Originally Posted by
deubster
I'm betting most of these buildings will be lit up at night. Post your pics & trip details if you make it. Go for it! ^ ^
You bet I am! One reason I decided to do this was because someone mentioned to me that since I'm such a nut-case, why don't I go take a snapshot of all the capitol buildings of all 50 states. Actually, that got me intrigued as I was a geography nut back in elementary school so I decided to start it off in the most condensed area - New England.
Originally Posted by
mkleiderman
I don't like the looks of it. Maybe if you had someone to switch driving with and a bunch of Depends.... If you do it counter-clockwise, you can decide @Montpelier to skip Albany and come in nice and safe.
I'm still young - I was able to do a Los Angeles, CA - Vancouver, BC drive in approx 20 hours before, so I can probably do this as well. It's just the fact that I'm doing this in New England where I have little experience driving in, compounded that it will be in early March that have me a bit worried.
Originally Posted by
the_traveler
I also second the idea of a reverse trip: PVD - Providence - Boston - etc...
Another idea may be Providence - Boston - Hartford - etc... Although a little longer, Boston to Hartford can be done on all interstates (I-90 to I-84) at 65+ MPH!
If you go Providence to Hartford, you'll be traveling on a 2 lane road for part of the way - Route 6. (They didn't nickname that section of Route 6 as "Suicide 6" for nothing!)
Besides, you may run into less traffic in Boston
at night.
That might be a good idea. How about Providence - Boston - Hartford - Albany - Montpelier - Concord - Providence? I checked yahoo maps and it isn't much of a difference because of the more reliable Interstate route. Also, I get to avoid going through Boston on the return route.
By the way, am I the only one who thinks that the old yahoo maps was better because of the turn-by-turn map capability for printouts?
Having a GPS would be very handy it seems in this neck of the woods, but it seems that the Dollar Rental Car at PVD doesn't have one. Drag.