Full disclosure--I am writing this on the Friday after we got back. Shame on me.
We left Erie at about 930, and we got home a bit after two--that included a lunch stop--so I'd say 4.5 hrs or so to get back home. Pennsylvania's a big state, especially when you're driving diagonally across it.
As with most of my blog finales, there aren't many pictures, just some thoughts on the trip. So here goes:
It was a nice get away for both of us. I'll say it again--we are both very fortunate to be able to work from home. But after more than four months, even I get tired of it. We aren't exactly on a strict lock down, but we don't go out (even locally) like we used to so this time away was nice.
It was also interesting to see these places from a vacation standpoint, instead of through work. It allowed me to really look at the places at my leisure and also to explore some things I wouldn't have had time for on a work day in the field.
I think I've seen that Erie County is getting more cases, so that may be why the mask and distancing requirements seemed to be followed more than I expected--and I think that's a good thing. Nobody's used to these kinds of restrictions, but I feel that if we sacrifice now it will keep things from getting much worse.
Of course, with these restrictions a lot of things were closed or had minimal services, so that was a drawback.
I am sure that things will eventually go back to something approaching normal. I hope it is soon, but I fear it will be longer than we think.
I usually have this first, but here is a map of the places we stopped or stayed:
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