How Far For Pizza?

Travel Day: New Hampshire to Vermont. At one point while driving, Kevin reached over to hold my hand. I said, “Don’t be thinkin’ about Sweet Nothings when you are pulling HOWE!”  (Footnote 1) OH my goodness, that was hilarious! Those words just poured out from my mouth. We laughed so hard! I guess I wanted him to concentrate on pulling our 5th wheel with our truck, a combine length of 54 feet!

We stayed in Dummerston, Vermont, for one night. This campground is family owned. Their website is great and emails gave good information. As we checked in, we saw nice pool and buildings. I had picked the site when reserving. Well, we get to our site, on the far end, and pulled through. We immediately hear/see the neighbors next to us arguing about how unlevel their site is and trying to get their trailer level.

And our site, yeah, we had to place 3, yes three, 2 inch boards under the left side tires to get it level and the bubble was still not completely in the middle! All this time (this is our 3rd year of traveling full-time), we have never, ever had to put 3 boards under the tires on one side. And then HOWE still had to auto-adjust to level. It was crazy! The next day I replied to their email that asked about our stay. I suggested they put a warning on the registration page for the campsites that are completely unlevel. I didn’t receive a reply but I hope they make the change.

The next day was another Travel Day: from Vermont to Accord, New York. At one point, on I-87, we saw a sign that we were at the highest elevation – around 1700 ft elevation – from the coast to North Dakota. We stopped at Love’s truck stop in Canaan, NY, just over the state line. As we started to walk back to the truck, torrential rain came down. Not kidding, in literally seconds, the parking lot was a river. We ran the short distance to the truck and we were completely soaked. I mean, more wet than an army shower! The water was above my ankles. We laughed and thought about the old song, “Singing In The Rain!” We pulled out and thankfully the rain slowed down a lot and soon the storm was over. Back on the freeway, though, lots of cars were off the road. We think they had pulled over in the extreme rain, we didn’t see accidents. One motorcycle was stopped under a bridge. 

We got HOWE backed in to our campsite in Accord, New York, got set up, and Kevin took a nap. Then he looked online for pizza. He said Pizza Hut or Little Caesars sounded good to him. Fine with me. He picked Pizza Hut and placed the order through the app. He said it is 20 minutes away but wanted it so that was fine. He took off and I stayed home (footnote 2) as I was still doing some cleaning. Soon I got a text from him that it is 20 miles but an hour away! 🤪We had already paid for the pizza, he said, so he was still going to get it. A while later, Kevin showed up with the pizza. He was so cute – he wrapped the pizza boxes in the picnic blanket to keep it warm on the way home. It worked, the pizza wasn’t too cold. HAHA

Catskills: I learned from their website that they aren’t true mountains. They are a “dissected plateau.” Flowing waterways and sediment deposits eroded and shaped part of the land. Also, a high peak in the Catskills, Panther Mountain, is thought to be where a meteor landed. The Catskills are not part of the Adirondacks. The roads we took are narrow and curvy and goes past houses and a few businesses. The houses mostly look old. We came to Ashokan Reservoir which is 585 ft elevation. We drove across a bridge and saw some people kayaking. After that, well, you literally couldn’t see the water because of all the trees. The visitor center was closed (we knew that ahead of time) but got out and read some information. We learned the Catskills used to be a popular place for people to come but has dwindled down over the past years. More than 1/2 the park is privately owned. Bluestone was mined here and was used for sidewalks in NYC as well as other things. Logging was big business as well.

Saunderskill Farms is a farm that has been in the same family for 12 generations They even have the 300 Year Award. The family farm was started in 1680. Wow, that is incredible! The name comes from a creek that goes through the farm. I read they make apple cider donuts and had even underlined “apple cider donuts” on our Exploring Card. HA The store is nice with some produce and products. We got some of the donuts. We didn’t buy anything else but will be back when I need fresh produce. https://saunderskill.com/our-history/

We are huge fans of the Olympics. While watching one evening I asked Siri on my iPhone, “Hey Siri, how much time is added in the huddle race if they knock over something?” Kevin started laughing so hard he choked! I didn’t remember what the things they jump over are called so I called it “something.” HA Siri came through just fine and told us the answers. 

1. “HOWE” is what we named our Alliance Avenue 36-ft 5th wheel. See: Home On WhEels and we pronounce it Howie. We live and travel in it full-time around the country.

2. “Home” is where we park it. Home is our 2022 Alliance Avenue, 36 ft, 5th wheel.