Saturday, 28 November 2009
Hanscom to New Jersey
It was horrendously windy all night. I kept waking up worried about the skirt on the front of the RV. It is only on there by Velcro and when it is real windy it starts coming off. I was afraid it was going to come off and blow across the lot through the mud. I kept looking out the window and could see that it was mostly attached, then I would go back to sleep.
We didn’t get up until about 8:30 or later. We had a lot to do to get ready to go since we have been there for so long. The bikes had to be loaded back up, outside stuff had to be put away, plus all the inside stuff. Unlike our normal packed up and hitting the road by 9 am, it was 11:15 by the time we hit the road. The wind continued to gust like crazy. There was a ton of traffic on the Mass Turnpike but once off of it and on our way to Hartford it cleared out nicely.
Our plan is to go to the Elks lodge in Warren, NJ to spend the night. Tomorrow we are going to take the train in to New York and go see the things we didn’t get to see last month and spend the night at Elks again before going on to Virginia.
We made it to Connecticut by about 1pm, then to New York by about 2 and New Jersey at 4 ish. We continued on and 6 hours after we departed Hanscom AFB in Mass we made it to the Elks Lodge at Wachung Hills, NJ. We found it with no problem except that it was already dark when we arrived. We parked on the street and then went in to find out what was what and where we were supposed to park. The folks were real nice. There was absolutely nothing to the site. And I mean nothing. No water, no sewer hook up, and only 110 power. Holy moly and we are going to be here for 2 nights. I registered my complaints to Rob that I want a minimum of 30 amps and prefer 50 and absolutely want water hookups. Then got on with the task of setting up.
YumYum is so comfortable in the RV that she started wandering around everywhere before the slides were even out. We always have to find and snag her before we can put the slides out or she could get caught in them. Luckily she always wants to be with me so she came out of the living room meowing. We opened everything up and then fed her. We fixed a quick dinner of soup, salad and a glass of wine and then went to the lodge to be sociable and have a drink with the local Elks members. They bought our first round of Beer and wine. That was very nice.
We talked to the bar tender, Al, about our plan to drive to Newark to catch the train into New York. He basically told us our truck would be stripped if we left it in Newark and convinced us to drive closer by to Dunellen, leave the truck there and take the train in. That way we would still have the truck when we returned. No problem, we were convinced.
We played several games of pool, all of which (except the last one) Rob kicked my butt. We had a total of two rounds of drinks and then headed back to our abode. The Yumster welcomed us from the chair in which we had left her.
We both played on our computers for a bit and then went to bed. It was a fun eve. I am looking forward to our visit to the Big Apple tomorrow.
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