2016 Fall Camping - Another Honeymoon... 45 Years Later!

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Depart the Crab Shacks at 0950. The Tom Tom GPS took us on the GSP, the NJTP, over the G. Washington Bridge to the Major Degan Pky, the Hutchinson River Pky and the Merritt Pky. Traffic wasn't bad on any of the roads. Occasionally it slowed to the mid 40's, but it picked up to the speed limit quickly.

We stopped for lunch at a Subway right on the highway. We tried three other highway rest stops before this one, but there wasn't any parking for a car with a trailer. There wasn't any at this spot either, but we were able to squeeze into an end space.

Following our lunch repast, we drove for a couple additional hours, stopping at Wells State Park for the night. The campground is on the outskirts of Old Sturbridge Village, MA. All in all, we had an easy drive. Camp was set up by 1550, five hours after we started. On the day, we did 266 miles.

After a brief break, we set off to hike the Carpenter's Rocks Trail. On the way, the terrain was steep. While walking, we changed our target to the Mill Pond Trail. We may try Carpenter's Rocks tomorrow before we leave.

Daytime temp was in the mid 70s and at night it dropped into the low 60s.

We walked a mere 3.6 miles today.