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A long day yesterday & then we found the Wi-Fi connection was not working at the Hotel, so no blog post last night. We drove East & South from Kalamazoo through rural Michigan & it was extremely hot. Thank goodness for air conditioning in the car. We have an external temperature readout in this car & for much of the day it was over 100F with the highest I saw being 106F. We spent the night at Huron which is on the shore of Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes. We were right on the river bank but on the opposite side of the river was a (cement?) plant & there was a flour mill there as well. If you looked the other way towards the lake it was gorgeous, but turn around & it was very industrial. Also on the opposite bank of the river was a main railway line & we saw many of the legendary American freight trains go past. When you see three locos on the front you know it's going to be a long one. Sometimes they have a pusher on the back as well. There was a level crossing nearby so they were honking (loudly) at that & we thought it would keep us awake, but we were so tired from the heat of the day that we went straight to sleep & didn't wake up till after 8 am.
Today we moved on down through Ohio into Pennsylvania. Road works were much in evidence, with crews laying that lovely, billiard table smooth blacktop at several places along Interstate 80. Both eastern Ohio & western Pennsylvania are heavily wooded, giving the impression of driving through a forest. Apart from the road works, 70mph limit all the way, so cruise control on & just steer. The trucks are as daunting as ever but I suppose we are used to them by now. We saw several with two trailers but none with three, I think they may only allow them in the western states. We stopped at a few rest areas & they were all clean & smart & the Americans we spoke to all very polite.
Tomorrow we hope to see my cousin Suzanne in New Jersey & end up at our friends, David & Lesley Ayre in Chestnut Ridge, New York.
Mileage yesterday 223 Total (this car) 223 Total 4515
Mileage today 247 Total (this car) 471 Total 4762.
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