I guess we’re gluttons for punishment or maybe it’s just that National Parks tend to be in “Red” areas of the Country but we did another road trip through largely MAGA country. Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, central PA, and a lot of Upstate NY. And, while you can’t do a trip like this without a lot of Interstate Highway driving, we did look for ways to use more local roads when it fit our itinerary.
Unlike last year’s trek to deliver a car to our son and DiL in SoCal, this trip had no purpose other than adding to our list of National Parks visited, which now stands at 37. The main objectives were Mammoth Cave N. P., Indiana Dunes N. P. and Cuyahoga Valley N. P. The FDR Presidential Library was also a long time wish list scratch-off. We added in a bunch of historical sites and Presidential Homes along the way on a two week odyssey.
We know we’ll never get to all 63 National Parks. There are several in Alaska accessible only by airplane or watercraft. Even Isle Royale and Voyageurs, original goals for this trip, are in that ‘semi-accessible’ category. Meaning, not gonna happen for this early 70’s couple. Not ruling out Virgin Islands or American Samoa just yet, however.
With that as background, the executive summary is: We did find a fair amount of visual evidence that a lot of where we went is MAGA country. The three National Parks were all interesting, each in their own way. And the other sites visited all had a unique presentation making most of them worth the time to visit.
Otherwise, we did not find much overt evidence of the impending negative economic consequences of the Administration’s first 100 Days. Truck traffic, reportedly trending down, seemed to us, who have been driving back and forth cross-country for several decades, as heavy as ever with no improvement in the manners of the drivers. Gas prices are as low as we can remember. And wait-staffing in restaurants is minimal, meaning, I don’t know, that better paying jobs are still available?
If you’re interested in the details, which make this a really long Diary, read on. Otherwise, thanks for reading this far.
Day 1 (I-476, I-76, I-70)
Longest drive of the trip, 7 ½ hours, stopping in Zanesville, OH because it’s a bit more than halfway from Home on the way to Mammoth Cave N.P. and because there is a preferred hotel brand available. It was an uneventful drive. A few signs along the highway for you-know-who in central and western Pennsylvania, at least one set leftover from 2020. Not sure the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) is the best barometer of truck traffic but it seemed normal except maybe not as many tandems.
Interesting feature of the new 2024 CR-V Hybrid we’re driving on this trip is the ability to activate ‘on board’ Wi-Fi. It is a subscription service (AT&T) and works via satellite but with Verizon recently doubling the charge for exceeding one’s cell phone data usage, which we routinely do on road trips, the difference of an annual fee versus dribs and drabs every few months is worth the convenience. So far, working well.
Day 2 (I-70, I-270, I-71, I-75, I-64, Bluegrass Parkway, I-65)
Day started off on the right foot as the hotel Breakfast room had the local ABC Affiliate on the TV rather than the expected hogwash news. And Google Maps was aware that the easiest way back onto the Interstate was closed for construction and showed us the same alternative route I looked at the night before. On the other hand, the Honda Nav system (Garmin) was clueless, as usual. In the new CR-V Hybrid, the Nav system is slightly easier to use than in Hondas we’ve had in the past but it still leaves a lot to be desired, like the ability to choose an alternative route.
Update: Even Mrs. R noted that truck traffic was typical. What she actually said was “damn it, trucks are as numerous and as obnoxious as ever".
Stopped in Cincinnati for a short visit to the William H. Taft House. An interesting character, only President to later serve on the Supreme Court, this house is where Taft was born and raised. Run by the National Park Service, the staff was very friendly and the volunteer who led the 25 minute guided tour was well versed and happy to answer questions. Can’t say I’m a fan of Taft’s, or his son Robert’s, politics but no harm in paying one’s respects since we were in the neighborhood, so to speak.
Then on to Cave City, KY via Lexington for tomorrow’s visit to Mammoth Cave National Park. Rain, sometimes heavy, off and on all afternoon. Drove the Bluegrass Parkway which was a nice ride through very rural country (and, apparently, also part of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail judging by Attraction signs along the way) but that it’s a full-blown, four lane, divided highway was a surprise.
Finally, even though most of the day was through 'Red’ territory, only saw one overt sign of support for the idiot, a flag along the highway somewhere between Columbus and Cincinnati.
