We had a relatively short distance today….58 miles. Julie was at a SAG stop right on the state line of Pennsylvania and New York on a remote road. The route was through pretty forested hills, with a long section along the Martin River. That section had a gentle downward slope most of the way and was like a canyon. At the bottom of the canyon was a little village called Hop Bottom. We crossed under two very old concrete railroad bridges of the Lackawanna Railroad. I am not sure if they are still used, but they were very large and had a unique design to them. Earlier in the day we had a section of bad, busy road with a lot of pot holes and cracks. That section caused me to have my third flat tire for the entire trip. The tube appeared to have been cut from one of the bad bumps. I was riding with Case and he helped me with the tire change.
After the long downward section, we had several hills that had a very steep grade. This was the road to get to the Lackawanna State Park. The park is on the slope of a high hill. The pool of the park is empty, but we did have hot showers that we had to drive to because of the distance from our camp. There are not a lot of things to do here except canoe or fish.
It has been a gray day all day, but no rain yet. Julie and I were both in camp before 2:00 afternoon.
Last night the Valley CR church in Binghamton hosted us for dinner. They served a local creation called speidies, which are chicken or pork chunks grilled on a skewer and served on white Italian bread. They reminded me of Greek Salvakis (sp?). The dinner was great.
Tomorrow, we have the greatest elevation climb of any day of the ENTIRE trip…..6,900 feet. We will be finding our way along the edge of the Pocono Mountains and many up and down hills are on schedule. Hopefully, they will not have such steep grades. It will be one of the toughest days of the 9 weeks.
Things are beginning to wind down in everyone’s minds….but we have a couple days yet. Unless a local wireless system is available at Liberty State Park, there will be NO live telecast on the seatosea.org site of the 2:00 tire dipping ceremony. Check at that time anyway.
Love to all, P & J.
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