Temporarily Home

8/15/07
I awoke early so that I could get out of the city early. Its amazing to me how much traffic there is at 5:30 AM between Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD. Like last night in Washington, I decided to skip anymore scavenger hunt points in the area and headed toward Scranton, PA. I wanted to swing wide of NYC and just get home at some reasonable time.
I made it about 1/2 hour north of Baltimore when I stopped for breakfast. I was doing fine on time and traveling there. I then continued north of Harrisburg, PA and started running into LOTS of road construction. It seemed that I was riding 40 mph more than I was riding 65 mph so I decided to jump to I-80 and find a way to I-84. Rte 209 was the road that ran between these two interstates and it was an awesome road. The Delaware River Water Gap Recreation area is on this road so I got another NPS stamp and I saw a black bear on the road near the NY border.
There really wasn't much more to say; I rode interstates home and arrived about 4 PM. Its good to be home, even if its just temporarily. I've still got to get to Madawaska, ME by Monday. Ruth and I plan on leaving Saturday and getting there on Sunday. Here's to hoping it happens this way...