Back into the USA

September 12-14, 2016 – Days 24-26

Started our return trip back to the USA this morning by eating breakfast at Tim Horton’s – a Canadian and East Coast icon in the fast food industry. Everyone goes to “Tims”.  As of today we have come almost 3500 miles on this Safari so far.  The boarder crossing was easy and routine – lost our limes as Canadian citrus is not allowed in the US (limes probably came from the US?). The route to Watertown, New York today was relatively short and easy, with the exception of a few stretches of narrow single lane highway due to the ever-present road construction.

Day 25 led us to Binghampton, New York, with a stop along the way in Syracuse to visit a Camping World for a few supplies. Mike got his Christmas present a few months early: a new sewer hose system, oh boy is he ever a lucky guy! Don’t say he isn’t spoiled. We observed New York’s attempt at dealing with distracted drivers, along the interstates they have many areas labeled texting pullouts – we saw quite a few drivers using them. Good idea New York!

Into Pennsylvania today, drove 111 miles along the Pennsylvania Turnpike ($30.55) – roads again had a lot of construction, guess they are trying to get repairs finished before winter sets in. They have a lot of work to do, these were the bumpiest roads we have had all trip. Worried that the old rig would fall apart before the day was up.  The drive today was along the Poconos, beautiful forests of hard wood trees – a few appeared to be getting ready for their fall color show: a bit of yellow/golden leaves appearing along the roadside. We crossed the Delaware River and stopped in Clarksboro, New Jersey for next 5 nights. The RV Park is about 30 minutes across the Delaware River to Philadelphia