Day 155 - Part 1 - Sleeping Giant State Park, CT

We woke up and it was grey outside this morning, typical that the night we stay in a hotel it’s lovely blue sky, warm weather and pleasant to sit outside in the evening yet the day we camp, it rains! I am starting to really miss Lee's cooking on the fire, especially his chicken and corn! I hope we manage to have one nice evening camping before we fly back.

We hit the road out of New Haven and headed to Sleeping Giant State Park where we were hoping to see two miles of mountaintop resembling a large man lying down. We arrived to find the park closed, a quick check on google told us that it was severely damaged by a tornado in May and was still being repaired. The entrance which used to be covered in trees was completely open now and there was still a lot of dead wood on the ground yet to be cleared. Disappointed but also slightly glad in case another tornado was coming this way, we hit the road again.

The drive from Sleeping Giant State Pack back onto the interstate took us along a countryside road where we got to see more of the fall colours, some beautiful houses and oddly, a bike sticking out of a tree. 

We eventually reached the Interstate and the first thing we did.... find a rest stop for a quick toilet break! 

As far as Interstates go, Interstate 84 is one of the more boring ones we had seen on our trip. There were lots of cars, trucks speeding past in the fast lane, roadworks, traffic and basically concrete everywhere. I had a very close eye on the map and the mile markers checking how close we were to the borders and making sure we got snap of the state signs. I wasn't very good at this and we did manage to miss one or two which did involve Lee turning off at the next junction, going back up the interstate and then rejoining it again so I could have a second attempt! 

We went over the border into New York State, then into Pennsylvania briefly before crossing over into New Jersey where we came off the interstate and towards our campsite for the night in High Point State Park. More on that in the next blog!