Lewisburg to Newark
Woke at 7.00am or so after Tim and Jeri’s night in the RTT. Not a bad night’s sleep, plenty of room and not too humid though everything was slightly damp. Quickly made coffee and had toasted bagels, salmon and cream cheese.
We packed quickly. Because the RTT did not have the annex attached it took no time at all and we were driving away from the farm at 8.55am. This part of West Virginia is quite beautiful and I found myself comparing it often to England, Wales or the countryside near Limoges. After a short drive, we passed through the small town of Lewisburg (‘America’s Coolest Small Town’) and then we hit I-64 and I-81 for many miles. Sometimes there would be views of thoroughly wooded hills and mountains but, more often than not, just grass and trees near the road. Lunch was a late picnic in the veteran’s park in Charles Town, near highway 340 on the way to Harpers Ferry. We crossed the Potomac. Soon we were on familiar territory heading north on I-95 from Baltimore. We arrived at Beth’s apartment at 4.30pm. Checked into the Baymont on South College Avenue; location is the best thing to say about this place, but after three years it has the benefit of familiarity.
Google maps recorded 3,128 miles, the Outback 3,172 and the Fiat 3,250. Allowing for a few minor detours, U-turns etc. the Outback mileage is probably the most accurate. The Fiat’s Italian nature perhaps made the odometer a little over excited? 40.2 mpg in the Fiat, 27.5 in the Outback. Pretty good.
Our epic first chapter of Counterclockwise over, we headed to Klondike Kate’s in main street in Newark for dinner. Klondike Kate’s
