Travel Day: Cleveland

July 22, 2010
Streetsboro, OH

Today was an easy travel day, bad roads notwithstanding. One section of I-86 was so bad we had to slow to 45 MPH. These DOT people ought to be ashamed of themselves for letting things get this bad.

We did most of our travel preparation last night, including hooking up the Rover, since we were in a nice, long pull-thru. This morning it was just make the coffee, pull in the slides and power cord, and go. We hit the road right on schedule at 8:00, heading south to I-88 then west. This highway used to be (and still is in some places) NY-17, the "Southern Tier Expressway". At some point, it changes to I-86 and continues all the way west to I-90, just into Pennsylvania. We quickly crossed into Ohio, and turned south on I-271, then southeast on I-480 for a bit. We arrived at this RV Park right on schedule as well, a little after 5:00. It was a partly sunny day, but pretty hot an humid in the afternoon.

We've been to this park before, almost exactly four years ago. We stopped here on our way east after "moving" to South Dakota. I remembered the spots being a little tight to get into, back-ins positioned at 90 degrees to the narrow access roads with all sorts of trees and posts to work around and other campers' vehicles parked close to the road. Fortunately, this time we got a spot right across from one of the buildings, with an access road in front. I was able to pull in there and back straight into our spot. Good stuff.

We were able to get the satellite dish up, so Iron Chef is on the tube and the Internet connection is working on and off. The "off" part is weather-related, since we have some rain moving in. Some of it is heavy, with watches and warnings to the north and west of us. Hopefully, it'll pass over night...

Tomorrow, it's back to the Hall of Fame Tour!