Bill, sounds like a trip from Hell to me. Sorry I missed your original post, but where did you leave from and in what? Thanks. -Pete --- Bill Sowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
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