GTW
GTW Hop 4: Gordonville, PA, to Gettysburg, PA
68 miles via US 30 and PA 116. Cumulative distance: 674 miles This “easy” hop took over 2 hours to complete. US 30 was bumper-to-bumper for about half the distance we traveled on it. Not fun. Because I was concentrating so hard on not running into the guy in front of me, I didn’t get … Continue reading
Gordonville, PA
Gordonville lies just a few miles east of Lancaster and is in the heart of “Pennsylvania Dutch” country. We stayed at the Country Acres Campground and dined last night at the Bird-in-Hand Family Restaurant. We also visited some Amish furniture shops and bought a couple of small tables for bedside use, which I think showed … Continue reading
GTW Hop 3: Milford, NY, to Gordonville, PA
282 miles via NY 28, I-88, I-81, I-476, US 22, 222 and 30. Cumulative distance: 606 miles The “B” on the map is our refueling stop, this being the first hop (of very few, I hope) that we could not complete on a single tank of fuel. We can’t assume that any service station will … Continue reading
Cooperstown, NY, and the Baseball Hall of Fame
Our bucket lists were reduced by one yesterday. We visited the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Was it worth the trip? Well, it was kinda on the way to California, so why not drop in? I think, though, that we were right in resisting the urge to make it a weekend trip all … Continue reading
GTW Hop 2: Warwick, MA, to Milford, NY
219 miles via MA 2, I-91, I-90, I-87, I-88 and NY 28. Cumulative distance: 324 miles. This hop was mostly on interstate highways and was (thank God!) uneventful. The day was sunny, the sky was dotted with happy puffy clouds and birds were singing. All was well with the world. But that would be too … Continue reading
Warwick, MA
Nobody knows Warwick, MA. Warwick, RI, sure. But Warwick, MA? Nope, never heard of it. Even “locals” like my brother-in-law Ray who lives seasonally in New Salem, MA, just a few miles away, had never heard of it. And small wonder. Almost no one lives here (2010 population: 780) and it has no industry to … Continue reading
GTW Hop 1: Northwood, NH, to Warwick, MA
105 miles via US 202, NH 9, 10 and 78 and MA 78. Cumulative distance: 105 miles. FYI: “GTW” stands for Great Trip West. This was a nice trip, right up until we got to the Wagon Wheel campground. The problem? We didn’t know that we had arrived. We were relying on the GPS and … Continue reading