The last leg of the journey was from Chautauqua KOA (East side of the lake) to Victor NY. The plan was to take US 20. I forgot that when we did this in 2011 I said I would never drive that stretch of US 20 through the Buffalo area again. The day started out with the usual nonsense, the road we planned to take was closed for construction. I just can’t wait for the Infrastructure Bill to pass. Since Wyoming we have been running through road construction daily. In WY and NE our Garmin insisted on rerouting us because the “Road is Closed” actually lanes were closed but the route was open, sort of, single lane often with oncoming traffic to our left. In OH the detours on US 6 had us covering half of northern Ohio and Pennsylvania to get to Napoleon PA for fuel. 

The stretch from Chautauqua was particularly frustrating since we encountered weight limits of 6 tons on several routes we intended to take – our rear axle is 20,000 pounds! I was not about to take any chances so we continued on the only route with no posted weight limit until we found our way to US 20. Eventually we back tracked about 6 miles to get on I 90 and make tracks to Victor to store the coach. I still much prefer back roads to Interstates, but when I just want to get someplace already the Interstates do work, unless they are under construction with lanes closed.

Our next road trip will be in the Jeep Grand Cherokee to the Adirondacks where we will stay at the Saranac Hotel for four nights. We will see our friends from Sacramento, meet their daughter and family and visit some sights we haven’t seen in several years. In the mean time we are very busy in Rochester with dinner with Rohma and Josh and plans with friends being shaped as I write. 

I will be stopping by to “visit” Geewhiz from time to time just to be sure everything is in order. For now travel will be more limited than usual.