by Unity » Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:20 pm
Yes, thanks, Bob, Jody and I got home close to 6:00, having spent some extra time and miles on backroads. We avoided Williamsport and Harrisburg, the two choke points on the route, by going west of U.S. 15 and following a sequence of state routes 14, 328, 287, 44, 45, 235/333/75, and 74. We were on most of those with Jerry Skene last year, and we wanted to re-do the route to firm it up in our minds. There are enough bucolic scenes and switch-back ridges to cross that it's a very enjoyable way to get through PA more or less paralleling U.S. 15. Once we got back onto 15 below Harrisburg, we bombed it on home staying on 15. Traffic was amazingly light and congenial. The day started in fleece with heated handgrips and ended up in near-90° Washington-metro heat!
Finger Lakes Rally is always a very pleasant experience. The Finger Lakes club does a great job of putting on a rally.
--John
2002 R1150RT, Silver
Silver, the "cool and aloof" color.
(Road & Track Vol. 56, No.2, p. 19)
1971 Triumph Bonneville, Gold
Gold, the "paying the restorer" color.
(Trust me.)