Road Trip
So I drove to Baltimore City, MD yesterday by way of I-81 through the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
Just as I got on I-81 from I-77 at Fort Royal, VA I say a sign that said Winchester was 210 miles away. That was my exit off I-81!
Now, the Valley is nice but it ain't so nice that I couldn't have seen all I wanted to see in 21 miles.
Anyhow, I did arrive at Winchester eventually and make my exit toward the historic and picturesque town of Harpers Ferry, WV. When the Federal Arsenal was there, everybody from John Brown, to the Union Army, to the Confederate Army was interested in the place. Today the population of the town is 307 souls and the town is entirely surrounded by a national park.
It's located at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers. Very pretty.
If you ever played Monopoly and bought the B&O Railroad, here's the real deal as it crosses the Potomac from Harpers Ferry.
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is headquartered in Harpers Ferry. They were closed. Something about that 210 miles.
Anyhow, Sam, Murphy and I arrived in Baltimore before dark without incident.
I did postulate a new Universal Law of Highway Speed along the way. Specifically, the highway speed of any vehicle is directly proportional to its size, regardless of the price of gasoline. Yup, the bigger it was, the faster it was going. Behemoths like Ford F-250 trucks, Mercury Mountaineers, Chevrolet Yukons and the like consistently blew off my doors. The one that took the cake, however, was this humongous motor coach from Georgia with a Lexus in tow. Even the tractor-trailers were trying to draft it!
Of these vehicle and their consumption of petroleum I could only think of Alfred E. Neuman: "What? Me worry?"
I did think, however, the commercial vehicle — including tractor-trailers — were traveling at more moderate speeds than "normal".
Just as I got on I-81 from I-77 at Fort Royal, VA I say a sign that said Winchester was 210 miles away. That was my exit off I-81!
Now, the Valley is nice but it ain't so nice that I couldn't have seen all I wanted to see in 21 miles.
Anyhow, I did arrive at Winchester eventually and make my exit toward the historic and picturesque town of Harpers Ferry, WV. When the Federal Arsenal was there, everybody from John Brown, to the Union Army, to the Confederate Army was interested in the place. Today the population of the town is 307 souls and the town is entirely surrounded by a national park.
It's located at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers. Very pretty.
If you ever played Monopoly and bought the B&O Railroad, here's the real deal as it crosses the Potomac from Harpers Ferry.
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is headquartered in Harpers Ferry. They were closed. Something about that 210 miles.
Anyhow, Sam, Murphy and I arrived in Baltimore before dark without incident.
I did postulate a new Universal Law of Highway Speed along the way. Specifically, the highway speed of any vehicle is directly proportional to its size, regardless of the price of gasoline. Yup, the bigger it was, the faster it was going. Behemoths like Ford F-250 trucks, Mercury Mountaineers, Chevrolet Yukons and the like consistently blew off my doors. The one that took the cake, however, was this humongous motor coach from Georgia with a Lexus in tow. Even the tractor-trailers were trying to draft it!
Of these vehicle and their consumption of petroleum I could only think of Alfred E. Neuman: "What? Me worry?"
I did think, however, the commercial vehicle — including tractor-trailers — were traveling at more moderate speeds than "normal".
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