Day 16 – Milford, Pennsylvania

Wonder of wonders, we got underway just after nine o’clock this morning!  I wasn’t even shortchanged on my morning walk!  Everyone got up about six, got their eye-opening coffee, and turned to on their departure chores.  As we headed out toward the highway, Don spotted a sign that promised to get us to highway 81, maybe more easily than the way we had planned.  This resulted in an in-depth tour of the town of Williamsport, including all of their educational facilities, before we actually got on the highway.  We made a stop just as we entered Pennsylvania, at Keystone RV, where one of the technicians straightened out the problems with the truck’s brake and turn indicator lights.  We were soon back on the road, headed north through the hills of Pennsylvania.  Nice scenery, lots of traffic.  We had a fairly well executed fuel stop, and a very nice pause in a rest area that had gorgeous grass. 

At Scranton, we switched over to the 84 highway, headed east through the Pocono Mountains.  Scenery lovely, road ugly and bone-shattering.  We breezed into our stopover park in Milford, just short of the New York border, in the late afternoon.  Geri took me for a walk while Don got the rig set up for living, and I was pleased with the looks of the place; lots of nice grassy areas, trees, squirrels and chipmunks, and a big river, which Geri told me was the Delaware, running alongside the park.  It was still pretty warm, so I decided to cool off by taking a wading excursion into the river.  Geri cautioned me not to go too far into the river, as the current was very fast and strong, so I stayed close to the edge.  It felt really good to have the cool water on my legs and belly. 

We went back to the coach, where Geri toweled me off, and I got my dinner on time for a change.  They raided the refrigerator for odds and ends, and I got some pasta sauce leavings out of it.  We all decided to go for another walk then, back down to the river, where I indulged myself in another cooling wade, and had the opportunity to chase some shore birds, who squawked in outrage over being disturbed.  I really like this place, and wish we could stay here longer than just overnight.  Lots of fun things to do!  I think Geri and Don like it, too.  But tomorrow we’re off to our Boston destination, where we’ll be staying for several days.  Maybe we can stop here on our way back!

I think we’ll be turning in early tonight, after the blog is finished and I get all the cookies that I’m entitled to.  When we get together again, we’ll be in Massachusetts!  Until then, have a bella notte and buon dia!