Yesterday's drive was up there on the stress charts with our 400 mile drive in northern Washington State on Aug. 14, in a dust storm, fires, etc. We drove about 380 miles yesterday through MA, CT, RI, NY, and NJ!! But it wasn't so much the distance as driving through major cities like New Haven CT, and New York! We tried to avoid going across the George Washington Bridge on I 95 but just couldn't. We were warned that RVs cannot use the lover level of the bridge so we were looking for signs (among a bazillion other signs) and they kept saying passenger cars only. We thought we had missed the sign for trucks/rvs. We panicked a little and pulled off on a side street in a busy and narrow-streeted area and by luck or the grace of God we found a place to pull over and decide what to do. Our hearts pounding, a guy walking his dog came by. I am convinced this guy was our guardian angel. He talked us through our delima (in his Bronx accent) and convinced us we were just fine and should just get back on and follow the signs for the upper level. We pulled right back on and did just that. We came through it just fine.
We were planning on staying the night somewhere on the other side of the bridge but there wasn't an
RV park to be found without going a long way off our route so we decided to just push through and go all the way to Clarksboro, NJ, Timberlane RV Park, $42/night, which is the closest park to Philadelphia on the other side of the river.
Today, we just plan on relaxing and we'll see the city tomorrow. I don't know how Denny did it last night but he stayed up til midnight watching the Packer/Seattle game. Thankfully, the Packers won. I, on the other hand, was in bed before 9:00 and it sure felt goooooood.
What a drive!! Glad you made it just fine. It is always such a good feeling to just relax after a tough day of driving. The Packers rule!!
ReplyDeleteOMG< OMG< OMG!!! Certainly a memory of survival. Thank God for the guardian angel!
ReplyDeleteAND it is so true and so funny that Denny persevered through the Packer game!!! LOL!
ReplyDeleteWhat are your plans after Philly? Maybe we could meet somewhere.
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