209 tow miles via NY 17A, NY 17, I-84, US 20, MA 49, MA 31, MA 122A MA 68 and US 202. 281 truck miles. Cumulative tow miles: 1,577. Cumulative truck miles: 2,020.
We made it!
Again, no truck problems (except as noted below). There was a light rain and most of the trip was on I-84 which is far down our list of Favorite Roads. There was a minor detour about 10 miles from our destination, but no big deal. Backing into the site was difficult, but that was expected – I have done it twice before.
The extra truck miles were mostly due to a 60-mile trip I made yesterday to ride by West Point. I didn’t go in as there is some security there, but I wanted to see the area. The elevation was impressive – I can see why a few cannon on the point could block shipping from flowing up the Hudson River. But it was a cloudy day so I took no photos and overall the trip was underwhelming. But it got me out of the RV for 90 minutes.
Our home for 2 nights was the Black Bear Campground. This is an expensive RV park – $90 per night. For that price you get a weedy gravel patch, water, sewer, decent WiFi and crappy cable TV. At first I thought it was a small park as only 46 sites were visible (and no obvious amenities such as a swimming pool). But yesterday morning I took Rusty on a long walk to the “upper area” and found that the park is actually quite large – 154 sites, all full hookup. The upper area also has a small meeting room, a basketball court, horseshoe pits and a mini-golf course. On my way down the hill I found the swimming pool (closed due to the pandemic). But the park was maybe 10% occupied. I don’t know if that is more a reflection of the pandemic or the price, but I don’t know how they stay in business.
After we got settled I checked my email. There in my inbox was another problem report from the truck: a second P0727 problem alert. This was the problem that I spent $1000 in Virginia hoping to fix. Obviously I didn’t fix it. But the problem report was issued at 1:30pm when I was still nearly 2 hours from my destination. The truck ran fine for those 2 hours.
Anyway I won’t stress about it tonight. Or even this week. I will have to address the ongoing truck reliability issues soon, but it got us to Massachusetts and tonight I will celebrate that.
