Routes
QTS Hop 2: Bellingham, MA, to Lorton, VA
2 days, 493 miles via I-495 (MA), I-90, I-84, I-91, I-95, I-286, NJ 440, US 9, I-195 (NJ), I-495 (MD and VA) and some local roads. I routed this trip so that we could overnight in NJ and thus earn the right to put another state on our map. In retrospect, we would have been … Continue reading
QTE Hop 6: Lorton, VA, to Littleton, MA
2 day, 534 miles via I-95, I-495, US 29, I-70, I-695 (near Baltimore), I-83, US 30, US 222, I-78, US 22, PA 33, US 209, I-84, I-90, I-290 (near Worcester), I-495 (near Boston) amd MA 2A. This was a grueling weekend, primarily due to the fatigue from the previous weeks, the complicated route to our … Continue reading
QTE Hop 5: Georgetown, KY, to Lorton, VA
2 days, 569 miles via I-75, I-64, I-77, I-79. I-68 and, near DC, I-270, I-495 and I-95. Day 1: Georgetown, KY, to Sutton, WV The only things that made this day difficult were the terrain – very hilly – and the rain – intermittent with occasional downpours. I was also pretty weary after the work … Continue reading
GTE Hop 4: Branson, MO, to Georgetown, KY
2 days, 633 miles, mostly via I-44. I-64. I-57 and I-75 Day 1: Branson, MO, to Benton, IL This was the longest day of the GTE – 359 miles, almost 6 hours of driving. With a refueling stop lunch break and a nasty construction delay in Illinois, we were on the road for over 7.5 … Continue reading
QTE Hop 3: Oklahoma City, OK, to Branson, MO
1 day, 300 miles via I-44, US 412 and US 65. This was a 1-day hop that compensated for the previous 3-day hop. Both I-44 from Oklahoma City to Tulsa and US 412 from Tulsa into Arkansas were very hilly – lots of up-and-downs, the result being very poor mileage. Most of the route was … Continue reading
QTE Hop 2: Williams, AZ, to Oklahoma City, OK
3 days, 905 miles via I-40 and I-44. I really wasn’t looking forward to this hop. Three long days on the road, almost all on I-40. There would be some scenery, but it would be dusty scenery and we were getting pretty fed up with wind and dust. We left Williams with a fine layer … Continue reading
Sedona
Last Wednesday was a beautiful day in Williams. I decided it was also a beautiful day to visit Sedona, about an hour distant. Jett didn’t come with me as she had a headache and “wasn’t that interested in scenery.” Too bad, because she missed some great scenery. She also missed a nasty, narrow, twist-and-turn road … Continue reading
QTE Hop 1: Aguanga, CA, to Williams, AZ
454 miles via CA 79, I-10, CA 177, CA 62, AZ 95 and I-40. Day 1: Aguanga, CA, to Lake Havasu City, AZ The first day of this two-day hop was 279 miles, of which about 150 were through desert that was excessively hot, even by desert standards. I was pretty worried about how the … Continue reading
My penultimate commute
I would have saved this for tomorrow, but that would have been my final commute to Temecula and it is so much more fun to say penultimate. Anyway, I wanted to document, for my memories as much as for anyone else’s edification, the glorious first 15 miles of my commute (or last 15, if I … Continue reading
The Quick Trip East (QTE)
We successfully avoided winter by hunkering down in California. It has been an interesting six months but it is time to think about making the trek back east. Our tenants have decided to not renew their lease, so we need to decide what to do with the house. I need to check in with the … Continue reading