Date: 2012-06-27
From: Reservoir Road

To: PA Hwy 309 Blue Mountain Summit
Miles today: 21.1

We got an earlier start today...warmer than yesterday so easier to get out of the comfy sleeping bag and get going. The start spot was close so dropped off SOS about 7:15! Back to the campground to do my "housekeeping"....that involves going through the car and organizing, tossing and sorting. When that was done, I gathered up the laundry, my shower things and headed for the office area where the laundry was. I also wanted to try a different shower room. The showers close to us have NO place, except for one hook, to put anything such as soap, shampoo, towel, clean clothes, clothes you wear in to the shower so therefore it makes showering VERY difficult. The shower by the office is newer so I was hopeful that it was better equipped...well there was good news and bad news. There were two hooks and a bench but still nothing in the shower area itself except the shower head. I started the wash before I showered because it was right next door in the skinniest laundry room you can imagine. Two average size people could not pass each other so it is pretty much a one person deal even though there are several washers and driers. When I put my wet clothes in the dryer, it took my 5 quarters but did not start. It got a little funny (depending on your sense of humor) from here on. I went to the office and was told to go around that building over there and go upstairs and tell that man...okay, so I did that. He stopped what he was doing and came to help...but he couldn't start it either so didn't know what to do. He suggested that he was sorry but sometimes things go wrong! (Is that a solution to my problem??) At this point, I suggested that he give me my money back and I would try another dryer since I had wet clothes that needed to be dry! He sent me back to the office where another confused man gave me a dollar bill and a quarter. When I said that I needed 5 quarters because the dryer doesn't take dollar bills, he looked even more confused but did give me the quarters. All this time I am wondering why this was so confusing to them but it got resolved and the second dryer worked...in fact...too well as my clothes were too hot to handle when the dryer stopped. By now it was noon, so I drove into town and went to the drugstore/soda fountain. This store has been here over 100 years and was recently purchased and renovated. The soda fountain was reopened much to the delight of the town. All seats at the fountain were filled after I sat down and ordered a medium root beer float (in honor of my MOM who always had root beer and vanilla ice cream on hand and offered it to everyone who stopped by). The inside and outside of this store were very interesting and filled with history. On to the knit shop where I sat in a comfy chair and worked on my knitting until time to go get SOS. I stopped at the grocery to get hamburger to grill for dinner. I was driving in new territory...Pennsylvania Dutch country. It was beautiful with rolling hills and big barns with painted Dutch hex signs. There was traffic so I had no place to stop for a picture...maybe tomorrow when I take SOS to his start and move on to Allentown. I stopped in a little town on the way at the country store...love those country stores...they have everything and are always friendly. I bought postcards for 10 cents each...14 of them...:-) SOS was very tired when I picked him up. We went back to the campgound and he showered while I fixed dinner..grilled burgers, potato salad, carrots and yellow squash. The WIFI isn't fixed at the campground so we are at McDonald's again writing the journal. We will get back to camp early and go to bed for the fourth night in this campground. Road Name of the Day: OLD PHILLY PIKE...don't you guess that once upon a time it was the road to Philadelphia?