Day 3 Mammoth Cave N.P.
A dark, dreary, rainy day but off to a good start with no TV in the hotel Breakfast Room, just a couple of bratty kids. Spent the morning in Mammoth Cave. Opted for the self-guided tour that enters through the so-called Historic Entrance. A mildly steep path to the entrance then 62 stairs down to the Cave itself. This section of the Cave was mined for Saltpeter in the early Nineteenth Century thus it looks more like a tunnel than a cavern. Compared to Carlsbad Cavern N. P., meh. But we only saw about 1 mile of a 426 mile underground complex. If we had opted for one of the Ranger guided tours, which use different entrances, we’d have seen more interesting features. But those all have a lot more stairs up and down which is why we opted for the tour with less stairs cause the deeper you go down, the further you have to climb back out.
Lunch in the Park Lodge was decent, then back to the hotel in time to watch the Kentucky Derby (Churchill Downs is about an hour north of here) on the Tube. Mrs. R loves horses but has no interest in Horse Racing, except for the Triple Crown races, Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont. So missing the race, especially while we are so close, isn’t an option. And, nope, neither of us picked the winner, Sovereignty.
Day 4 (I-65, I-71, I-275, local roads)
Driving from Cave City to Dayton, OH. Started off as a miserable, raw, rainy day, temperature around 50F, we had the seat heaters on and Mrs. R had the steering wheel heater on as well when she was driving. It rained anywhere from a heavy mist to a heavy downpour for three of the four hours we were on the road, until we got north of Cincinnati. After that, warmer with a few breaks of sun amidst the clouds. Evening in the hotel and it’s raining again, now with thunder and lightening.
Two stops on the way. First at the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument. Located in Xenia, OH in the house Gen. Young occupied when he was at Wilberforce College, an HBCU. Young was the third Black man to graduate West Point and served in both the 9th and 10th U. S. Calvary Regiments, two of the six "Buffalo Solider” units in the US Army after the Civil War. The Monument was established by President Obama in 2009 and Young, who died in 1922, was posthumously promoted to Brigadier (1 Star) General by President Biden in 2021. See his full bio on Wikipedia here.
Second stop was the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park which includes the fourth Cycle Shop owned by the Wright Brothers (of five). The fifth, where they built the original Wright Flyer, was moved to Henry Ford’s Greenfield Village in Michigan in the 1930s.
Both stops were essentially deserted except for us and the Park Rangers on duty. And the Rangers at both places we talked with were extremely helpful and insightful.
Otherwise, saw one bumper sticker for the evil ticket on last year’s ballot and it looked like someone had tried to rip it off.
Truck traffic might have been lighter today but it was Sunday so good chance most local (non-overnight) drivers were off for the day. The other economic observation is Gas prices which were $3.359 to $3.699 on the PA Turnpike but were $2.759 in rural KY. We paid $2.959 the day before we left at our local Costco. And, for the California readers, we spend enough time visiting our son in Pasadena, so, yes, we know gas prices are significantly higher in CA.
Day 5 Dayton, OH
Day started out chilly and cloudy, but no rain. It didn’t last. By the time we got back to the hotel in late afternoon, it was raining. Nothing of note on the MAGA nor the economic watches to report.
Morning stop was the Wright Brothers National Museum located within Dayton’s Carillon Historical Park. The Wright Brothers building is run by the National Park Service and includes the 1905 Wright Flyer III and a replica of, I guess, the fifth Bike Shop. The rest of the Park is interesting in its own right and we were glad we stopped.
Afternoon stop was the National Air Force Museum. Leaving aside moral and ethical judgements, this history junky found lots of interesting exhibits. Displays include Bock’s Car (B-29 that A-Bombed Nagasaki), an SR-71 Blackbird (fastest plane ever built (that is publicly known)), and the aircraft used by Presidents Franklin Roosevelt (Sacred Cow), Truman (The Independence), Eisenhower (Columbine), and the original Boeing 707/VC-137 based Air Force One (SAM 26000) used by every President from JFK to Clinton who commissioned the current version based on the Boeing 747. The Air Force One display says the exterior design of white paint and blue lettering of “United States of America” that is familiar to everyone these days was designed by Jackie Kennedy.
