Don't ask don't tell road trip policy

[orangerful]

So Google maps said the drive from maryland to Maine should be about 9 hours and 45 minutes. We left a little after 7am and got into Gorham around 5:30...but we didn't stop for very long and the speed limit was unofficially 75mph - but i swear I hardly passed anyone on the highway!

We learned an important tidbit while searching for "food" in Conneticut - apparently it's illegal to drive in the left lane unless you are turning. There were no signs stating this but the cop that pupled us over pet us know (and for some weird reason he walked up to my mom instead of me so apparently people cannot even walk on the left side of the car)

Other random moment was on 84 and we were on a bumpy bridge, a truck hit one bump and its front hood flew up! There was no shoulder to pull over and the guy did a great job not swerving into trwffic and kipping us all.

Anyway we are in Maine now. Uncle Tom is rumored to be purchasing 30 lobsters for tomorrow plus clams. The librarian in me wants to go check out the Baxter Memorial Library down the road.

Uncle Mike and Neil are describing some random hiking place in New Mexico, not sure they are supposed to be hiking there.

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Comments

[colls]

I LOVE MAINE!! I'm driving up there myself the first week of September, my BFF lives in S. Portland.
Why were you on 84 (I'm assuming you are in NY somewhere at that point)? 87/287 and the Tappenzee (sp?) Bridge is usually a less hectic route. Also Route 15 (Merritt Parkway).... ignore me. I went to college in VT and have taken the drive so many times in the past 20 years that I do it in my sleep. Yes, I meant to leave out the word 'could' LOL!

Also, that CT thing is true in NJ, too.

Have a great time!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

We took 84 in MA, I think (I was just driving, my mom was navigating LOL!)

The CT thing was so silly. The cop made some comment about how he tickets people for it all the time which, to me, means it's a stupid rule. Or he's a jerk.

Then on the way HOME we saw a motorcyclist SPIT on a car and try to run it off the road in CT...that state lost a lot of points with me this week.

[hermionesparkle.livejournal.com]

That is really weird about Connecticut, good to know if I ever go there. Hope you are having a nice time in Maine, I've never been there.