Looking good brother
super stoked we could catch up again. It was nice to sit and chill and bullshit.
Not sure why my truck looks like it sits a foot taller in the rear in that pic though. Lol
While your up here, you could visit Howes Cavern's, Herkimer diamond mine, Fort Rome, Old Forge (water safari & tons of camping spots), Thousand islandsSo about 3 am this morning after fighting with two fuel stations, we roll into a much more promising site. Parking a mere 100’ from the bank of Lake Erie.
The waves rolling in was music to my ears. I set the tent up, washed my face and crawled into bed again.
So at this point I’ve had about 8 hours of sleep in the last 72 hours. Once again at 6:30 I’m wide awake so I got up and looked out to see what laid in front of us, or behind depending on how you see it. Well worth every bit of stress the night before.
After a good breakfast, we just kinda sat and drank coffee and just enjoyed the moment for a minute or ten, slowing getting our ducks in a row for the rest of the day. After packing up we headed further east.
One of the things I wanted to do on this trip was see Niagara Falls, I mean shit it’s on the way. I’ll just say this; worth every bit of the $25 parking and stress of dealing with traffic. Such an amazing place, we walked around for a couple hours with the dogs and just soaked it in. Just smiling to myself thinking; man, this is why I wanted to drive. Just slow down the world, that’s been my goal for the last year. Slow life down a little, enjoy it more and see more cool shit.
After that we hopped on I90 and ran over to a brewery in Faircraft called Brauhaus. A German joint with great beer and amazing food. Sorry no pics as I was to busy enjoying my drink on the patio with the pups.
That pretty much catches us up to where I am now, somewhere outside Albany NY at a campground with showers and a real shitter about to cook fajitas while drinking a local brew.
So far I’ve put 72 gallons of fuel in after driving 1300 miles, which netted me about 17mpg. Absolutely no complaints on that. The 60 gallon transfer tank sure is nice for these big trips. Still had 14 gallons in the truck tank when I filled up too.
total mileage as of now is just over 1700 miles.
While your up here, you could visit Howes Cavern's, Herkimer diamond mine, Fort Rome, Old Forge (water safari & tons of camping spots)
Yes Sir
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So about 3 am this morning after fighting with two fuel stations, we roll into a much more promising site. Parking a mere 100’ from the bank of Lake Erie.
The waves rolling in was music to my ears. I set the tent up, washed my face and crawled into bed again.
So at this point I’ve had about 8 hours of sleep in the last 72 hours. Once again at 6:30 I’m wide awake so I got up and looked out to see what laid in front of us, or behind depending on how you see it. Well worth every bit of stress the night before.
After a good breakfast, we just kinda sat and drank coffee and just enjoyed the moment for a minute or ten, slowing getting our ducks in a row for the rest of the day. After packing up we headed further east.
One of the things I wanted to do on this trip was see Niagara Falls, I mean shit it’s on the way. I’ll just say this; worth every bit of the $25 parking and stress of dealing with traffic. Such an amazing place, we walked around for a couple hours with the dogs and just soaked it in. Just smiling to myself thinking; man, this is why I wanted to drive. Just slow down the world, that’s been my goal for the last year. Slow life down a little, enjoy it more and see more cool shit.
After that we hopped on I90 and ran over to a brewery in Faircraft called Brauhaus. A German joint with great beer and amazing food. Sorry no pics as I was to busy enjoying my drink on the patio with the pups.
That pretty much catches us up to where I am now, somewhere outside Albany NY at a campground with showers and a real shitter about to cook fajitas while drinking a local brew.
So far I’ve put 72 gallons of fuel in after driving 1300 miles, which netted me about 17mpg. Absolutely no complaints on that. The 60 gallon transfer tank sure is nice for these big trips. Still had 14 gallons in the truck tank when I filled up too.
total mileage as of now is just over 1700 miles.
Love the setuop Katie!
Friday am we left for home. Tried hitting a couple camp sites on the way but it being Friday night they were taken so we just ended up driving more or less straight through to home. From the time we left up there to the time we were home including stops for lunch/ beers, getting a slice of pie in Rolla, and seeing my folks for about an hour, was 36 hours. About 1600 miles in a little over a day in a half.
total mileage was just shy of 4,000 miles, 7 nights in the tent, 260 gallons of fuel, one trans line, 6 quarts of trans fluid. A lot of smiles, great food, beautiful places, and good people.
I’m not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow, to the extent I started looking for new jobs on the way home. So we’ll see where the road takes us next!
That’s pretty damn awesome dude. I’ve pulled plenty of 36-48 hour drives with no sleep. I’m over that crap!
What field you lookin in?