Got up early this morning thanks to the birds and after breakfast left the Bolt Hole to return to the Aerie. We enjoyed a nice leisurely ride though some beautiful farmland as well as historic Clinton, NY (named after New York Governor DeWitt Clinton who was instrumental in the building of the Erie Canal) and Hamilton, NY (home of Colgate University) along Route 12B and then down Route 12 to I-81 and Route 17 west. The speeds are slower but the distance is close to 20 miles less than other routes between the two places.
The sun was out nearly the entire way until we got within 20 miles of home when we hit a few of the widely scattered showers. We made several stops along the way for fuel, coffee, leg stretch and some shopping at Lowes in Sayre, PA (needed some storage bins for clothing and gear to fit under the bed in the trailer). The stops resulted in a nearly 5 hour ride but they were worth it.
The cats were extremely pleased to see us and our opposable thumbs. See, they can't open the cat food cans and had run through all the dry food we had left out. The poor dears were in danger of wasting away! Since they got fed late today, perhaps they will let us sleep late in the morning? Nah, never gonna happen.
Down to 16 days before we set out!
No comments:
Post a Comment