Thursday, April 21, 2011

Maine

Got to Scott's Co in Medway, Maine at about 8am local time, and got in line to pick up a load of fertilizer bound for Syracuse, New York.
We were back in the snow, and got snowed on a little while strapping down the load. Once back on the road, we stopped at Dysart's Truck Stop, where the locals said there was a good restaurant. We were looking for a trailer shop to have them check out our trailer to make sure we don't have any damage from that heavy load that got put in the center of the trailer that had it wagging like a dog's butt. None of the shops had time for us, though, so we decided to have lunch. Collin had a fish chowder that he enjoyed, and I had a real shepherd's pie that was delicious.
Then we headed out, with a plan to avoid some of the toll roads by taking Hwy 2 out of the Boston area. Managed to catch a glimpse of the Atlantic while driving through Portsmouth.
We started out following the plan, but we were both very tired, and Hwy 2 is a very winding road, and it was getting dark. We ended up picking up the I-91 at Greenfield and taking that on down to the I-80, where we were promptly in the wrong lane in the toll ticket plaza, so we didn't get a ticket, and then we ended up going the wrong way on I-80 for about 6 miles before we could get turned around.
We debated taking the Hwy 20 between Albany and Syracuse, but decided against it in favor of the tollway, and the easier speed we could make. We made it to Schuyler NY before we stopped - about 56 miles from our destination in Syracuse.

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