QC02-01 Fayetteville Sojourn

June 8, 2010 (Thu) Home to Fayetteville, NY (300/300 miles) - We got an earlier start at 8:25 than we had thought we would (62°). It was cloudy as we started out but the sun came out after a while though it didn't last long. The drive itself was relatively uneventful. We got gas in Paramus before crossing into expensive NY. Construction along US17 made us think that we may want to fine another way when we come back. The southbound traffic wasn't too bad but Sunday afternoon is always bad through there, construction will make it worse.

At one point we came upon what appeared to be road maintenance, tree trimming maybe, that was obstructing the right hand lane. It turned out to be equipment to clear an overturned 18 wheeler. The truck had been righted and was in tow but it looked to have been an interesting event.

A billboard along US17 was advertising a restaurant - "Eat here or we will both starve"

We got to Jennifer and Dave's at about 3:15. Jennifer was off to pick Shane up at nursery school so we backed into their yard and made ourselves at home. Dinner was at Red Robin - Shane's favorite restaurant.

June 9, 2010 (Fri) Fayetteville, NY (2) - Shane climbed aboard his school bus at about 8:20 and Dave was off to work about that same time so we had Jennifer to ourselves this morning. Dave came home just before noon and we all went to a very good Indian buffet restaurant for lunch. Shane came home from school at about 3:30 and we got to spend some quality time with him. He's getting an interest in playing games so that's what we did - Crazy eights, mouse trap, and some others.

June 10, 2010 (Sat) Fayetteville, NY (3) - Shane had a soccer game in his schedule this morning but the weather wasn't good - off and on rain. Apparently it takes more than a little rain to cancel a game but the Fleming/Bohanan contingent decided to stay home anyway. It turned out to be a day of "hanging out". Hot dogs for lunch, pizza for dinner and birthday cake with ice cream in the evening did a job on our calorie control efforts. It was a good day.

Q061211 Jennifer and Dave's yard (x3)

June 11, 2010 (Sun) Fayetteville, NY to Home (301/601 miles) - We didn't have enough gas in the tank to make it all the way back to NJ. We decided that getting half a tank of expensive gas in Fayetteville was better than to waiting and getting a full tank later. The price wasn't bad for that area but we did take note of a couple of stations just off the interstate with lower prices - next time.

It rained off and on most of the way down through NY state. But until we got to the road construction in the liberty, NY area our biggest problem was passing two skunks dead on the side of the road. Although we didn't hit them the smell lingered for miles.

The traffic all the way down US17 was light so when we saw it backed up at the construction, we knew we were in trouble. We asked Hildene to chart a detour for us. It turned out to be the same route through Goshen that we took the last time we were up this way but this time there was no festival activity to slow us down. We don't know what the construction delays would have cost us but the detour only added 20 minutes to our trip. Surprisingly it only added 1 mile to the distance.

We got gas as soon as we got into NJ, jumped on the Garden State Parkway and got home about 2:45. Over all it was a good trip but we're glad to be home again.

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