sitting around.

It had started raining before we went to reload the car.  After putting everything away we shared the last of the shoo-fly pie for dessert.  Time to read for a bit and try to get an earlier start tomorrow so we arrive in Dover around noon.