Franklin, PA

Finally, I get service again! It's day 3 and I'm taking a little coffee break here in Franlin. My goal is to stay in an Ohio State Park tonight. At this point my camping routine is well established. The only problem so far was that I could not get my gasoline stove to light. So I bought a new propane stove that works great. Hopefully I can ditch the gas stove in Detroit. This morning was very cold and rainy but my new aerostich gear worked great and I was able to cover a lot of ground. I did have a slightly worrisome "Deliverance" moment this morning. I took a short cut down a back road that followed the river. It took way longer than expected and the road kept getting narrower and rougher. Fortunately, I heard no banjo music, although I did get passed by a guy on a GS that could have easily been Charlie Boorman (in the unlikely event you get that GS/Boorman reference please explain to the rest of my readers in the comments!) I eventually intersected the main road exactly where I expected. I think the fact that the shortcut road was actually called Rt. 666 caused my immagination to get the better of me!

Stay tuned for Ohio...