Back on the trek

I must admit that sleeping in a motel room was a little weird. It was a nice enough motel room, but it was not Honey. We made breakfast in the hotel, cleaned up, and we were on the road by 9:30 am. We still were not sure how far we were going to go, but the sun was shining and it was a beautiful morning. As we drove along the northeast border of Ohio, there were more and more clouds. It felt like we were going to catch up with the rain. So we slowed down, got off the interstate and took the backroads into Erie Pennsylvania. We then headed for a Cracker Barrel for lunch and started looking for a campsite. The first place that I wanted to check out was right on the lake, but there was something drastically wrong with the directions. We could not find it. I tried calling and got an answering machine. So we gave up and tried another spot. By this time Bob was getting really tired of driving in traffic - we were in downtown Erie. We found where there were three campgrounds within a mile of each other. We looked at the first one - sites too close together - not enough trees. The second one just looked like it was all permanent rvs. So we headed for the good old KOA. But the road was closed. There was no place to turn around We asked the guys who were working on the road and they said that they were putting in a new pipe and the road would not be open all day. We called the KOA and they had no idea that the road was closed - they had not been warned. They gave us directions to get there through the backroads. By the time we got Honey turned around Bob was getting really irritated. So we went back to campground #2.

I stopped and asked if we could drive through and see where the overnighters stayed. The owner was a delightful woman and joked with me. (She said that she put up the cones so that we could not get to the KOA and would have to come to her.) Her husband then led us to this spot. It is a huge campsite in the middle of trees - but surrounded by very old trailers and mobile homes. They are so far away that they do not bother us. Bob was impressed because the husband started telling us about how they had just bought the place and what they were doing to improve it. We decided to stay here. It feels very nice.

We drove into town and found a Walgreen's and filled our prescriptions for the next three months. We also did a little grocery shopping. The campground owner (Jody) gave us instructions about how to get to Presque Isle. We will go there tomorrow.

Tonight we had a simple dinner - good because of all the food we have eaten the past few days. We then had a nice campfire and are getting ready for bed. I am looking forward to sleeping again in my own bed in Honey. I could even stay here a few days if the weather stays nice. (By the way, by 2 pm the sun was out and it was nice here. They said that it is supposed to be very nice tomorrow. )