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August 5, 2014 · 8:00 am

Journeys in Space: An Excellent Motorcycle Adventure! Day 37!

An Excellent Motorcycle Adventure! Day 37!

Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike (not really)... the New York Thruway... the Taconic Parkway... back to Stockbridge...

Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike (not really)… the New York Thruway… the Taconic Parkway… back to Stockbridge…

Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike…
All the miles unwind, reverse watersheds… the Hudson River and the Housatonic River
Our 36th wedding anniversary…

Summary:
Date: July 29, 2014
Departure Location: 300 Harrisburg Avenue, Lancaster PA
Arrival Location: 30 Main Street, Stockbridge MA
Total Miles: 310 miles
Total travel time: 6:20 hours
Total miles/total travel time: 49 mph
Number of States: 4 (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts)
Number of Watersheds: 6 (Susquehanna River, Schuylkill River, Delaware River, Passaic River, Hudson River, Housatonic River)
Stops: 2 (Bernards NJ (gas), Beekman NY (lunch)
Weather: Sunny, AM; Sunny, Partly Cloudy/Partly Sunny PM
Temperature: 7:00 AM (Lancaster PA) 66 ͦ F, 12:00 Noon (Bernard NJ) 84 ͦ F, 7:00 PM (Stockbridge MA) 82 ͦ F
Lodging: Red Lion Inn, Stockbridge MA
Restaurants: Beekman Country Club (lunch), Beekman NY; Red Lion Inn (dinner), Stockbridge MA; The Lion’s Den (cocktails), Stockbridge MA

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August 4, 2014 · 4:00 pm

Journeys in Space: An Excellent Motorcycle Adventure! Day 36!

An Excellent Motorcycle Adventure! Day 36!

Zoom! Zoom! Checking off the states: Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania...

Zoom! Zoom! Checking off the states: Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania…

More time in Purgatory trying to find the Interstate!
A nice lunch in Martinsville at the Blue White Grill…
Zoom! Zoom! “Checking the boxes” for States Visited: 23 miles in West Virginia, 11 miles in Maryland… a couple of cheap states…
US Route 30 through Gettysburg, York, and on to Lancaster PA

Summary:
Date: July 28, 2014
Departure Location: 2815 Candler’s Mountain Road, Lynchburg VA
Arrival Location: 300 Harrisburg Avenue, Lancaster PA
Total Miles: 324 miles
Total travel time: 7:17 hours
Total miles/total travel time: 44 mph
Number of States: 4 (Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania)
Number of Watersheds: 3 (James River, Potomac River, Susquehanna River)
Stops: 3 (Natural Bridge VA (discuss route, reconnoiter), Mount Sidney VA (leg stretch), Martinsburg WV (gas, lunch)
Weather: Sunny, AM; Sunny, threat of showers PM
Temperature: 7:00 AM (Lynchburg VA) 68 ͦ F, 12:00 Noon (Martinsburg WV) 84 ͦ F, 7:00 PM (Lancaster PA) 82 ͦ F
Lodging: Lancaster Arts Hotel, Lancaster PA
Restaurants: Blue White Grill (lunch), Martinsburg WV; John J. Jeffries (dinner), Lancaster, PA

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