A Matter of Balance
This day was dedicated to covering miles and making a wide loop to avoid New York City. My trip advisers in Philadelphia suggested that I not take the direct route through NYC (I-95) because of aggressive drivers and bad roads in the area. The skies were dark when Leah saw me off…
Continue reading Oct 4: Philadelphia, PA to Milford, Connecticut
4 CommentsIn Philadelphia I joined Marion, who had arrived previously by airplane, to visit Daughter Leah and Good Friend Brian. Also visiting Philadelphia during these exact same three days was Hurricane Joaquin. The hurricane passed by out in the Atlantic and didn’t actually hit land, but its wind and rain dominated the local…
Continue reading Oct 1 thru Oct 3: Philadelphia
7 CommentsI’m happy to report that my assumption regarding Hwy 322 to Philadelphia would be a freeway was wrong. It was actually a two lane road almost the whole way, with the first half of the 90 miles just like pictures out of an Americana calendar, houses on Main Street and…
Continue reading Sept 30: Hershey, Pennsylvania to Philadelphia
7 CommentsToday was a ride in the rain across most of Pennsylvania. The entire ride was on Hwy 322, which starts in Ohio, traverses the entire width of Pennsylvania, then runs through New Jersey and into the Atlantic Ocean. The highway in the western side of the state is a beautiful two-lane road through…
Continue reading Sept 29: Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania to Hershey, Pennsylvania
5 CommentsI started this day thinking I would ride in the direction of Marion and Leah in Philadelphia. That didn’t happen. As a result of impulse, rain, getting lost, detours and accidentally getting on the “Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Thruway” I rode 250 miles and ended up about as far from Philadelphia…
Continue reading Sept 28: St. Catherines, Ontario to Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania
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