CA to MA - Day 11 Danville PA to Medford MA

Last day of the road trip! Dottie won't be the only one glad to get there. We are looking forward to not packing up every morning and being able.to stay in the same place for a few days.

It was 22 F when we took the dog for a brief walk this morning before getting in the car, and that was evident as we saw our first ski slopes and lots of very frozen ice on the roadside. At least the weather was still dry,

We drove from Pennsylvania, into New York State, and then into Connecticut.

When we passed through Hartford, Connecticut, I looked up where the summer camp was that I worked in the first summer I was at university. Camp Wah-Nee, which is near Torrington, now charges $11,000 per child for a seven-week (yes, that long) summer camp! I knew it must have been expensive back then

Finally into Massachusets, and only 68 miles to go...

Dick has been recording the entire trip on a dash camera in time-lapse, being very careful to remember to turn it on at every stop. We'll add the sections to a link on Youtube when he puts it up. Unfortunately, he discovered for the first time in 3604 miles that he had forgotten to turn on the dash camera after we stopped for lunch and missed about 40 miles. The only good thing was this section is not that far away, and he can go back and drive the missing piece later if need be.

We arrived at our friend's house in Medford at 2.30 pm, having driven 3620.1 miles in total for the whole trip. According to the car, the average speed was 55 mph, total driving time was 66 hours and 14 minutes, with an average of 29.5 miles per gallon.

This was the final drive into Boston:

And the whole trip

Then we took the dogs for a walk of course!

We'll spend the next few days here with Jenn and Zach and Jake, their dog, and our new apartment will be ready on Saturday. Our bed won't arrive until Sunday, but we will survive!

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Thank-full for health insurance

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