Hanover

Day 27
Destination: Hanover, MA
Route: Highway 95 through New York, New Haven, Providence, Highway 93 (Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Massachusetts)
Miles Ridden: 310    Total Miles: 6,486

Points of Interest:

• Holy frijoles, Batman! Where did all this traffic come from?
• Scituate Harbor

Downtown Philidelphia has some of the most magnificent buildings imaginable. From the churches, to the museums, to the government buildings, it was a pleasure seeing these buildings. On a motorcycle trip like this, your time is limited. You see what you can, and then have to keep moving.

For the first time in 26 days, we put our jackets on. Instead of being 95 degrees, the temperature was only expected to reach 70, so it was rather cool this morning. Jackets on and we were off through a series of turns trying to find Highway 95. As you would expect, we encountered congested traffic. We had time, therefore, to view the Manhattan skyline from the New Jersey highway, and took special notice of the missing towers. But when we got to the George Washington Bridge entering New York, the traffic was unbelievable. It took 90 minutes to enter and cross the bridge. If the traffic was normal for NY, it would explain the hostility New Yorkers are famous for, and they are masters at profanity. They just pushed us out of the way if they wanted the lane, and did the same with other motorists. I (Ralph) felt like the ball in a pinball machine! But survived we did.

We arrived at Hanover, and met up with Tommy and Jody. They took us to a resort area at Scituate, MA, which is a beautiful area surrounded by water, a lighthouse and small, beautiful vacation cottages. We had dinner at the Mill Wharf, which is a great restaurant which specializes in seafood. A long day, but a great day on the road. The lighthouse goes back to 1800, and in 1810 the daughters of the caretaker were given credit for stopping a British invasion by banging on their drums.