Home again. Spent yesterday motoring slowly down from Mass in the heat. My choice of a route was not the best. Bob looked at it and said in his quiet way ... "lots of stoplights on this route" and boy was he right ! And construction. And speed zones ! I have lived to regret my light hearted response .. "Oh thats OK, I love stop lights". Routes 7 and 44 out of Western Massachussetts, through Connecticut and New York over to Route 209 and the Delaware Water Gap were really slow... by the time I hit East Stroudsburg in Pennsylvania at 4 pm I was ready to die from the heat. I gave up on the scenic route and logged on to the freeway system. In three hours I was in Harrisburg for the night.
They call it "riding the slab" in biker lingo
. It means getting onto the freeway, putting the speedometer (if you have one) at 65 - 70 and hanging on hour after hour. Its how I got through Pennsylvania. I did it again from Harrisburg on down to Frederick and Washington today -- and it only took some three hours.
It is so nice to be home, some 5,301 miles from Anchorage. Thanks to all who followed, particularly those with comments. I really appreciate your interest and support. Talking to you all through this blog every evening is a new and wonderful dimension to traveling. You should try it !!!
Day 18 - Arlington and Home
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Arlington, Virginia, United States
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Harry
2012-08-31
Welcome home, now you can let the bike rest; it deserves it. It did a remarkable job. So did you by the wat
Debbie Shriver
2012-09-01
Glad you returned home safe and sound. Wow, "riding the slab", what a great saying. We were very grateful to be on your "non-slab" travel route.