BTW, A second plane similar to SAM 26000 was added in 1972 and is currently at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA. I thought the Reagan Library displays were a lot of revisionist history and extremely selective editing when we visited a few years ago but touring that version of Air Force One and a companion display of a Marine One helicopter kinda made up for the bullshit.
Day 6 (I-75, US-127, US-30, assorted local road)
Driving from Dayton to Chesterton, IN. Another cold, rainy morning. According to the Breakfast Room TV, local CBS Affiliate so, tolerable, there is some kind of unique weather system hovering over the eastern half of the country resulting in day after day of rain. The station’s meteorologist thinks a new system inching in from the west might improve things by the weekend (today is Tuesday). In that vain, west of Ft. Wayne the rain stopped and it turned into a nice day by the time we got to the hotel in Chesterton, IN, just outside of Gary.
We opted for fewer Interstates today given a relatively short drive and the heavy rain. The Honda Nav system completely lost its mind. Showed us going northeast on a local road when in fact we were heading southwest back towards Dayton. Switched to Google Maps via Apple Car Play and had no further misadventures.
Driving the country side, especially US Route 30 (old Lincoln Highway) for 102 miles from Ft. Wayne to Valparaiso it really shows how 'Red’ this place is. More than one large sign and/or flag for the felon&hillbilly ticket, Evangelical Church every twenty miles or so, complete with what they hope is a message of inspiration or salvation. Nothing unexpected, just reinforced previous impressions formed during uncounted trips to/from Chicago over the last 43 years (Mrs. R’s family roots) on I-80 which runs parallel a few miles to the north.
Truck traffic was as ubiquitous as ever and I’m talking full, 18 wheel, sleeper-cab rigs. The stretch of US 30 we drove is a four lane divided highway with cross roads and traffic lights. Runs parallel to the Indiana Turnpike (I-80/90). Bet most of these guys are ducking the toll. But even on two lane US-33 in western Ohio, every second or third vehicle going the other way was an over-the-road Semi going full speed through the driving rain. Their backwash is bad enough on an Interstate but on that road it was scary. And Gas was $3.079, give or take a few pennies along US 30.
We stopped at the Indiana Dunes National Park Visitors Center before going to the hotel and got our Senior Pass swiped so we’re ‘legal’ for tomorrow’s visit. Spoke with an extremely helpful and friendly Ranger who gave us a lot of tips, a Map, and a printed local tour guide for restaurant references.
Day 7 Indiana Dunes National Park
A clear, bright, cool morning with no rain in the forecast. Breakfast Room TV had ESPN on, so, again, no b.s. Third day in a row with waitress service, as opposed to self-help buffet the other days. And third day in a row with only one waitress staffing the Room. Not sure what that portends, if anything, about the economy going forward but it makes for some frazzled waitresses and the occasional idiot demanding to know where his (it’s always a guy) breakfast is.
Indiana Dunes National Park is one odd Park. According to Wikipedia, it was cobbled together in an effort to preserve as much of the unique southern Lake Michigan shoreline as possible after decades of conservationist efforts trying to fight off development. It was designated a National Shoreline in 1966 and became the 61st National Park in 2019. Because the area was developed long before Federal protection was granted, there are towns, a similarly named State Park, even a couple of steel mills that are within what otherwise would be the National Park.
We started at the eastern end and worked our way west with several stops and a couple of short hikes, one to a beach overlook and one through a section of the forest which makes up much of the Park. Quiet, just birds chirping with the occasional train whistle in the distance on the hikes. Did I mention there is an Amtrak/regional rail line running the length of the Park? There are also two Passenger Stations we passed navigating the Park’s length.
An added bonus, since the speed limit on most of the (barely) two-lane Park roads was 15-30 MPH, wandering along at those speeds meant the Hybrid was running on battery most of the time. Our MPG for that tank of gas was 37.0, well above the 31-32 MPG we’re averaging on the highway.
On the political front, driving along Lake Shore Drive (I guess the name comes with apologies to the City of Chicago) we saw two Ukrainian Flags, both of which looked new. Maybe 35-40 homes along that road so not bad considering these are the only two such flags we’ve seen thus far this trip.
Dinner in the hotel (highly recommended on Google) restaurant. Same situation as Breakfast, one woman as Bartender, Waitress, and Bussing staff. Place was busy so she was kept hopping.
