Homeward Bound... The Drive Northeast to Rotterdam, New York

Eric & I are delighted to see
a Herbie.

Number 53 had a starring role
in the The Love Bug.

We will continue on

Interstate 81 North

through Pennsylvania

& into New York.

Boats & RVs wait to be
sold at Public Auction.

Eric & I share the first part

of our drive with Tractor

Trailers.

Frackville

Workers are patching this

section of the highway.

This is the best depiction
of why cars need to give
Tractor Trailers a lot of
room when they are
turning corners.

Nanticotke stretches
out before us.

Eric & I stop for Propane at
the Flying J Travel Center
in New Milford.

It's a bargain here at $2.39
per gallon.








Propane is $4.00 per gallon at Adams Heating in Rotterdam, .

It's my turn to drive for

about an hour & a half.

Welcome to New York.

Interstate 88 was built

in the early 1980s.

This portion of today's
drive bought to you by
Bumps in the Road.

The Schohaire Valley

lies before us.

Here's our Exit.

We waited until Rotterdam

to get Diesel because it

costs about 25 cents less

per gallon here.

I unhitch our Jeep and drive to Jerry's house to wait for Eric.

Welcome to Rotterdam.

Eric arrives.... 

.... & I direct him into the
driveway.

We're home!

Continuing Our Northeast to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

 Eric drove out of the Marion Walmart parking lot at 10:00 am.  Our Diesel Engine was "lagging."  We should change the Fuel Filter/Water Separator.  (We always carry two.)

Eric purchased a special
tool to change out the
Fuel Filter/Water Separator.

It didn't fit.









Eric walked into Walmart and bought an Filter Wrench.

The Filter is easily

accessible.

Eric installs the new
Filter.







After priming the engine, it started and we again left the Walmart parking lot...  at 11:10 am.

Almost all of today's five

hour drive is on

 Interstate 81 North.

I wonder how much Dynamite
was used to blast this rock cut.

Eric points out this cloud.

It looks to him like the

 remnant of a Smoke Ring.

This is farm country.

The Wytheville water tower

looks like a Hot Air

Balloon.

We will be driving through
Construction Sites all day.

Eastern Redbuds line

the highway.

Eric pulls over and I drive for about an hour.

Eric takes a picture of
his propped up feet.







I pulled into a Rest Stop so and I could swap drivers again.

This Tractor Trailer is

broken down.

Our sunny drive turned cloudy.

A 1967 Ford Pickup Truck
is being transported.







I bet it will look great after it's been restored.

The fencing reminds me

of last fall's drive in

 Kentucky.

The Woodstock water

tower is huge.

This cross is an open

lattice design.

Eric pulls into Flying J
Travel Center to get
Diesel.

Eric chats with a fellow

RVer as he fills the tank.

RVs wait in line to
fuel up at Flying J's
RV Lanes.

We enter West Viginia's

 Eastern Panhandle.

This is how Flat Bed Trailers

are transported.

Eric & I enter Maryland &

watch for Construction

signs.

Entering Pennsylvania....

Keystone Fireworks is

open year round.

Forsythias brighten
the roadside.

I got this shot of a Tractor

Trailer in front of
  Truck Mart.

Here's our Exit.

Eric & I are spending the

night in Wegmans Food

Market parking lot.

Eric & I Drive Northeast to Marion, Virginia

Our drive starts on
Interstate 40 East.

I wish all Interstates had

Emergency Pull Over

areas. 

Tis the Season for
Road Construction

Man Toys are available

at Outdoor Junction.

A highway side cross.

This is how tractors are

transported.

They are hitched together

with the front wheels off

the ground.

Our first snow sighting
of 2018.

Crossville is the Golf

Capital of Tennessee.

The Clinch River

I admire the Vintage Cruiser

Camping Trailer.

The Fireworks Supermarket

is at the top of an exit ramp.

We will drive hundreds

of miles north on

 Interstate 81.

Welcome to Virginia.

This state is for Lovers.

Another highway side

cross

This is our Exit.

Eric & I are spending a cold

night in the Walmart parking

lot in Marion.