Summer Adventure 2019 Wrap-up

We departed Tri State Truck Center in Shrewsbury MA about 4:00 pm on Saturday headed for home. Google maps suggested the quickest route was down I-95 through New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore Washington and Richmond, but we knew better.  We elected to take a more westerly route heading west on I-84 to Scanton PA and then southwest on I-81. This route is more scenic and avoids the horrendous I-95 corridor. We drove 262 uneventful miles then parked for the night at the Walmart in Pittston PA about 9:00.

On Sunday I declared that we could make it the rest of the way home that day. Dorcas was mortified that I would even consider such an idea.  I started driving, and I was like a horse headed for the barn. We did indeed arrive home just before dark after driving 529 miles.

Following is a graphic showing the route for our whole trip:

Our route

We left home on August 9 and arrived back home on September 29, a total of 52 days on the road. Not a particularly long trip for us. Per our engine ECM, which I have found to be very accurate, we drove 4009.8 miles, burned 463.4 gallons of diesel and averaged 8.7 mpg.

I use the "AUX TRIP" page to calculate distance and fuel usage after filling the tank. On our last load of fuel from Montgomery NY to home we got a respectable 9.2 mpg.

We had a lot of fun on this grip and saw a lot of amazing things, but more things went wrong on this trip than on any trip before.

This image illustrates the most significant boo-boos on this trip

We are glad to be home.  Now it is time to make remaining repairs and put everything back together.

Life is good.