Today we have made our way to Mercer, PA. The weather is so nice, it was in the low 50s this morning and the high today is in the low 60s. We had a brief shower after getting set-up yesterday afternoon and some through the night. We may have to find a jacket somewhere as we came away from home without packing any jackets or light coats. Now here in the northeast US it might be a bit chilly some mornings.
The worst part of this trip so far is the condition of I-70 through the whole state of Indiana. All of the US-Interstate system is old and worn out having been built in the 60s & 70s. The design parameters did not include the magnitude of heavy truck traffic that this system has seen and it gets heavier every year.
A couple of years before I retired we conducted a study of I-70 and I-44 across Missouri with the recommendation that both need major reconstruction and added lanes for improved capacity. Funds however are not available for any such massive reconstruction.
Tomorrow we make it to Newburgh, NY where we will sit for two nights. Because this trip has a destination so far from home our day trips are longer than what we usually enjoy therefore after these three days pushing the time on the road we will enjoy the one day of rest there.
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