Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The Day to Day Itinerary

Today we are staying right by the Susquehanna River on the north side of Harrisburg.

The plan below is only a plan. On nice days we might cover ten or twelve miles. On rainy or stormy days we might explore a local museum or art gallery or rest in the motel or B & B. We did start from the farm on March 30th but had walked four miles each day for the previous three days. This puts us temporarily ahead of schedule but the forecast for tomorrow is rain.


March 23 – 25 Stouffville to Manheim area – scout the route in reverse
March 26 – 29 Manheim & Lancaster area – tourist stops, relatives, etc.
March 30 Start walk 10 a.m. from homestead - - 1605 Shumaker Road
March 30 Past Mastertonville, PA
March 31 past Lawn, 341 to almost Deodate
April 1 743 north past Hershey
April 2 39 north past Rte 81
April 3 39, past Linglestown, to Susque. River near Rockville
April 4 Fort Hunter, Dauphin, 225 up the hill to before Matarmoras
April 5S 225, 147 past Halifax, PA
April 6 along 147, Millersburg, Paxton, to about Dalmatia
April 7 147 (find shortcut), 147 past Hernden
April 8 147 to between Fishers Ferry and Sunbury
April 9 Stay on 147 just past Northumberland
April 10 147, 405, to between Chillisquaque and E Milton
April 11 405 to Watsontown
April 12S 405 Dewart, to Montgomery
April 13 54, 15, up the hill (?) to before S Williamsport
April 14 15 (?) to before Williamsport
April 15 220 to beyond Williamsport
April 16 220 to Rte 287 north, Larryville, north a bit
April 17 287, between Sellinsburg and Brookside
April 18 287, near Brookside
April 19S 287, about English Center
April 20 287, between English Center and Morris
April 21 287, beyond Morris
April 22 287, beyond Knapp
April 23 287, about Wellsborough
April 24 west along 660 to 6, beyond Ansonia
April 25 6, to beyond Gaines
April 26S on 6, skirt Galeton, 6 to almost West Pike
April 27 6, then 449 to almost Brookland
April 28 448 to beyond Gold
April 29 448 to about Genesee
April 30 448, cross into New York State, Rte 19
April 30 – May 4 short break Corning, NY area
May 5 start the New York State portion
May 5 along 19 to Stannards or Wellsville
May 6 19, to Scio
May 7 19, thru Belmont to about I-86
May 8 19 to almost Belfast
May 9 19, Oramel, Caneadea, then 243 to Balcom Beach
May 10S 243, pass Rushford, near Farmersville Station (98)
May 11 98 , skirt Freedom, 98 to Sandusky
May 12 98, then 39W, Arcade, Yorkshire, n. on 16, to before Chaffee
May 13 16 just past Holland
May 14 16 then, then (?) to before East Aurora
May 15 16 then 20A west cont. to before Orchard Park
May 16 cont. west and north-west into city (city streets)
May 17S cont. north-west, city streets, downtown to before Peace Bridge
May 18 cross Peace Bridge to Canada, then . . .
May 18 – 23 short break in Stouffville
May 23 Niagara Pkwy trail, north to College Road - - May 23 – 27 Ferland’s ?
May 24S to Black Creek
May 25 to beyond Chippawa, near the Falls
May 26 thru Niagara toward Queenston
May 27 west to Virgil - - May 27 to 30 Linda Mooney’s
May 28 north west to about Port Weller
May 29 west to about Port Dalhousie
May 30 to near Beamsville - - May 30 – June 2 Bob and Donna Parker’s
May 31S waterfront trail, west to before Winona
June 1 west to before Burlington Skyway
June 2 north and into Burlington, Ontario - - June 3 & 4 ?
June 3 along Hwy 2 trail to near Oakville
June 4 continue to near Lorne Park
June 5 along 2 near Harbourfront - - June 5 to end, at home
June 6 break, at Doors Open Springvale Church
June 7S waterfront trail thru Harbourfront to Kew Beach or beyond
June 8 Warden, Danforth Rd., up McGowan in Scarborough
June 9 McGowan to Markville
June10 McGowan and 19th toward Dixon’s Hill
June 11 afternoon, up 48 to the Brownsberger farm, n of Ringwood
June 11 4:00 p.m. arr. at the bridge on Millard near Brownsberger farmhouse

1 comment:

  1. We were concerned about you with the storms racing through Pa. Seems you weathered them well. Love your informative comments and background info.
    Wishing you keep well.
    Esther & Al

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