This morning we left Speculator, NY at 9:15AM EDT. Last year we headed towards Albany and picked up I-87 to head South, but encountered significant tolls. Therefore, this year we elected to retry I-81 through Scranton, PA. We stopped taking that route years ago because I-81 through Scranton was awful. Google Maps wanted us to take NY-8 West out of Speculator and several other back roads to get to I-88 and then I-81. We’ve done that in the past and found it to be a bit too winding and hilly. So, we took NY-30 back to Amsterdam (the route we always take to get to Speculator from Albany) and then continued South on NY-30 to get to I-88. NY-30 South of Amsterdam was definitely more winding and hilly than North of Amsterdam, but we were only on it about 16 miles. The only issue we ran into was that we hit the intersection of NY-30 and US-20 at about 50MPH and there was a significant dip in the road at the intersection. I realized it at the last second as we approached the intersection and slammed on the brakes, but it still felt like the RV left the ground enough to make Evil Knievel proud. We pulled over as soon as we could find a spot and inspected the RV and the Tahoe. We couldn’t find any signs of damage.
We stopped in Binghamton, NY at the TA Travel Center for diesel fuel at $2.91/Gallon. After filling up we parked in the parking lot and made sandwiches for lunch. After lunch we headed South on I-81 and other than very heavy traffic the remainder of the trip was uneventful. I-81 through Scranton has definitely improved. Not once did we think the TV was going to fall off of its wall mount. The only rough area we encountered was probably the first 30 miles entering Pennsylvania and it wasn’t unbearable.
We arrived at Twin Grove RV Resort in Pine Grove, PA at about 4:15PM EDT. This campground is HUGE and it has lots of amenities. Beth said the campground store was ginormous. Our site has full hookups. We have a nice pull through site, but it’s not very level from front to back. We were able to level the RV without using our ramps, but we had to put down multiple boards and several plastic jack pads to lift the front. The passenger side front tire came off the ground so I had Beth (Bubbles) lift it enough to get a board under the tire and then had her lower the tire back down on the board. We have a very nice view of the Pennsylvania mountains from our living room.
We haven’t tested the campground Wi-Fi, but our AT&T Hotspot got 82Mbps/20Mbps download/upload speeds. DISH blacked out the Rays game because we are parked in Pennsylvania and the Rays are playing Philadelphia, but we were able to stream the game no problem with our Hotspot.
Twin Grove RV Resort – Site #A21 – Front Passenger 
Twin Grove RV Resort – Site #A21 – Front Driver 
Twin Grove RV Resort – Site #A21 – Rear 
Twin Grove RV Resort – Site #A21 – View