Day 8 (OH-49, US-30, I-69, I-469, I-71, I-76, I-277, I-77)
Driving from Chesterton, IN to Akron, OH. First third of the drive retraced Tuesday’s drive back to Ft. Wayne, then across the middle of Ohio to Akron. Day started chilly and cloudy. Rain started 15 minutes after we left the hotel and it poured like crazy for the next 30 minutes or so. After that, just very cloudy and the temperature never got about 57F.
All but the last hour or so was driving through flat farm country. For the most part the farms all look well cared for with houses, barns, and out-buildings all neat and well maintained. As soon as we crossed the State-line into Ohio, electricity generating windmills popped up all over the place and were prolific for the next 20 or so miles.
Highlight of the day, while I was driving, Mrs. R used the On-Board Wi-Fi to live stream the introduction of the new Pope on her iPhone. Cell signal was spotty (and the data charge would have been brutal) but using the Wi-Fi satellite subscription she didn’t miss a word. She had it streaming for a good 45 minutes and never a blip, lag, or buffering.
Otherwise, same solo waitress in the Hotel Breakfast Room, truck traffic was still as heavy as ever, and we got gas 30 miles or so west of Akron for $3.049. No overt visible MAGA support but most of the drive was through country I’m sure is as Red as the dirt is black.
Day 9 Canton, OH
Brrrr, it was 40F this morning! And there is a Frost warning for tonight. Started out mostly cloudy but a bright, sunny day by the afternoon. No TV on in the Breakfast Room which is a self-serve buffet. I’m guessing this area is some shade of purple but didn’t see anything driving around to confirm or refute that supposition.
This was supposed to be McKinley Day. First stop was the 1st Ladies Museum. Interesting place. The Museum itself was superficial, focusing on what the Ladies wore, their decoration styles, stuff like that but no mention of individual ideas, passions, or projects. The associated restored house is the Saxton house where Ida Saxton McKinley was born, raised and lived most of her life including with her husband. It fell into disrepair mid-Twentieth Century and was restored starting in the late 1980s. The tour gave a good overview of Mrs. McKinley’s life and of life in general in the last quarter of the Nineteenth Century. She was highly educated, especially for a woman in her day, but spent most of her life suffering at the hands of Doctors who thought women’s medical problems were just mentally induced “hysteria”.
Next stop was billed as the McKinley Presidential Library and Museum. But it wasn’t. Adjacent to where the McKinley Memorial & Tomb are located, the Museum is really the local County Museum. There is a small, 'appointment access only’ room labeled “Library” on the building map and a publicly accessible room set-up as a replication of a room in the Saxton House, but that’s it. A lot of other displays depicting how the County grew but it is a total misrepresentation to call this "The McKinley Presidential Library”. We spent maybe 20 minutes in there then went and climbed the 96 steps up to the Memorial, paid our respects inside where the President and Mrs. McKinley are interred, and left.
Since we had time on our hands, Mrs. R suggested we drive the 10 minutes to the NFL Hall of Fame. And so we did. Over-priced tourist trap with an over-priced Gift Shop but it was cool to walk around and take in the history of the League and look over the inductee busts. The staff was super friendly and helpful and there are way worse ways to kill a few hours. And, since the Philadelphia Eagles are the current Super Bowl Champs, the revolving displays were all about Philly’s football history. Being from the Philly suburbs, we were delighted. Well, at least moi had fun.
Day 10 Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Breakfast Room TV was showing MTV !? And lacked staffing to keep the self-serve buffet supplied with food. Bright, sunny day, started chilly but warmed up nicely.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park was established in 1975 to preserve the history of the valley surrounding the Cuyahoga River. Historic preservation makes this Park different than most which usually focus on Conservation.
Another long, narrow Park with lots of Towns and housing within and abutting the Park. Sandwiched between Cleveland, 15 miles to the north, and Akron,10 miles to the south, the place was jammed on a beautiful, warm May Saturday. Hard to say if there were more kids or more dogs. We even came across a Volunteer Trail Maintainance group on our first hike.
The river runs south to north through the Park. What is left of the old Ohio & Erie Canal runs close to the river and there is a railroad line, which includes scenic excursions, also running parallel to the river.
