Wilkes-Barre to Saratoga Springs
I made this trip a year or two ago and remember I-88 as a nightmare of upended pavement. We are planning to do this trip again next fall and I'm eye-balling taking I-81 to Scranton, then I-84 to pick ...
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From Syr, NY, we stayed on 90 to 495 to 95 to Bar Harbor. 495 non toll road. Traffic wasn't bad until 1/2 way up 495--then picked up a lot and this was mid day or so on a Fri in July. (95 wasn't oo awlful bad until about 3-5 miles from ME line and all 3 lanes just about stopped. Once in ME, seemed pretty much wide open all the way to Bangor where we branched off to go south. Good truck stop here BTW. Coming back a week later on a Sat, good traveling until again, 3-5 miles from NH line and pretty much stop-n-go and was quite heavy/steady all the way down 95, 495 & 90 UNTIL the 84 split. Then it was wide open all the way back to Syr on 90.
As for campground, we stayed at Timberview Acres PV Park just south of Ellsworth, ME. Was about 16 miles from downtown Bar Harbor. Paved roads, long sites, tho a tad narrow but doable. Lot of seasonals, but compared to the 2 KOA's we drove thru along w/ one by airport, glad we chose this one. Ellsworth is a couple miles away w/ grocery stores, Wal-Mart, hardware, auto parts etc. Just north of Ellsworth is a good place to buy firewood compared to others we saw.
Fuel wise, don't know if you have a gas or diesel, but we stopped at the truck stop few miles before ME in NH (forgot name offhand). Lil more expensive than on the interstate. Banger truckstop was on par to home (Dysart's truck stop??). Easy on/off and able to go whole week in BH (50 gallon tank) w/o any probs and filled up on way back here.
As for campground, we stayed at Timberview Acres PV Park just south of Ellsworth, ME. Was about 16 miles from downtown Bar Harbor. Paved roads, long sites, tho a tad narrow but doable. Lot of seasonals, but compared to the 2 KOA's we drove thru along w/ one by airport, glad we chose this one. Ellsworth is a couple miles away w/ grocery stores, Wal-Mart, hardware, auto parts etc. Just north of Ellsworth is a good place to buy firewood compared to others we saw.
Fuel wise, don't know if you have a gas or diesel, but we stopped at the truck stop few miles before ME in NH (forgot name offhand). Lil more expensive than on the interstate. Banger truckstop was on par to home (Dysart's truck stop??). Easy on/off and able to go whole week in BH (50 gallon tank) w/o any probs and filled up on way back here.
