Bill’s Blog on the River

4th of July

Posted on July 6th, 2008 by Bill

Hope everyone is enjoying their 4th of July weekend.

Had a safe and leisurely trip up here to The Woods Campground in the Poconos. Because of diesel fuel being nearly $5 a gallon I decided to keep the coach at 58 mph on the way up. That seems to be the “sweet spot” for the 500 hp Cummins and Allison 6 speed automatic transmission. At 57 mph I’m runnng 1,500 rpm’s but at 58/59 it drops back to 1,350. So, just set the cruise at 58 and relaxed.

It worked. Instead of the usual 6.2 mpg I get at 70/74 mph, I average 8.1 mpg until I hit the hills. So keeping it under 60 really paid off.

The Campground has been great. Hundreds of guys and gals here all just chilling out. Weather sucked as it rained all night Thursday and all day Friday but cleared up Friday night and today was beautiful.

It’s nice to get away and just relax. Spent all day Friday just resting, reading and napping. All in all a good day. Today did some hiking, laid by the pool a bit and then tonight attended a variety show put on my various campers in costumers and then saw a great fireworks display to cap off the evening.

Below are a few photos and as you can see everything is here from Class A motorhomes to tents. I’d estimate that at least 500 to 600 campers are here are just having a great time.

I head back tomorrow, clean up and unload the coach and then just chill out and get ready to hit the grind on Monday.

Enjoy the photos….