I made it to CT and back OK. I left here at 3:30 am (yeah, I couldn't sleep so I just got up and left) and got to Willimantic, CT at 3:00 pm. I was able to load the bike Friday night, eat supper (to allow the Hartford traffic to die down) and then head on back. I drove till 1:00 am Saturday morning then pulled off in a rest stop somewhere in PA and slept to 4:00 am, then continued on home arriving about 10:15 am. 1,490 miles in 24 hours 12 minutes (1452 minutes) elapsed driving time for about a 60 mph average. Rained most of the way back and I had to unload, cleanup and put the new (it has 1,200 miles on it) 2003 FJR1300 Yamaha away before eating some breakfast and crashing (getting some sleep, not really crashing). I have not even ridden an FJR1300 yet but, if it's anything like my old FJ that I put 80,000 miles on and is still running, I know I'm going to like it
We are very fortunate in having roads like I-77, I-64 and I-81 around here and in VA. Beautiful drives and scenery galor. Once you get into PA, NY and CT the roads are really beat up and the traffic is constant. As bad as I-81 is around Roanoke, it's still better than in most other states. I was on I-81 for 468 miles. Almost never ending construction. There were several dead deer along I-81 in northern VA but once you got to PA, and NY, they were everywhere. I guess it's because they don't have cleared areas along the interstates and the woods come right up to the road in some cases. That eastern area of PA is mostly wooded and they have a ton of deer. I would guess they pick the dead ones up regularly but still, there were many freshly killed along the road. Bill Sowers www.billybender.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.419 / Virus Database: 235 - Release Date: 11/13/2002
