On the road again......

September 9 – We didn’t rush to get up and leave as we only had 220 miles to drive today to Stroudsburg, PA.  In addition, we had a lot of good byes to say!  Pretty much everyone was out and came to tell us good bye and some we know we will see this winter in Florida and one couple we plan to catch up with in Utah next summer.  Saying good-bye to great people is hard.  I got hugs from all the guys, so that was a plus!  Being the baby that I am, it was hard.  I came into the world a Crier, and I’m pretty sure I will go out the same. 

We stopped on Hwy 44 to hook the truck up as I was not willing to do it at the campground and try to pull out on the 2 lane road on the curve where people do not understand what a speed limit sign is for!  We knew we could pull in the Ashford Grill and it was on the way.  That was a good choice as we could easily see the traffic in both directions.

I-84 is just up the road and we got on and all was well until I took an exit that I shouldn’t

Downtown Hartsford

You can see our RV reflecting off this truck

have.  Luckily I was able to U-turn the motorhome towing the truck as my exit lane and the entrance lane were both pretty wide.  I was very slow in doing it but all's well that ends well!  Once we hit mid-town Hartsford it was a mess!  Traffic stopped and eventually we could see a 2 car crash and before that a bumper in the road and another car stopped with it’s hood up.  I-84 was dedicated to the left 2 lanes but people were using whatever lane they felt like to get around the mess.  I could see a police car weaving up behind me so I stopped so he could get to the problem area and as soon as he got around me a jerk took the liberty to pull in front of me!  It was a bit nervy and once we got on the I-84 that was 2 lanes it went fine.  The other side was backed up a couple of miles so there must have been another glitch on that side of the road!

Hudson River as we crossed over

Around 1:00 we needed a potty break and pulled into a rest area and had lunch and took a break.  From there it was getting to our final destination.  We pulled in to the campground about 3:30.  The space is a big pull thru which is what we wanted but it was no where near level!  Bill put 2 boards under the passenger side wheels and it’s equal side to side but still low in the front.  As ticky as our levelers are we didn’t want to take a chance on an issue getting them up in the morning so we’re a bit slanting back to front!

Bill did some reading in the front seat and I finished a book and got out fresh corn, the leftover rotisserie chicken to prepare dinner later.  I kinda felt like a nap but I’m not much of a napper unless I’m ill.  We looked at the map and there’s a grocery store I want to stop at that carries lots of cheeses and there is one on the way to Gettysburg.  So Bill called so see if our RV could park there to come in and they said there should be plenty of room.  Bill did a satellite look and it should be fine.

I got out the salad fixings at 6 and made those while the corn was in the microwave.  We both prefer the chicken cold so that works!  It was nice to have a simple meal ready to go!  Later we warmed up the last of the peach blueberry cobbler and put some vanilla ice cream that Bill got for us yesterday.  It was so much tastier with the ice cream!!

Time to get into a new book and once we get WIFI I will get things posted, I hope at our next stop!