>From Princeton, WV to Willimantic, CT in my Grand Cherokee pulling my MC trailer. I had planned to go up on a bus and ride the bike back but there were two many things I couldn't accomplish before I left. (Tags, title, ins, etc)
Bill Sowers www.billybender.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Maggiacomo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 10:58 PM Subject: Re: Trip to pick up my new bike > 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 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site > http://webhosting.yahoo.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
