Rocky Hill to Strasburg, VA

After a quick bite and a very large coffee at Dunkin' Donuts, we headed west on I-84 all the way to Scranton PA. It was a beautiful morning, but by the time we got to Wilkes Barre the rain had started and the driving was a bit tense with lots of trucks on I-81.

We had lunch in Frackville PA, and sailed on through Harrisburg. We noticed an accident in the northbound lane, and the traffic was backed up for miles and miles. When we got to Shippensburg, it was our turn on the southbound side---gridlock. We were fortunate enough to get off the Interstate and on to PA highway 11 running parallel to the highway and winding through the towns of Shippensburg and Chambersburg.

Here are a couple of the beautiful homes in Chambersburg. We passed through the lovely campus of Wilson College, a small Presbyterian women's college.

Of course, most travellers had the same idea about skirting the accident, so we crept along, covering about 11 miles in about an hour before returning to the interstate.

The Fairfield Inn in Strasburg Va is a comfortable, new hotel which opened last fall and is decorated with their "green tea" theme. Here's how it looks:

Here's one for the "small world" file. We were checking in at the Fairfield when a woman asked if we were from New Brunswick. (I think they saw our license plate when we were getting out of the car.) We introduced ourselves, and it turns out that they are Barb and Marg Gass from Fredericton. They were headed home after spending the winter in Sebring, FL

We were looking forward to a meal at the historic Hotel Strasburg, and we were not disappointed. The building dates from the 1820's, and the bar and dining room are inviting and comfortable in a Victorian way. The staff were great and the food was good. Reasonable too. What more could we ask for? http://www.hotelstrasburg.com/