February 3, 2008 ~ Bloomsburg, PA to Portsmouth, NH

We got up in Bloomsburg, PA and headed northeast. The truck is still running funny, but the weather is holding out. Guess you can't win them all.

Chris has figured out that if he keeps the RPMs up on the truck, it runs fine....it's just that's a little hard to do going down a grade in the mountains of northern Pennsylvania. We made it though.

Before we left the Econo Lodge in Bloomsburg, Chris went down and got some stuff from the continental breakfast ~ a couple of yogurts, a bagel, and an english muffin. We ate after we got in the truck and got started ~ but, we had a pretty good breakfast....lots of carbs to start the day.

We went up I-81 into Wilkes-Barre, PA (pronounced 'Berry' by the locals). There's a couple places in through there, that if you were west/south bound, you would be on the edge (I don't like edges), but from the east/north bound side, it's just really pretty countryside in through there.

Then we got on I-84 all the way into Middlebury, CT. We delivered a Kubota tractor in Middlebury, and then headed on to Portsmouth, NH. Traffic from Middlebury on up into Massachusetts was really heavy, especially for a Sunday afternoon. I guess everybody was out getting stocked up for the Superbowl.

We found the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, NH on our way (we have a book "Temporary Military Lodging Around the World" that we picked up at a PX/BX somewhere that has lodging for active duty, reserve, DoD civilian, retired military, etc. listed). We decided to make reservations for the night and settle in to watch the Superbowl ourselves. (click here to read my post on the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard).

We also decided to get something to eat, to take to our room with us. A quick internet search found a Ruby Tuesday's not too far out of the way. It's nice to call and order dinner and then just stop by and pick it up on your way. (click here to read my post on Ruby Tuesday's).

Once in the room, we ate and watched the Superbowl ~ who would have guessed the Giants would pull this upset?! Wow, I bet bloggers everywhere are going crazy! Oh, and I didn't really have a favorite commercial; although, I had a couple that I didn't like at all. Let's see, my opinion on the Superbowl commercials is probably a whole other blog......