Maybe us Ozzies driving on the wrong side of the road helped us here?

Well I have the giant size 2000 Rand McNally here opened out, and on that early in book page A6 on the "Mileages and driving times" full page with little "join up the town dots with straight red lines" it quotes:

New York - Boston - 182 miles - allow 3 hours 31 mins

Boston to Portland ME - 108 miles - allow 1 hour 48 mins

Portland to Bangor ME - 132 miles - allow 2 hours 12 minutes

"Driving time is appoximate under normal conditions. Consideration has been given to topography, number of towns along route, congested urban areas, and the speed limit imposed by each state. Allowance should be made for night driving, and unusually fast or slow drivers."

We were staying at the Four Points in Waltham, a bit south of BOS central, on the inner beltway, and right on I-95. We took I-95 right to Newark basically - bit longer than Doc's great route on way north, but hard for a toursit to get lost on I-95!

The drive from Bar Harbor south we took the long coastal route too. So pretty for us at Fall time. And we have to agree with the 2 posters above Rand McNally "official drive times" need to get taken with a grain of salt.

Good you folks raised it, as we are flying 22,000 miles next week to drive around Tampa area to Key West for a few days, and Rand McNally shows it is only 4 hours 26 minutes from TPA to MIA via Fort Myers? Here is our next trip - we will now allow longer than these map guys say:

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