Meeting People in Poconos

Our campsite in the Poconos









August 12, Tuesday: Before leaving the campground this morning, Larry stopped by the office to get better directions for our sight seeing tour. A lady was coming out of the office who appeared to be having a slight "discussion" with her husband. Seeing as Larry and I have been there before, I made a comment about .....The Man/Woman Thing. Larry went into the office and mentioned to her husband, he may want to get us a minute to ponder life on the road. After some conversation, we walked back to show them our rig. They have a C-class and may want to move up to a A-class when Karen retires in December 2008. Well, three hours later, Woody and Karen, who planned on being home outside of Cleveland, Ohio tonight, continued their trip. Thanks, Woody and Karen for adding to our memorable trip!






Larry and I continued on to a restaurant to have lunch. The restaurant used to be the clubhouse for the adjacent golf course. Outside the restaurant was a sign stating that Pennsylvania is a commonwealth. Kentucky is also a commonwealth. Well, I never got to ask in Kentucky what a commonwealth was nor do I remember from school. So between the proprietor, the waitress, and a couple, who are on their honeymoon, we found out that in the commonwealth states you do not own the mineral or oil rights. Now I am sure all our readers knew that but we did not.






Finally, we headed for the Niagara Falls of Pennsylvania called the Bushkill Falls. Nice drive but very narrow roads. By the time we arrived, it was 4pm with thunder clouds moving in. The walk to the Falls was 45 minutes with no shelter if it should storm. We opted not to go and instead drove a little further into the Poconos. Arrived back to East Stroudsburg via the old Historic District. Funny how we always seem to find the old houses. Of course, back here they are all over the place.






Back to the rig to watch some of the Olympics and relax. Wrong! With the swimming competition it is very hard to relax. Midnight is too late for old folks to get to bed.






Tomorrow on to Oneonta, New York.






Good Night!



August 13, Wednesday: Only 135 miles to Oneonta, New York so we had a leisurely start this morning. We pulled the rig towards the front entrance to hook-up the car because our site was not very level. Larry had just finished with the car and was climbing in the rig when a man pulling a travel trailer hit the big mirror on the driver's side. It completely knocked it to the front of the rig. Larry was able to turn it back with the help of the man who rearranged it in the first place. It was not scratched or broken. Just a little set back. He did not want to wait. The ironic thing is we had to wait for him as he blocked the exit to go into the office. Ahhhhhh Life!! We got onto Hwy 380 headed north through Scranton. Picked up Hwy 81 into New York State turned east on to Hwy 88 towards Oneonta. Very pretty area. Rolling hills with farms dotting the countryside. Lots of construction. Saw a sign that said State Speed Limit 55. So we thought the speed limit for New York is 55. Not so, 3 miles down the road was a speed limit sign saying 65mph limit. We were confused for a few moments but decided it just must have been a senior moment after all New York State is an Old State!

As we were pulling into our campgrounds, Larry and I were thinking ...Oops! not too good. the owner was very nice but the entrance left a lot to be desired. The owner escorted us through a grove of trees to our campsite and to our surprise it was great. Lots of space between sites with grass. In fact, we are all lone with a park out front of our rig.

Weather is cool. It was in the low 70s today and suppose to be 57 degrees tonight. Larry says nice weather.........I say a little too cool. It is that Man/Woman Thing!
Good Night!!