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.
Kids gotta get a little older and we will be good for a weeks travel out there!
