2025 Late-Summer Road Trip - Day 33-of-35 - September 15, 2025

Monday, Sept. 15, 2025 - Finished Great Museums, Finished Fun Friends and Family. Only thing left to do is "go out and Look For America"! 283 miles ending up at La Quinta Inn, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. I originally had TWO MAPS to show all the Post Offices "I was going to get today" - ha ha ha. My plan is to make my way north (not on 81), travel the "blue highways" and grab my Post Offices, and structure the trip so I can get to the hotel at a "reasonable hour". This is what I did:

Norm and Peggy had been told by the Electric Company that there would be a blackout/power-outage from 2 AM to 5 AM (Sunday night/Monday morning). I didn't think anything of it until my head hit my pillow. "Once Upon A Time", if you had a blockout, your internet-connector-box would have to be reset (identified/password/etc) - I did not want to encounter that at 6:00 AM, when I usually send out my Thursday Men's Breakfast emails. So I hopped out of bed and sent the emails out Sunday night.

It turns out that in 2025, our internet-connector-boxes are smart enough to just reconnect themselves after a blackout, so everything would have been fine.

After a Great Breakfast, I hit The Road. Virginia countryside sure is pretty at 8:08 in the morning:

My first stop was 22920 - Afton, VA:

COOL Views going up and over the mountains:

Wall-art down in Waynesboro:

Heading up 340 in Virgina:

At one point, there was Road Construction (meaning traffice backups). So I turned right into Cross Keys Battlefield:

At one point I crossed over the South Fork of the Shenandoah River:

Driving through Berryville, Virginia:

I entered West Virginia just after 1 PM:

Driving through Williamsport, Maryland:

YES, at some point my route has me following a School Bus in the afternoon:

At one point in Northern Maryland, a deer ran across the road. I took 6 pictures, but it just DISAPPEARED into the woods:

I checked into the La Quinta Inn, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania just before 7 PM:

Not only was it one of THE BIGGEST ROOMS I have ever had:

BUT THERE ARE TWO TVS (Football AND a Brad Pitt movie - AT THE SAME TIME):

283 miles today (and 42 Post Offices) - This is what they looked like:

I actually have 2 Favorites today: 22650 - Rileyville, VA - cute and cozy:

and 25441 - Rippon, WV - the flowers are a GREAT Touch:

WOW - Thank you God for another Great Adventure Day, winding my way through America!

Music for today:

Pat Metheny Group - Speaking Of Now, 2002 album, last heard (on a Road Trip) 9/25/2018 - They won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album for the album in 2003.

Pat Metheny Group - Travels (live) (2 cds), 1983 album, last heard (on a Road Trip) 5/01/2025 - It won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance. I'm listening to "Phase Dance" right now, and so much of his music evokes "moving forward", therefore it is GREAT Driving Music!

Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough?, 2012 debut album, last heard (on a Road Trip) never:

The Rolling Stones - Shine A Light (2 cds), 2008 double live album, last heard (on a Road Trip) 10/04/2018: