We were on it. Left
on 91 SOUTH (!) down the side of Vermont, through the middle of Massachusetts,
Connecticut then 84 West through NY. I
have NEVER seen so much traffic—bumper to bumper, mirror to mirror. Big trucks; little trucks; cars., left lane
closed; right lane closed; merge right; merge left…It was a nerve breaker for me.
But he handled it like a pro.
Everyone is in a hurry.
Much construction, major and minor. From real road work to limb trimming (which
had the other side of the freeway completely shut down for 5-6 miles or
more) Interestingly, at each
“construction” site all along the freeway (and many right in the middle of the
cities) and on the exit/entrance ramps, there were two state troopers. One at the beginning of the work and one at
the end..just there with their lights on.
Some of the 4 million newly created jobs..IMHO.
One thing we noted while in Canada, Nova Scotia for sure,
was the lack of troopers/police. No one
was speeding, everyone was polite on the roads and NO ONE was talking on their
cell phones!
Finally, finally…(beginning to think we were back in
Canada), we located a truck stop/fuel station just over the NY line. It was in town. Packed with trucks.
But we were able to fill up and go into the RV and eat lunch and sit in the peace and quiet
for a bit. Now when I say peace and
quiet in a truck stop, that should tell you something of what the road was
like. I long for our wide, open spaces.
The colors of the trees slowly started fading out the
farther south and west we got. They are
just barely beginning to turn in NY…which, by the way, is a beautiful
state.
We eyed the Catskills off in the
distance at one point.
And as we progressed west in NY towards Pennsylvania, the
traffic cleared and it was a much better drive. Good roads . Beautiful
countryside. Until we got to PA…bad
roads, beautiful countryside. Bad
roads.
We put our destination into the GPS last night and he (and
Google Maps, also) routed us down to I95 right through NYC….George Washington
Bridge, no less. I couldn’t believe
it…this is supposed to be a GPS unit made specially for RV’s. Why would anyone take an RV through NYC on
purpose unless they were staying there.
Crazy. We picked another route
and got him to go our way. And to avoid
toll roads.
Got here at Tobyhanna PA (something like that) around
3. Oh my goodness. If you like trees, this is the place to
be. Trees, trees, trees. A pretty big park, but it’s like a little
road cut thru the forest with “seasonals” dotted along it. We had to go to the very end of the park in
order to get turned around and back to
the front where our site was. To look
at it, you’d think it was very level, but it took us 45 minutes to get it level
enough to use. We have the largest,
easiest to get into? site so we are grateful for it. We saw another Fifth wheel come in later longer than us…he went
toward the back where the “seasonals” are and never came back out….dunno. It’s nice if you like tight trees and once
you get in, it’s pretty to look out the windows at woods. In the morning, we have to leave and go back
to the back again in order to turn around and get back out to the front
entrance again. Interesting. It does have cable and wifi.
Tomorrow we’ll be at Artillery Ridge RV in Gettysburg for 3
nights. This seemed like the longest
hardest day we’ve done….The traffic and bad roads (bone jarring roads) will
make for a long, hard day.
