Road trip–Day5

Day5

Destination: Harrisburg, PA via New Vrindaban, WV

Distance: 368 mi, 6 hours 47 mins.

Today we were to leave for our next depot which is a temple in WV, better known as New Vrindaban temple.

The plan was to get ready by 11a. And that’s why we packed our bags last night. But Kaavya was sick and so do i; we both had a running nose. And sore throat.

We actually happened to leave only by 3p. Wow. Yes, but we were ok, coz we knew that the drive is going to take only 3 hours. As soon as we came out on the highway, K, nani and nana, all slept. As if they were waiting to come out of the house.

We almost reached the temple. And then we lost our way. The way to the temple was very hilly and winding. And after some point GPS gave up. We had the paper directions. But still we were lost. At one point I had to stop and ask with the local resident for the way. Luckily he knew the way.

And we were all on track once again. After driving on the unpaved road for probably 0.5 miles, we saw the palace of gold and everybody screamed with joy. At last we reached.

We first checked in to the log cabin. The temple was closed and so were the restaurant and the palace of gold. After an hour or so we realized, we have already seen the temple. Food we can have outside, what’s the point of staying there. Coz we won’t be able to see the palace of gold anyway, even in the morning.

So we packed up again. Just throw the stuff in the car and started from Vrindaban.

We drove for 3 more hours, until i decided that I can’t drive anymore. We searched for the hotel on the exit; it was a bread and breakfast.

While i was resting with seniors and juniors, M went to get us the food. And that was the end of the day.