On the road to Vermont

Tuesday June 18, 2013
Susquehanna Trial Campground
Oneonta, New York

 

SUNDAY June 16
Bellefonte Pennsylvania

 

 

Sunday leave Tub Run (what a name) and we are on the road by 10am for our 163 mile trip to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.  The farm country of Pennsylvania is beautiful.  These state roads are not too narrow and hilly and the scenery is beautiful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We stay in Fort Bellefonte Campground which is close to I 99  but far enough away that we don’t hear the traffic noise.  It is a Pull through FHU spot, level enough, with GREAT mountain views. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They also have cabins and on the other side of the coach to our right (your left above) is one with two very playful tenants whom I love watching as they run into the cabin and out and around the tiny yard and back inside and on the deck and around and around.  I just love beagles and this one is a real cutie!  His friend is a golden retriever.  Kind of like me and my friend Pam V at home.

 

 

 

I wish it hadn’t been so windy.  They have a miniature golf course, 18 holes.  I was really looking forward to playing but the rain was playing around with us too.  $22.80 for 30 amp service with Pass Port America.   I would definitely stay here again for an overnight.

 

 

 

MONDAY June 17, 2013
Lackawanna State Park, Pennsylvania

 

Back on the road today and 150 miles with a bad routing spot by Google maps.  We spend $8 unnecessarily on the PA Turnpike extension to go 17 miles when we could easily have stayed on I 81 for free.   Somehow I missed this in checking routes.  Penalty for my oversight.

We are staying mostly on interstates as much as we can because of the narrow and winding roads in the Northeast.

 

 

In mid afternoon, We pull into Lackawanna State Park in Dalton Pennsylvania where no one is at the check in station so we just drive on in and set up.  Here we have a back in which means remove Ruby and the dolly.  We have only electric.  No water hook up so we have to drive around the loop, put a night’s worth of water in our tank and drive back.  Now how much is a night’s worth?  I don’t want to be lugging water around with me on a long trip.  Hard to say so we guess.   There is a dump station.  The cost is as much as our last night’s pull through FHU, $22.50.  Wish I could have found a Passport spot near here.

 

 

 

It is a very pretty state park and thankfully nearly empty since the sites, while wooded, are stacked on top of each other.  But the woods are lovely and the lake would be terrific for a full moon paddle.  Because they only allow electric motors, it is very quiet down by the water.  

 

 

 

 

After we get set up, we take a walk and hear only birds, and frogs – bullfrogs and banjos.   The bullfrog has such a great bass voice that I take a movie of the lake and his singing.  But I messed it up somehow and it didn’t come out.

 

 

 

 

 

The waterfowl are used to the singing I guess.  They sleep right through it.

 

Across from us is a yurt that can be rented like a cabin.  There are cabins and yurts as well as campsites.

 

 

 

 

On the road into the campground is a big Smokey The Bear sign.  I haven’t seen one of these in years ever since the forest service was made to agree that fire actually has its good points.

 

We have a very restful quiet night here by this lovely lake but it’s off on the road again tomorrow.

 

TUESDAY June 18
Susquehanna Trail Campground New York

 

We get a lazy start today following a big scrambled breakfast with potatoes and toast.  We think it will be an easy drive on mostly interstate after a couple of days of a lot of back country winding state routes.

The northern end of I81 is very nice but then we hit I88 which is the worst road we’ve traveled yet.  New York doesn’t spend their money on their roads that’s for sure.  110 miles took 2.5 hours.

 

 

Susquehanna Trail Campground in Oneonta, New York also turns out to be a nice one night stop and I think we have the only level FHU pull through in the campground.  Very friendly staff.  It’s just off I-88 but no traffic noise.  For me the sites are too close together for a longer stay but for one night it is perfect in this case. It’s another $22.50 Passport America Full hook up pull through right off the interstate.

 

 

 

The campground is very quiet but there is a railroad track on the other side of the local road to the campground.  Our spot overlooks it at a distance.  If you can’t see it in the distance of the duckie view, here is a close up.  When the trains come through they don’t blow their horns thankfully but sometimes they rumble the ground.  It feels like a small earthquake.  But it doesn’t keep us awake and we are rested for our last drive for a while.

 

 

 

 

With Susquehanna we are finished with the one night stops.  Hallelujah!!  Tomorrow we’ll driving 155 miles to at Winhall Brook COE Campground in South Londonderry Vermont for 6 nights.   Can’t wait to be there and stay a while.  See you then!