Having grown up in New England, where you can visit all the New England states in a day, it always amazes me when we drive all day and end up in the same state for our next stop but that’s Day 2 in a nutshell.
Our day one heading west started out in the rain again. Our last trip west didnt involve more than a few hours of rain for the entire trip so it’s only fair we should get some this trip. The rain does make for interesting driving in Philly traffic with so many of the roads under construction and the absence of shoulders or any extra space between jersey barriers. I white knuckled drove for the first hour until we were out of the Philly area with only inches on each side of the trailer. As I was taught in my motorcycle course years ago I just kept my eyes fixed on where I wanted to go not where I didnt want to go lol.
Jo commented during that first hour that I was sighing or taking deep breaths a lot lol. I thought I was just holding my breath. 🙂
The weather was misty rain off and on until we got to our overnight in Charleroi, PA. Pine Cove RV resort. On arrival there was no one at the well marked office with several envelopes with names and site #s. There was no Brewster envelope?! I hadnt brought my phone so had to get it from the truck quite a walk away then back to the window to dial the number for help. The very nice woman said she had no record of me calling in my credit card to finalize my online reservation despite my having documented doing this on May 16 on my reservation email. Fortunately there were plenty of sites and we got a site similar to what I had asked for on the “water”. It was at this point my PTSD kicked in as the waterfront was somewhat underwhelming and similar to our worst experience camping on our last trip at Bucks Lake Ranch. That said the site was clean, surrounded by nice grass, easy hookups and very quiet so not a Bucks Lake experience. See a Hidden Gem that should remain hidden post from our last cross country trip blog.
Oh and it was still raining making it somewhat spooky for Jo who was worried about the creature from the Black Lagoon or water snakes coming up to our trailer. See below.
And to top it off I heard a scream of sorts when Jo went out with Mocha in the dark before bed and almost stepped on a rabbit at the bottom of the trailer steps. Just a little scared. As a Monty Python character said in The Search for the Holy Grail “aww he’s just a little bunny” You can never be too careful. I dont think Jo soiled her armor but it was close.
Hopefully you can get to the Python link above where there was a killer rabbit.
After a nice quiet night, once the bunny episode was over, we got up to steady rain. Like I said we were due and so thankful we weren’t affected by the devastation of Helene just a little rain. Off to Indianapolis…….
Bill and Jo’s Road Trip 