Well, "the Great Northern Migration" is over, and Pearl is, once again, sitting in her garage in the Micro-State. She's filthy from the downpours and grime of I-95 in the Baltimore - New Jersey corridor, but none-the-worse for wear, and she trailered well throughout the 1,006 miles from home to home.
Truck/trailer kept up with traffic the entire trip (65 - 80 mph except for heavy traffic) and ran a respectable 14.5 MPG on gasoline. Scared shitless going through the traffic near NYC and crawled along with all the other truckers (who nicely warned me about the rough road surface ahead of time) just East of the George Washington Bridge (why didn't I take the Tappan Zee, instead??) where the pavement is SO bad the truckers only do 20 through there, regardless of traffic conditions.
Most Truckers we heard/met were super nice, although far more polite in the South than anywhere near NJ/NYC, and we even had few looking out for us as we made our way off the Jersey Pike and along the cross-Bronx Expressway/war zone. Nice bunch of folks, indeed, running traffic interference, making holes for us as we were changing lanes and making sure we were lined up for the right toll booths (wish I had my toll transponder, but it was in the other car - 8>(
Biggest problem we had was the people rubber-necking to see Pearl and becoming a traffic hazard (to me and everyone else) in the process.
Daytime Temp in Beaufort when we left: 73
Daytime temp in Tiverton when we arrived (3pm): 42 |>(
Now we'll wait for a warmer day to give Pearl a bath, along with the trailer and truck (maybe me, too!)
Gordon
One of the "Speedstah Guys" from Rhode Island (and already missing the "Beaufort Speedstah Guys)
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