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A day in New York
Marlene and I spent Friday in New York City. We experienced the Staten Island Ferry, Trinity Church, the 9-11 Memorial (just the memorial – we didn’t go into the museum), Wall Street, the South Street Seaport, the Brooklyn Bridge (which we walked over), the New York subway system, Times Square, Central Park (just a view) … Continue reading
TS9 Hop 1: Worcester MA to Newark NJ
202 miles via I-290 (south out of Worcester), I-90, I-84, I-91, CT 15, CT 8, I-95, I-278 (into Manhattan), FDR Drive (down the east side of Manhattan), I-278 again (out of Manhattan and over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge) and I-95 again. Cumulative TS9 miles: 202. This was a familiar route over mostly interstate roads. Traffic was … Continue reading
TN9 Hop 6: Rhinebeck NY to Worcester MA
150 miles via NY 308, NY 199, NY 22, US 44, CT 318, CT 219, CT 20, I-91, I-291, I-84, US 20, I-290 and MA 122. Miles since the end of Hop 5: 150. Cumulative route miles: 1,724. Total TN9 miles: 1,757. This was a route that was more complicated than it needed to be, … Continue reading
TN9 Hop 5: Greenwich CT to Rhinebeck NY
82 miles via I-95, I-287, the Sprain Brook Parkway, the Taconic State Parkway, US 9 and NY 308. Miles since the end of Hop 4: 82. Cumulative route miles: 1,574. Total TN9 miles: 1,607. This was a short hop in good weather. It was scenic, following the Hudson River north. But the traffic was very … Continue reading
TN9 Hop 4: Montclair VA to Greenwich CT
360 miles via VA 234, I-95, VA 123 to a lunch engagement with Carl, my old friend and travel companion from PCL2, then VA 123, I-66, I-495 (west of DC), I-270, US 15, PA 581, I-83, I-81, I-78 and US 22 to a refueling stop in Easton PA, then US 22, I-78, I-287 and NY … Continue reading
TS8 Hop 2: Elmira NY to North East PA
202 miles via I-86 and PA 89, with a lunch stop in Falconer NY. Cumulative TS8 route miles: 532. Cumulative car miles: 574. Miles since the end of Hop 1: 246. The 44 extra miles were due to the trip to the Corning Museum of Glass. The day was cloudy but the traffic was light … Continue reading
The Corning Museum of Glass
Corning NY is home to both Corning, Inc, a major manufacturer of glass, and the Museum of Glass, an institution that pays tribute to all things glass. We spent a better part of the day visiting the museum and Ooma’s assessment – echoed by me – was “one of the best museums ever.” High praise … Continue reading
TS8 Hop 1: Worcester MA to Elmira NY
323 miles via I-90, I-87, I-88 and I-86 with a breakfast stop in West Springfield MA. Cumulative TS8 route miles: 323. This was an easy trip to navigate, which is good as my cell phone GPS froze before getting to Albany. The weather was good and the traffic was light, so it was mostly an … Continue reading
TN8 Hop 6: New York NY to Worcester MA
250 miles via I-278, Hutchinson Parkway/Merritt Parkway, US 7, I-95, I-91, I-291, local streets to US 202 and MA 122 with a refueling stop and a stop in New Salem MA to introduce Ooma to Jett’s brother Ray and his wife Kim. Cumulative TN8 route miles: 1615. Cumulative car miles: 1844. Car miles since the … Continue reading
4 nights, 3 days in Staten Island
Our original plan for our visit to New York City (a place that Ooma has never visited) called for 2 days touring Manhattan via the Big Red Bus hop-on, hop-off routes and one day driving to Wave Hill and Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. But then, as mentioned previously, Ooma came down with … Continue reading