We departed from Mom & Dad’s at 10:00AM EDT and headed East to Lampe Campground at the Port of Erie, PA. We took the “toll avoidance” route across US-20 and OH-2 (with some connectors along the way until we reached the free portion of I-90 in Cleveland. Traffic was heavy on I-90 until we got closer to Pennsylvania. We arrived at the campground at 4:30PM EDT (322 miles).
Beth discovered a Chick-fil-A just before we got off US-20 and onto I-475 in Toledo, OH and dialed up an order on her phone. I was a bit nervous about the parking lot situation at lunch hour based on every other Chick-fil-A we’ve ever tried to visit, but this one had a real nice setup to route the drive-thru commandos (who drive 30MPH minimum through the parking lot to beat any competitors to the front of the line) away from the parking spots. We managed to snag a parallel parking spot near the entrance and the food was ready when Beth arrived inside. We were chomping on chicken nuggets within about two minutes. We also decided to try the chicken strips for the first time. The meat was excellent and perfectly cooked (as you would expect), but the batter was thicker and sweeter than the nuggets. Although the strips were great, we didn’t care for the sweet taste and will stick to the nuggets in the future.
We stopped for fuel at the Loves Travel Stop in Madison, OH. That was a quick stop. We saved about $0.80/gal with our diesel fuel card.
This campground is a part of the Port of Erie and is directly on a canal that comes in to a harbor from Lake Erie. It’s very nice and very full with Water and 50Amp Electric at each site.
| Device | Download Mbps | Upload Mbps |
|---|---|---|
| Campground Wi-Fi | n/a | n/a |
| Starlink | 199 | 15 |
| AT&T Hotspot | n/a | n/a |
| US Mobile – Brian (AT&T) | 20 | 3 |
| US Mobile – Beth (Verizon) | 385 | 7 |
| TV | Quality |
|---|---|
| Antenna | 21 Channels (NBC,ABC,CBS, FOX) |
| Campground Cable | n/a |
| DISH Satellite | n/a |