at Pennsic XLI
Tue Jul 31 01:01:47 EDT 2012
I left home at 15:47, and stopped at an ATM before getting on the highway. It was too late to use the HOV lanes on I-270 (15:30-18:30), but traffic wasn't too bad. I stopped for gas in Breezewood, PA, which is our habit because it is reliably cheap there before getting on the PA Turnpike.
But I didn't take the turnpike; I took US-30 west instead to US-220/I-99 north. I intended to take PA-869 to cut a corner off my route, but never saw it. When I passed US-22 I thought something was amiss and took the next exit and checked the map. US-422 forks off of US-22 and is the most direct route to Cooper's Lake. But I also missed US-422 splitting off, and ended up taking US-219 north from US-22 to US-422. After that, it was a straight shot, until the detour around the one-lane bridge that is out on the approach to the campground. Having reviewed on-line maps before I left, I was able to manage the detour in the dark - as it was quite dark by the time I got here.
I passed a Wal*Mart on US-30, and stopped there to get various things I had not been able to find at home - a doormat to put outside the tent, tealight candles, lighters (to light the candles, although I did manage to find one before I left), packing tape (simply forgot that), sewing needles, some canned food, and bread. The gas station in Breezewood had a "general store", but it was useless - travel snacks, travel electronics, and souvenirs (of Breezewood?). WAMU reception held most of the way to Breezewood, but then there was nothing appealing. At the Wal*Mart I found the Johnstown repeater of Pittsburg's classical station, WQED.
I don't listen to "classical" music any more. I listen to Early Music, but I don't play the classical station at home, so I don't hear much 19th-century music. WQED was playing a Bach partita for the last part of the trip, as I left US 422 and found my way on the detour around the closed one-lane bridge.
I'll have to check the Troll stamp to see what time I got here. The tent is up, the rugs are down, and the car is unloaded. (I think there were a couple more small rugs last year, but I didn't notice them anywhere as I was gathering things.) The air mattress is not set up yet, and the locations of many things (like the hammer for the tent stakes) is a mystery. I haven't really had dinner. So far, there's 4 other people at camp. I think
dglenn is the next one expected in.
I didn't get any beer or cider on the way here. There wasn't room for it in the car or in the ice chest. I'm not sure how I'm going to add ice to it tomorrow, but it needs some.
Tuesday 03:05
Finally getting to bed. There are some real talkers here....
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I left home at 15:47, and stopped at an ATM before getting on the highway. It was too late to use the HOV lanes on I-270 (15:30-18:30), but traffic wasn't too bad. I stopped for gas in Breezewood, PA, which is our habit because it is reliably cheap there before getting on the PA Turnpike.
But I didn't take the turnpike; I took US-30 west instead to US-220/I-99 north. I intended to take PA-869 to cut a corner off my route, but never saw it. When I passed US-22 I thought something was amiss and took the next exit and checked the map. US-422 forks off of US-22 and is the most direct route to Cooper's Lake. But I also missed US-422 splitting off, and ended up taking US-219 north from US-22 to US-422. After that, it was a straight shot, until the detour around the one-lane bridge that is out on the approach to the campground. Having reviewed on-line maps before I left, I was able to manage the detour in the dark - as it was quite dark by the time I got here.
I passed a Wal*Mart on US-30, and stopped there to get various things I had not been able to find at home - a doormat to put outside the tent, tealight candles, lighters (to light the candles, although I did manage to find one before I left), packing tape (simply forgot that), sewing needles, some canned food, and bread. The gas station in Breezewood had a "general store", but it was useless - travel snacks, travel electronics, and souvenirs (of Breezewood?). WAMU reception held most of the way to Breezewood, but then there was nothing appealing. At the Wal*Mart I found the Johnstown repeater of Pittsburg's classical station, WQED.
I don't listen to "classical" music any more. I listen to Early Music, but I don't play the classical station at home, so I don't hear much 19th-century music. WQED was playing a Bach partita for the last part of the trip, as I left US 422 and found my way on the detour around the closed one-lane bridge.
I'll have to check the Troll stamp to see what time I got here. The tent is up, the rugs are down, and the car is unloaded. (I think there were a couple more small rugs last year, but I didn't notice them anywhere as I was gathering things.) The air mattress is not set up yet, and the locations of many things (like the hammer for the tent stakes) is a mystery. I haven't really had dinner. So far, there's 4 other people at camp. I think
dglenn is the next one expected in.
I didn't get any beer or cider on the way here. There wasn't room for it in the car or in the ice chest. I'm not sure how I'm going to add ice to it tomorrow, but it needs some.
Tuesday 03:05
Finally getting to bed. There are some real talkers here....
[This entry was originally posted as http://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/537274.html on Dreamwidth (where there are
comments).]