All of the houses bordering the Park look expensive and are well maintained with nicely manicured lawns and plantings. Saw one Ukrainian flag and a Pride flag on different houses along the way which reinforces my sense this is purple territory if not some shade of blue.
We managed a couple of hikes plus a couple of short walks while driving the length of the Park with a few detours due to road work. Stopped in the town of Cuyahoga Falls for dinner on the way back to the hotel. Like the hotel dinning areas, staffing seemed to be lacking as it took 55 minutes from the time we walked in until our burgers were served. Short staffed kitchen the likely explanation as there was plenty of waitstaff.
Day 11 (I-77, OH-8, I-271, I-90 + local roads)
Akron, OH to Seneca Falls, NY with a stop at the James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor, OH along the way. Another clear, bright, chilly morning. Breakfast Room TV was some local cable news channel that was mostly weather with occasional Akron news headlines.
The Honda Nav system completely failed us. Could not find the Garfield Site by either address or name. Google Maps found it as soon as I typed in “James A.”! Conclusion: any trip involving local roads, the Garmin based system is clueless.
The Garfield site was very interesting. The focus is the house where he and his wife lived and raised their family, four of six children who lived to be adults plus assorted (grand)parents and adult siblings. Mrs. Garfield lived there after President Garfield died until she passed in 1918 and the house remained the property of the four surviving kids into the 1930s. It was then turned over to a local Historical Society along with all the contents. The National Park Service took over in the 1980s and restored it to its 1880 look. Consequently, most of the furniture and artwork/pictures are original. There was enough information available that the 1880 wallpaper could be reproduced to add to the authenticity of the decor. And the Tour Guide was a perfect mix of facts and anecdotes, with just a hint of snark. Really was worth stopping.
The drive from Mentor to Seneca Falls was uneventful. Truck traffic still seems “normal”, especially for a Sunday, to these amateur observers. Once we crossed from PA to NY on I-90, large solar generation farms could be seen every 20 miles or so. There were a couple of windmill generation farms where the highway was only a mile or two from Lake Erie.
We grabbed take-out supper at one of the NY Thruway Travel Stops and ate in the hotel lounge area, with MSNBC on the TV. Can’t say that’s a huge surprise since we’re here to visit the Women’s Rights National Historical Park but you never know.
Day 12 Nowhere, man
The Historical Park is closed Monday’s so we did laundry after breakfast then visited a few Wineries (this is the Finger Lakes region, after all) in the afternoon.
Bright, warm day, temperature hit low 80s. Every place we stopped, people commented, “Finally, a day with no rain“. Breakfast Room TV had NBC showing The Today Show which my mom always called 'fluffy TV’. Staffing was adequate.
We stopped at six different wineries along the west side of Cayuga Lake. Mrs. R drove so I just had to be the wine taster. Typical Finger Lakes, the Whites are very good, the Reds, so so. We’re taking a case home with us after getting a few bottles at each stop.
This is farm country with, apparently, a large Old Order Mennonite and Amish population. It’s odd seeing an otherwise Amish looking guy walking through his field talking on his cell phone which is why I think it’s more Old Order than strict Amish but we did see road signs warning of horse & buggy traffic. The Amish and Old Order folks, at least in PA, are largely apolitical especially in public when the “English” are present.
That said, we saw a Yard Sign in Seneca Falls Village that had "Pro American, Anti Trump” sandwiching an American Flag. And a semi-trailer outside of town with a strident, anti-abortion message painted on its side, all of which makes me think this is a purple county, at best.
Plus, we came across a bus tour from northeast PA at two of our first three stops. Middle aged to seniors and several with MAGA hats or t-shirts.
Day 13 (I-90, I-87, US-44, local roads)
Drove from Seneca Falls to Poughkeepsie, NY. Breakfast Room was same as yesterday. Weather: cloudy but warm morning with rain in the forecast, but only had a brief sprinkle as we got off the Interstate, 10 miles or so from the hotel. Just enough to get a lot of the dead bug residue off the windshield, however.
Visited the Women’s Rights National Historic Park before leaving town. An interesting and informative museum in a building next to the Church where the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention was held. We spent a good hour reading the displays but Mrs. R said that was enough because the longer we stayed the angrier she got reading about the depredations women routinely suffered in the Nineteenth Century (and, yes, we both realize there is still a long way to go for true equality).
