Off to Indianapolis, IN - #42-01

March 11, 2004 (Thu) 449 miles to Belmont, OH - We're on the road again - a week only this time and not much wandering. Nephew Jeremiah's wedding in Indianapolis, IN is the occasion.

They started construction on the road in front of our house yesterday and the gutter area is all torn up. We wondered if we would be able to get Q out of the driveway. No problem at all.

According to our computer mapping program going "North" on the Garden State Parkway to I-287 then west on I-78 and I-81 to Harrisburg and I-76 is only 1/2 mile longer than going South and taking the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) all the way across Pennsylvania as we usually do. It's hard to believe! Since the tolls are lower going North, that's how we did it. There was a down side though, the traffic around New York! It was horrendous! We consider Q to be a motor home, a truck, a car, an RV, or whatever best fits the situation. The folks in charge of the Delaware River crossing had their own ideas. To them Q was a truck! So the toll was $5.00 instead of $.75. What a shock! The trip across Pennsylvania, West Virginia and into Ohio was otherwise uneventful - except for the obligatory construction, of course.

We've stayed in Barkcamp State Park a couple of times in the past. It's a strange mixture of primitive (pit toilets) and modern (electric hook-ups and hot showers) but very clean and pretty. So far we are the only campers here. Maybe the reason is the expected temperature. It'ssupposed to get into the twenties tonight!

Q059897 Barkcamp State Park #146 e $15.00 A-