Beginning of the National Forest on Hwy 62

The day began on a beautiful sunny morning (7:00 AM) in Meadville, PA.  We drove southeast on 322 through Franklin, then up to Oil City, PA, through the Allegheny National Forest, and on up to NY on 62.

Once again we were in beautiful farmland on a two lane highway with very little traffic, except an occasional Amish buggy, with farms like this one on both sides.

Small towns in mid-America are sometimes very beautiful just like this one.  I have no idea where it is.

Lunch was in a great little diner in Kill Buck, NY (at a place Andy actually passed, stopped, turned around and drove back to–something he has not done on past tours!).  Lunch was memorable: Andy, cheeseburger & chips; Bob 3 Texas Hots (for $3.00)–hot dog with Texas chili and mustard.  But after lunch was the adventure of the day.

 Just up the road from the restaurant there had been a wreck–single car, driver being put into an ambulance, girlfriend OK, power poles down across the road.  Bad news.  This road is part of a detour from I-86; so it had all the interstate traffic backed up for miles.  No one was going to move for several hours!  A friendly EMT suggested a local route around the crash.  We took it, and did not even get lost–even with Bob leading which usually gets us lost!

Back to the tour with prayers said for the young man on the stretcher.  Very little traffic, great run all the way to Corning, NY for the night.  Yup, that Corning of Corning-ware fame.  Night all–great ride!