After that, an uneventful drive on the NY Thruway. Saw a few vehicles with Ontario Tags but no idea if they were a normal amount or not. Saw the occasional sign for the felonious candidate from last year until we got into the greater Albany area. And even though the Thruway is a Toll Road, still no abatement in truck traffic discernible to us. Gas running $3.099 to $3.199 at the Service Plazas. Large solar panel ‘farms’ every 20-30 miles until we got to the Albany area.
Final note of the day. All the broadcast network TV stations here are from NYC, meaning not only do we get the same New Jersey candidate ads as we get at home in the Philadelphia Media Market, but we also get all the New York candidate ads including the NYC Mayoral candidates. Aaagh!
Day 14 Hyde Park, NY
Breakfast Room had 2 TVs showing MSNBC and ESPN2. Day started cloudy and humid. Rain began around 10 AM and stopped around 3 PM with occasional showers in the evening. We had planned two days here figuring two House tours and some hiking but the rain scrubbed the hikes and we got our itinerary done in one day so, heading home in the morning.
First stop, The Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site. This home was built in 1898 by one of The Commodore’s grandsons and was deeded to the National Park Service after the owner’s favorite niece (he had no children) was advised by FDR, a close neighbor, that it was the best way to honor her uncle’s legacy. Our NPS Senior Passes got us on a tour for free, with a volunteer tour guide hoping to also be a stand-up comic. He was witty and informative with just the right amount of snark. The house is a good example of how the top 0.01% lived in the Gilded Age and was interesting enough for the hour or so of the tour. We had really put this on our list to hike the trails overlooking the Hudson River but we bailed as neither of us wanted to hike in the rain.
Second stop was the Franklin Roosevelt Museum, Presidential Library, and home. The house tour was again free with our Parks Passes but the Museum/Library self-guided tour was extra. This was the first official Presidential Library, established by FDR in 1940 before he decided to run for a Third Term. As with all subsequent Presidential Libraries, it is curated to present the President in question in the best possible light. But, given Eleanor’s prodding, especially regarding Civil Rights, some of the light shone on FDR is a bit more nuanced than most other Presidential Libraries we’ve seen. We have now been to 9 of 13 official Presidential Libraries and only Ford’s (plus Obama’s and Biden’s once they are finished) is on our list as we refuse to visit the Nixon Library and neither of the Bush Libraries is likely to ever see us since we generally avoid Texas.
The FDR house tour was also very well done, again by a well trained, and well versed in the subject Park Ranger. Actually, this was his mother’s (Sarah Delano Roosevelt) house but it’s only famous because the only other place FDR lived was the White House. Best part, at the end of the tour, the Guide gave a ten minute summary of some of FDR’s failures. An interesting counter-point to the Museum presentation.
Last stop was Val-kill Cottage which FDR brought as a hide-away for Eleanor, who always considered the main house as her mother-in-laws home (something Sarah never let her forget). Eleanor moved to Val-kill permanently after FDR died and the main house was turned over to the Park Service, which our tour guide said happened as fast as Eleanor and the Interior Dept. could make the arrangements. In fact, the House was dedicated as a National Historic Site on April 12, 1946, exactly one year after FDR died. The Cottage (looks to be about the size of our home so cottage only in relation to the main house) wasn’t yet open for the season so we just walked around, took a few photos, and left.
Day 15 (US-9, I-84, I-380, I-80, I-476)
Drove home. Another overcast day with drizzle in NY and everything from drizzle to a pounding downpour in PA. Rain stopped by the time we got home and we saw the sun this afternoon.
Breakfast Room TVs on ‘mute’ so channels didn’t matter. One waitress and she was slammed, literally running between tables and the kitchen. I suspect she doesn’t normally do breakfast as she didn’t know you always ask if the customer wants coffee as soon as you say ‘hello’.
Otherwise, an uneventful 4 hour drive to finish up. Truck traffic was heavy as ever on all four Interstates.
Found 3 ¾” of rain in the garden rain gauge since we left. That’s a lot for two weeks. The lawn looks gross, so much backed-up mail it got delivered in a large crate, and we found a package on the porch that was soaked (contents, however, were fine). We drove 2753 total miles. And we had a great time!
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