I was up at 7 am and found the house at 9*C! The furnace quit during the night because when I put the refilled tank in, I forgot to open the knob...joys of being over 65!!! Anyway, after showering, I took Tucker for his morning walk and when I got back, Andre had just pulled in. He was coming to pick up some stuff from Peter and was hoping to catch us before we leave. We slowly got things together, hooked up, pulled out and filled the tires on the trailer as 3 of them were low. So one more time we said our final goodbyes to Andre and Peter and finally pulled out by 10 am. We stopped in St-Charles at Lemaire for some cheese then hit TCH 20. We stopped for breakfast and coffee at a Tim Horton where I spent the last of our Cdn money. We headed west on Hwy 30 from 20 and eventually south on Hwy 15 to the USA.
At the USA border, we had a short wait in the line up, were asked a couple questions and let through without any hassles. South on I-87 to Hwy 11 where we turned off and when east to Vermont and Hwy 2 south. This highway took us on a long Island separating Lake Champlain and the scenery was absolutely fantastic. We went through lots of small towns and villages with the colonial housing and quaint neighbourhoods. We eventually reached I-89 in Vermont then Hwy 17 which eventually turned into Hwy 22A in N.Y. By this time, we were in Adirondack Mountains and once again the scenery was breathtaking. We reached I-87 in New York State by 4 pm and we were getting tired but most of the campgrounds were closed for the season. We finally found one at exit 16 in Gansevoort for $20 with full hook-ups and cable. It was a long day, much longer than I had anticipated but it felt good to be here. The weather was good and it is warmer here at 58*F.
We travelled 457 Km (279
miles) at an average 44 MPH in 6 hours and 30 minutes. We stopped for an hour including fuel at
$4.19/gal, in Colchester Vermont.
N 43* 10.529W 73* 42.233
Alt: 279 ft
We didn’t leave until 9:30 this morning under cloudy sky. It was a cool and drizzle day with some rain thrown in. We headed south on Hwy 87 and if not drizzle or rain, we had fog which made it hard to admire the country side especially along Hwy 20, a connector to I-81 from I-87 to miss out the Toll Parkway (I-90). We stopped for fuel in Schoharie, NY @ $4.39 and again at Flying J in Pennsylvania @ $4.09 and propane at $20. I have the Flying J card which gives me .05 cents off on diesel and .10 cents a gallon on propane. Nice savings! In Scranton, PA, there was a bottle neck with traffic jammed up for about 10 miles due to constructions and rush hour, it was stop and crawl for over a half hour. At least the sun had shown its face and we had a beautiful blue sky finally. The scenery was absolutely breath-taking along the highway, what with the color in the trees and the valleys (we are still in the mountains). We turned West on Hwy 80 and finally called it a night around 5 PM in Bloomsburg at Indian Head Campground off Hwy 42 @ $29 with AAA discount. We went looking for wine before parking and found out that Pennsylvania is a DRY State and we can only get wine at State liquor store. We had enough for a couple glasses left over in the bottle from last night and being the gentleman I am, I left it for Val. Well, OK, I had a couple sips!!! It is a balmy 20*C at 6 PM
We travelled 297 miles in
6 hrs @ an average 50 MPH. We were
stopped for an hour and 45 minutes
N 40* 58.719W 076* 28.228
Alt: 441 feet
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