Wandering Retirees

“Imagine if you will” a road with many lanes filled with motorized vehicles. There frequent construction sites some with a sign saying this project is funded by the “BiPartisan Infrastructure Project.”

While in these construction sites, the vehicle drivers close their eyes move forth in random patterns. It is rainy and windy. You are unseen.

And then imagine you are on a motorcycle.

You are in Massachusetts.
And all of this is
normal
here.

~Rod Sterling and Connie Schwedes

Not much to say about today.  It was very wet and windy so our riding involved a lot of hunkering down to get from our start in southern Maine to Danbury, CT for the night.  

The highlight was when I took a wrong turn (despite having expert navigation) and nearly got us lost on some beautiful Connecticut back roads.  Connie got us found soon enough and led us where we wanted to be.  She’s good at this.

Our route took us on major highways for quite a ways: I-95, I-495 and I-84.  Except when rain was particularly heavy we kept up with traffic easily.  My only criticism is the flagrant insanity of Massachusetts drivers: their turn signals are always either broken or missing, especially on quick lane changes, and they will not be denied their desired lane opening, no matter how small.  At 80 or 90 MPH or whatever.  Even DC and Jersey drivers (like me and Connie) give them a wide berth.  Amazing.

This is our last night on the road.  We have had a lot of fun and have enjoyed each other’s company so much.  And we’re happily tired, ready to get home.  

Avoiding NYC traffic as much as possible, we figure about 4-1/2 hours riding plus stops.  For now its feed the tummy time.  Have a great night.