Bar Harbor, Maine to Sandusky, Ohio

The last few days have been traveling with a few overnight stops. Our first camp after Bar Harbor was in Henniker, NH at Keyser Pond Campground. Purely and overnight only, the site was FHU for $23/night ... hard to beat.

The road, Hwy9, out of NH, through a corner of Vermont, and into north-west New York was spectacular, with mountain scenery and small towns, one after another.

Okay, that last picture had a few strange things going on ... no place to pull over, thankfully?

Next stop was Nelliston, NY and Elks Lodge #2621. We arrived before it opened, no one else around, and parked at the rear of the lodge with good 30-amp service ($20/night). We didn't bother to hook-up water as we had a full tank. Unfortunately, we were physically parked just 50 feet from 2-way railroad tracks. The bartender arrived just after us and told us a train comes by every 20 minutes in one direction or the other. They don't blow a whistle, she says, but most people don't stay for long. Of course, we didn't believe that ... 

The freight trains were the worse due to their length; the commuter train was doing over 60 and was gone before you noticed it. Well, let's just say things quieted down after midnight and we did manage to get a few winks in ... between a couple trains.

Roads out of Northern NY were again, spectacular, with picture post card scenes, all 55mph, 2-lane with virtually no traffic. Louise managed to snap a few pix through the window.

The next stop was Akron, NY at Sleepy Hollow Lake Campground. This was another bargain overnight stop with not much to do but relax for the afternoon and evening. We met the campers on either side of us and even exchanged information with one of them who had a bus similar to ours. They live near Fresno with traveling companions in a truck camper from San Diego.

The laundry building was top notch. Machines were all large commercial and worked perfectly, so we did a couple loads of clothes. The store was also well-stocked, like a smaller Camping World with decent prices. I bought a new fresh water hose.

The rest of the trip became highway travel with some interesting sights, river crossings, and some of the worse pavement on the trip, so far. NY needs to spend some of that tax payer road improvement tax on ... well, the roads maybe?

It was pretty obvious that New Yorker's really like their coffee, based on this tanker truck headed to NY's version of a Starbucks, no doubt! So, on we go to our next stop, Sandusky, Ohio ... one of our favorites and enough going on to get it's own blog entry! Stay tuned ..