Day Trip

Well...got up at 0700 hrs Friday morning, hit the road at 0730 hrs. Fog as dense as anything I've ever seen. Couldn't see 10 feet in front of me and that was on the interstate. That was spooky. It did finally burn off by about 0915 hrs.

First leg of the ride is a 10 mile stretch of country road to the interstate. Then its 60 miles on I-89 to I-93 for 10 miles to I-293 for a couple then to Everett TPK for about 35-40 miles, then 495 for 40 miles to I-290 for 30 miles to state rt 146 for 15 miles and back to country roads to my moms house.

The trip toook me thru Concord and Manchester,NH, then the out skirts of Boston and finally thru Worcester,MA. Other then the fog the ride in took 3 1/2 hours instead of the normal 3 hours because of the fog. Traffic was moderate to heavy thru Concord,Manchester, the loop around Boston and Worcester. Concord,Manchester,outer Boston and worcester were like I said moderate to heavy traffic, all in all typical.

I stacked wood from 1100 hours to 1400 hours and said good bye and headed home. OMG!! I forgot it was a 3 day weekend plus foliage season. I guess everyone in Mass and CT heads to Maine,NH and Vermont on 3 day weekendsIt took 4 hours to get home. The interstates were 30 mph to stopped. The toll booth(2) were back up for 2 miles each. And people were driving like aholes. MASS drivers suck. They are mean, rude and in a god awful hurry. The ride did not open up for me until the last 60 miles of the ride home on I-89. At one point on I-495 the traffic would come to a dead stop for no apprent reason that I could see. Once when that happend I was in the middle lane (there is 3 lanes. I prefer the far right but because of the congestion and no wiggle room for cars accessing the highway it was beter to be in the middle lane). Long story short we are tooling along at at least 60mph and I could see the traffic ahead of me brake lights come on. I gear down. The red F-250 loaded with construiction gear to the left of me in the high speed lane did not and all of a sudden all hell breaks lose as he emergently slams the brakes on to avoid hitting th eperson right ahead of him. He didn't see the traffic stop. Black smoke every where,screeching tires and he ended up in the ditch. By virtue of him hitting the brakes it all happened behind me initially but came forward when he evaded to the ditch. Brakes weren't quite doing the job.

Didn't see but maybe 2-3 other motorcycles on the road the whole day. Unusual as it got pretty gorgoeuos. I guess the fair weather and short wearing riders are done for the year.

I was sure glad when I finally made it home. My mom had called like 3 times because she'd heard on the radio that a motorcycle rider had an accident with an 18 wheeler. I told her not to worry..if that'd been me, I woulda won.

I figure at least 360 +- miles and 7 1/2 hours on the road. I avg 45 MPG. Not bad for the 103" motor. It was sure enough a long day. I celebrated with a beef burrito and a red bull.

We get indian summer too...usually in November and just for daylight hours.

If ever you want to get here and tour New England I can help make it less expensive.

Glad your mom is feeling better.

Glad yer mom pulled thru

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My mother is elderly..from Poland and likes to live like she is still in Poland. Minimum modern amenities. No TV. Burns wood for heat. And lives by herself. Micromanages everything and anything anyone does for her. It shouldn't be so difficult to assists' ones mother.

Theres way to and from New England and avoiding all the humanity. I do it all the time leaving on trips and getting back. Basically for me its I-91 south to Hartford, CT picking up I-84 West to Scranton, PA picking up I-81 south there. I-81 runs North and South allowing the rider to head west at many junctures..I-70, I-80,I-40 etc...

The worst of it is Hartford but if one times it right its not bad. The bad times going thru Hartford are the going to and from work hours. Also there is a Hartford by pass..I-691 and while taking you 15 miles out of your way can at times be more then worth it.

Sounds like a good trip. You sure put a lot of miles in on interstates. I don't go that fast, but it sounded like you had a "slow" day on them.

Hello Joshbob. Its always like sliding thru a sluece..scary but fun when the day is done and I made it home. One of these days if my wife is with me I'll have her take pictures while we're riding thru the interstates.

To take an alternate route while scenic, fun and less frenetic it adds time on an already long day. The alternate route would be great if I was able to stay the nite. I usually cannot. Taking the interstate lets me eat 180 miles in 3 hours under usual conditions. Fridays ride was not usual with the 3 day weekend/foliage season traffic.:gah:

Great trip!