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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Driving West to Poland, New York

Eric and I said goodbye to our families, packed up our motorhome and hitched up our Jeep.  We are driving west to Poland, New York for an Escapees Chapter 41 Rally.





Graffiti covers the bottom
third of train cars that move
along the train tracks next
to Route 5 in Glenville.





Plant, built in 1922, supplied
power to the region for
many years.






The decommissioned power plant is now used for storage for Cranesville Block Company.






We travel west,
past farms.




is open for the fall
session.



In Johnstown, we see this
statue memorializing
Sir William Johnson,
First Baronet &
Superintendent of Indian
Affairs in the mid 1700s.









The City was named in his honor.





Windmills, errrr... Wind Turbines
on the ridge line tower above
& farm fields.











I get a shot of a horse 
in a meadow











We are stopped for a
construction zone.







Eric, retired New York State Department of Transportation Civil Engineer, tells me that the truck is spraying a "tack coat" emulsion that acts like glue between the old and new layers of blacktop.




We follow a "Pilot Car"
for several miles through
the construction zone.








Gravel is laid down.

The next piece of equipment
 adds hot asphalt emulsion to
the gravel before the blacktop
 is rolled out.





Eric explains that paving with blacktop is set up like a train and the process covers a lot
of ground.











We have arrived in





And, another construction
zone.











We arrive at West Canada







After we register, Eric and I will park our motorhome, set it up and join fellow Escapees Chapter 41 members for the weekend Rally.

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