Tuesday, June 3, 2014

On the road

We were in 4 states today - Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey - and if we had gone across the river from where we are staying tonight (into Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), it would have been five.  We are in Clarksboro, NJ, in the Timberlane Campground. It bills itself as "Closest campground to Philadelphia".

If you had been traveling with us these are some of the scenes you would have seen today.  I can tell we are not in the Appalachian Mountains, neither are we in the beautiful, rolling hills of the south.

This is the view from the campsite we left this morning, in Fredericksburg.  Notice the geese in the picture.  There were two families; one with six goslings and the other had only four. That's a little pond in the center.  The campground had paddle-boats that one could rent.

Pulling out of our campsite this morning.

After traveling around Washington, D.C., we were soon into Maryland.  

The Maryland Rest Stop and Visitor Center.  The Visitor Center is closed on Tuesday and Wednesday but you could see the restroom attendant for a map. We didn't.

The rest of the drive around Baltimore, Wilmington and into New Jersey was pretty industrial. The following pictures are all courtesy of Frederick who took them out of the car window as we were driving.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge that crosses the Patapsco River in Maryland to the southeast of Baltimore.  This toll bridge was sweeping and seemed fairly new.

On the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The Patapsco River which runs through Baltimore.

Industrial area just as we were leaving the bridge.

I am amazed how many times we see a reference to something named "Rosedale." And it is always Rosedale, never Dalerose.

The Susquehanna River bridge in Maryland, just before we got to Delaware.

The view from the Susquehanna River bridge.

You would think from the picture of the Susquehanna River bridge above that it is in a beautiful, setting, in reality it was industrial.

Looking down the inner-coastal waterway and Elk Neck Peninsula from the Susquehanna River bridge. 



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