Ride Home from Pennsylvania - June 19, 2024

These pictures were taken with my Panasonic Lumix FZ80 on the roads in Pennsylvania and New York on June 19, 2024. Images are shown at a resolution of 800x600. Larger image formats are available by clicking the links below each image. I again took about double the needed time to make my ride. The new travels started on US 22 and US 322 west. I had been as far as Dauphin, but continued on this trip to PA 147, which allowed me to drive up the eastern side of the Susquehanna (I'd done US 11/15 on the other side quite a while ago). It was a scenic and pleasant ride. I stopped for a bit to check out the ferry in Millersburg (it wasn't running). I crossed the river on PA 61 at Shamokin Dam, then took US 15 up to Williamsport (lunch stop on the north side of Lewisburg). This filled a gap and completed all of US 15 north of Farmville, VA. There, I picked up US 220 (at first, concurrently with I-180). Once I left I-180, it was all new US 220 until just south of the NY border. This ride was also scenic and pleasant but with a few more bouts of slow drivers that I couldn't pass. Fortunately I wasn't in much of a rush. On the way, I picked up my one new county on this trip: Sullivan, PA. I picked up a couple miles of US 6 as well with a side trip into Towanda for gas. When I reached NY, that finished off all of US 220 north of I-68. I took NY 17 east for just one exit then cut up NY 34 to NY 17C for something different, and NY 282 back to NY 17. I left NY 17 again at Endwell to take NY 17C to head for the Wegman's in Johnson City. From there, it was fastest way home: NY 17/I-81/I-88/NY 30A/NY 7/NY 30. As usual, I-88 was filled with lengthy construction zones. I passed through a pretty nasty thunderstorm with a lot of lightning, rain, wind, and a little hail around Cobleskill, of course, part of the time while in a construction zone.

Starting out with a little I-81. [Crop/Zoom: 2256x1146]

Then US 22/322. [Crop/Zoom: 538x911]

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Headed for PA 147 along the eastern side of the Susquehanna. [Crop/Zoom: 2007x855]

Very nice along PA 147. These large maple trees are all along many stretches of the route. [Larger: 2448x1836]

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Into Millersburg, where we find the southern end of US 209. [Crop/Zoom: 1063x1166]

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The ferry caught my interest, so I made a stop here at Riverfront Park. [Larger: 2448x1836]

The ferry was not running, but there it is. [Larger: 2448x1836]

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Continuing north, here's Dalmatia. [Crop/Zoom: 913x657]

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Time to cross the river at Shamokin Dam. [Crop/Zoom: 876x1118]

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The US 11/15 split. [Crop/Zoom: 3506x1523]

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Staying on US 15 here to get some lunch and to drive a new section of US 15. [Crop/Zoom: 1893x1050]

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Leaving US 15 here for a lot of US 220. [Crop/Zoom: 3839x991]

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Gas stop here in Towanda. [Crop/Zoom: 662x866]

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Coming up on the New York border, a choice of which route to get there. [Crop/Zoom: 1236x955]

The northern end of US 220 at the border. [Crop/Zoom: 955x857]

On PA 199/NY 34. [Crop/Zoom: 2715x1802]

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Taking NY 17C a bit for something different. [Crop/Zoom: 1336x2728]

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Most reference markers are for 17. [Crop/Zoom: 284x354]

But a few were 17C. [Crop/Zoom: 606x689]

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Back over to 17 on 282. [Crop/Zoom: 1736x1232]

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Last side trip: to Wegman's via this exit. [Crop/Zoom: 3007x1403]

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Back on I-86/NY 17. [Crop/Zoom: 1949x2196]

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Lots of trees along I-88 were losing lots of branches to some kind of disease or insect.. [Larger: 2448x1836]

Just before the nasty thunderstorm I drove through near Cobleskill. Thunder, lightning, torrential rain, wind, and a little hail. [Larger: 2448x1836]

terescoj+pics@teresco.org - Sat Jun 22 13:22:21 EDT 2024

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