{"id":6813,"date":"2018-10-16T15:58:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T19:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=6813"},"modified":"2019-03-11T21:36:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T01:36:42","slug":"ts4-1-hop-3-chenango-forks-ny-to-tremont-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/16\/ts4-1-hop-3-chenango-forks-ny-to-tremont-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"TS4-1 Hop 3: Chenango Forks NY to Tremont PA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"TS4-1

TS4-1 Hop 3<\/p><\/div>\n

154 miles via NY 12, I-81 and local roads. Cumulative tow miles: 436. Truck miles: 310. Cumulative truck miles: 782.<\/p>\n

This was the hop that extracted us from our 8-day nightmare. As expected, the most difficult part of the trip was the 200 yards to exit the Chenango Shores Campground. There were three distinct challenges:<\/p>\n

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  1. Push the RV back onto the grassy common area, to make a Y-turn to the dump station.\u00a0 With all the mud – from the heavy rains on Friday and the lighter rains on Saturday – I thought that there was a very real possibility that either the truck or the RV – or both – would get mired, axle-deep, in the muck.\u00a0 We didn’t get stuck, but we left deep tire tracks that will not disappear until next summer.<\/li>\n
  2. Dump the tanks. We were using only one black water tank and one gray water tank, each 45 gal capacity.\u00a0 But, after 8 days, they were probably pretty full.\u00a0 We probably had over 70 gallons of sewerage to dump.\u00a0 The dump station was nearly full.\u00a0 I could not completely empty the tanks, but got rid of enough weight to make traveling 150 miles feasible.\u00a0 Probably dumped 40 to 50 gallons.<\/li>\n
  3. Get to the road.\u00a0 This involved traversing the very narrow, very muddy road and making the fairly sharp left turn, avoiding the post on the left and the junk metal gate on the right.\u00a0 The bushes, too, to the extent possible.\u00a0 All through very deep puddles and mud.\u00a0 This turned out to be relatively easy.\u00a0 We hit nothing and didn’t get stuck.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \"Narrow,<\/a>

    Narrow, muddy exit path<\/p><\/div>\n

    \"Post<\/a>

    Post to the left<\/p><\/div>\n

    The campground owner was waiting for us at the road.\u00a0 We thanked him once again for his kindness and assistance.\u00a0 He invited us to stop in again next year.<\/p>\n

    Not bloody likely.<\/p>\n

    Our new brake controller – which I had felt engage the RV brakes just getting to the exit – still needed fine tuning.\u00a0 Our plan was to take a slight detour to a large parking lot where we could get it set just right.\u00a0 But in traversing the 6 miles of NY 12 to the entrance to I-81, I made adjustments along the way.\u00a0 By the time we got to I-81 I was pretty confident that the settings were good enough to be safe, so we skipped the parking lot and started heading south on I-81.<\/p>\n

    The ride on I-81 was uneventful.\u00a0 I was a bit apprehensive about the undulations near Scranton and knew that they would provide a test of the engine’s health.\u00a0 It passed easily.\u00a0 The engine ran smoothly and never seemed to struggle much.<\/p>\n

    Our home for the evening was the Echo Valley Campground<\/a> in Tremont PA.\u00a0 I picked it almost exclusively for its location – about 150 miles from Binghamton (a good road test for the truck, but not too taxing on its weary passengers) – and just a mile off of I-81.\u00a0 But it also offered pull-through sites and full hookups.\u00a0 The very first thing I did after we got set up was open the valve and complete the dumping of our gray and black water tanks.\u00a0 Then I took a long, hot shower.<\/p>\n

    The campground was no better than average, but did have recycling and one of the largest pools we have seen anywhere.<\/p>\n

    Ironically, this campground had almost no Verizon service.\u00a0 So, for the 9th consecutive night, we could not make or take phone calls.\u00a0 The TV service was also spotty.\u00a0 We got 4 channels on one TV and zero on the other.<\/p>\n

    Jett wanted to go out for a good meal and I didn’t argue.\u00a0 So we drove about 5 miles to Buddy’s Log Cabin Restaurant<\/a> in Pine Grove PA.\u00a0 It had very good reviews – 4.3 out of 5 on Google – so we had high hopes. Jett ordered their specialty – broasted chicken – and I opted for some meatloaf.\u00a0 The salad bar was mediocre, as was the birch beer.\u00a0 The entrees… well, Jett couldn’t eat the chicken.\u00a0 Too overdone.\u00a0 The meatloaf was cold and bland.\u00a0 The mashed potatoes were instant.\u00a0 What did we like about the meal? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.\u00a0 Disgusting meal.\u00a0 One of our worst dine-out experiences ever.\u00a0 I would be generous if I gave it a 1-star rating.<\/p>\n

    \"Buddy's<\/a>

    Buddy’s Log Cabin<\/p><\/div>\n

    \"Echo<\/a>

    Echo Valley pool<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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