2025 Late-Summer Road Trip - Day 2-of-35 - August 15, 2025

Friday, Aug. 15, 2025 - Not milage-wise but certainly time-wise, this was also a longer-than-I-like Day. There are actually 2 maps for today - the straight/simple map:

and the complicated map:

NO, I AM NOT GOING TO HIT ALL THESE POST OFFICES!!

You know, there are a lot more ways to get around than on Highways and 2-lane Black-top roads:

Scenic Byways, for example:

After grabbing 5 Post Offices, I hit the Kinzua Bridge State Park - Wendy and I saw it on an episode of Massive Engineering Mistakes just last Monday:

In addition to The Walkway, they have a Visitor Center with some cool stuff (The Bridge was as high as The Statue of Liberty):

I saw fun wall-art in Kane, Pennsylvania:

I reached Saint John's Episcopal Church in Franklin, PA at 2:30 - unfortunately their office closed at 2. I guess the outside-view of their Tiffany Windows is just not as good as the inside-view:

Pennsylvania dirt roads, and Pennsylvania farms:

I wound up chasing 2 Post Offices that were (supposed to be) in Cook Forest State Park:

- the top one is a restaurant/bar, and this is the location of the bottom one:

At least I had a Really Beautiful drive!

Wonderful Campground down on the banks of the Clarion River:

The day was winding down when I saw one of the strangest "One Way" signs - I mean, isn't that where we're all heading at some point in time?

After 365 miles (and 45 Post Offices), I checked into the Super 8 in Mercer, PA:

p.s. I have to brag about today's Post Offices in Northwestern Pennsylvania:

Thank you God for this wonderful Adventure Day! That ends 2 BIG DAYS!

Music for today:

The National - First Two Pages of Frankenstein, 2023 album, last heard (in a blog) yesterday - because it sounded so good yesterday, I wanted to hear it again:

The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, 1971 album, last heard (in a blog) never - I recently ripped some Moody Blues albums, and I'm listening to them this trip:

The Moody Blues - A Question of Balance, 1970 album, last heard (in a blog) never:

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service, 1968 debut album, last heard 9/19/2023. I like this, especially their take on Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" (they call it "Gold and Silver"):

Joe Jackson - Rain, 2008 album, last heard 7/05/2024 - nice Joe Jackson stuff:

Paul McCartney - Ram, 1971 album, last heard 5/20/2025. Puts a smile on my face:

The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient, 2011 album, last heard (in a blog) never. I like The War On Drugs' music a lot:

Van Morrison - Keep It Simple, 2008 album, last heard (in a blog) never. Van Morrison doing a great job with classic blues:

Taj Mahal - Giant Step, 1969 album, last heard 8/23/2023. I really like this album, with Jesse Ed Davis on lead guitar:

Al Stewart - The Best of Al Stewart, 2006 compilation album, last heard 5/27/2017. Great collection, with some live tracks:

Coldplay - Coldplay Live 2003, 2003 live album, last heard 5/22/2017 - nice album of their early stuff:

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