Harpers Ferry

Trying to decide the route to take from Canyon Country to Harpers Ferry was challenging.  Did we want to go down 15 and pick up 81 in Harrisburg or did we want to try the more western route down 99/70/76 to 81?  We ended up actually taking 287 out of Wellsboro and connecting to 220 that took us to 99 and eventually onto 81 via 70 and 76.  The 50+ miles on 287 and the 15 or so miles on 9 coming into Harpers Ferry from 81 were the only miles not on a 2 lane highway.   This route was a bit longer in distance but the driving was pretty easy and there were no congested towns or cities to go through.  We arrived at the KOA around 3:00 in the afternoon and managed to squeeze into our pull through after re-adjusting our angle into the site.

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Canyon Country Campground

We were able to close up and setup in weather that wasn’t too bad.  Everything in between is another story.  The rains came down steadily while we traveled from the Rochester area to central PA.  It was at its heaviest as we traveled route 6 from I-99/15 to the town of Wellsboro.  This was also my first experience with the truck’s engine assisted breaking when towing down hill.  It will take some getting used to as the truck automatically shifted down to 3rd gear and allowed the RPMs to rev.  I can’t imagine what its going to be like out west with severe and lengthy downhill grades.

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