Eastbound: Our 2006 Adventure

DAY 27: Heading West

Monday July 17th: I left Daryl and Tom’s about 12:30 after an oil change, went down the road to Waterbury a few miles for a tire change, then really headed west about 2 p.m. I dithered most of the day about whether I was going to head north—the great circle route around the entire Adirondacks, eventually reaching Cousin Jean at the north end of Lake Champlain—or just hit the southern tier.

In the end, I went west instead of north, Waterbury, Middlebury, Danbury… finally there were no more burys and I was in New York. Ended up retracing part of the route Ashley and I had taken on a soggy day weeks ago… but this time got to angle northwest on 17 instead of being diverted to Scranton. (Guess what, Ashley? It IS shorter that way!) It was a beautiful drive and before I knew it, I was in Binghamton and closing in fast on Schockners. I could still see considerable evidence of the devastating floods that had challenged us on our trip to Yale. Flooded fields, piled remains of trees along the river, and water that was still plenty high reminded me of Day 7.

In due course, as luck would have it, I arrived at dinnertime and enjoyed a great family get-together and delicious dinner, featuring a variant of Betty’s potato salad. Rick, Rowan, Hannah, and Emma were all at Peg’s house, so though we’d already gotten together once, we had another opportunity to catch up! I took no photos… imagine that! (Well, it was late!)

posted by SLW @ 7:46 AM