may 12 day 3 32 miles total 77 i was rather disappointed when i started out this morning, that i had not gone further yesterday. right after the motel where i stayed was a sidewalk and then a great shoulder followed by a stretch of the old US 1 thru the center of north attleboro. in retrospect, it was still a good decision to stop when i did. after 8 hours of the equivalent of Read more
i am inside the 495 ring. if i was in a car i would be there! laz
as good as day 1 was day 2 was just that bad. terrible traffic no shoulder. spent much of the day in the lane with traffic missing me by inches. only got 21 miles and bailed early to see if i can finish us1 before sunrise…. and returning traffic. legs and feet are good back is shaky. stomach having some issues. biggest problem is google map measurements. i have 45 miles which should have put Read more
there’s the fear of gang activity in this neighborhood may 10 day 1 the bar has been set high. it will be hard for any day to top my trip thru newport. i had company for the first and last few miles. newport, indeed all of road island so far, is spectacular; unique old homes, and fabulous mansions abound. here and there i was able to look down on naragansett bay, the highlight of the Read more
may 9 day minus 1 one by one i have abandoned the accoutrements of the old life. just ditching my keys left me feeling naked. but what use have i for keys now? no house. no car. no office. no storage of useless possessions. i have no need for keys. and now most of the rest has gone with the keys. boxed up, and sent away. leaving me with nothing but what i think i Read more
day minus 2 promising beginning. after a long day driving we were going to stop in allentown pa. unfortunately all allentown interstates were under construction. road signs were pretty much nonexistent, so we pulled off on an exit to check the map and figure out where we were. what good luck! the exit we picked was a toll road going the wrong way. we got off at the first opportunity and $2.10 poorer began a Read more
stage one tennessee to road island 1200 miles 1.5 days this is the easiest leg in some ways. not so much in others. sitting in a car is really bad for the circulation in my leg. i am stopping every 2 hours and getting out to stretch. i learned the hard way that a day of unbroken driving would leave me unable to walk.