June 5 – Delaware Water Gap

It’s time to leave the NYC area. We’ve done everything we had hoped to do with the exception of walking on the Brooklyn Bridge. Surprisingly, I think both of us would have liked to spend a few more days here. Liberty Marina RV Park made getting around so easy with its good connections into the New Jersey/New York City transit system.

We’ve changed our travel plans again. Steamtown in Scranton, PA is back on our itinerary. This is one place that has been off and on our list of places since we started planning this trip.

After a stop at a Panera bakery for breakfast and WiFi, we drove a couple of miles to the Campmor store in Paramus, NJ. We receive their catalog a few times each year and have purchased several camping items via mail order. It’s a larger store than either of us imagined. It looks like it has expanded several times over the years by buying out the neighboring stores and cutting a doorway into the wall. They have a good assortment of merchandise at fairly good prices. We resisted a few temptations.

Our drive on I-80 was quick but tiring. We stopped at the Pennsylvania Visitors’ center located near the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The staff talked us into visiting the area and gave directions to a local Federal campground at Dingmans ferry. We decided not to stop at any of the recommended attractions and instead, drove directly to the campground and took much needed naps. Not directly, a stop at the local Dairy Queen was necessary.