Day 2 - Lots of Miles
It's interesting to see the difference in the driving methods in the States. For example, in Canada, when we have a highway, it's slowest cars in the right-hand lane, fastest in the left (inside) lane. And if there are more than two lanes, it's just a variation (still left-right, fastest-slowest).
But here? Nope. There are almost always at least three lanes - no big deal. The difference is that the centre lane is the slowest lane, and the other lanes are passing lanes. Which means you can get passed on both sides, with cars merging into the centre lane. Makes it interesting when you see two cars trying to both merge into the centre lane at the same time. Surprisingly enough, few accidents, or at least we only saw a few.
Another thing that made the drive interesting was the timing of our trip. Up in Canada, we had our long weekend last week - Victoria Day weekend. The first long weekend of the summer (ok, sort of summer). For the States, it's this weekend. We went around Boston and New York when everyone decided to head out of town for the long weekend! We were stuck in traffic on the I-95 at a standstill for a LONG time yesterday. Two lanes of traffic were trying to merge into our five lanes. It was hot. People wanted to be anywhere else. Including us. We did finally get out of that area, and into a rest stop off the highway, where we fought through lots of crowds to use the washroom and get something cold to drink. It was almost as long to get out of the parking lot - apparently pedestrians don't comprehend the concept of vehicles backing up, or driving in the roadway! Melanie has officially designated New Jersey as her least-favourite state. I'm leaning that way, although my experience with different states is more limited.
We took photos, but we haven't had the chance to download them off the camera - I must do that before we head to the Air and Space Museum. Oooh, aaah.
More later!
But here? Nope. There are almost always at least three lanes - no big deal. The difference is that the centre lane is the slowest lane, and the other lanes are passing lanes. Which means you can get passed on both sides, with cars merging into the centre lane. Makes it interesting when you see two cars trying to both merge into the centre lane at the same time. Surprisingly enough, few accidents, or at least we only saw a few.
Another thing that made the drive interesting was the timing of our trip. Up in Canada, we had our long weekend last week - Victoria Day weekend. The first long weekend of the summer (ok, sort of summer). For the States, it's this weekend. We went around Boston and New York when everyone decided to head out of town for the long weekend! We were stuck in traffic on the I-95 at a standstill for a LONG time yesterday. Two lanes of traffic were trying to merge into our five lanes. It was hot. People wanted to be anywhere else. Including us. We did finally get out of that area, and into a rest stop off the highway, where we fought through lots of crowds to use the washroom and get something cold to drink. It was almost as long to get out of the parking lot - apparently pedestrians don't comprehend the concept of vehicles backing up, or driving in the roadway! Melanie has officially designated New Jersey as her least-favourite state. I'm leaning that way, although my experience with different states is more limited.
We took photos, but we haven't had the chance to download them off the camera - I must do that before we head to the Air and Space Museum. Oooh, aaah.
More later!
posted by Matthew & Melanie @ 3:16 p.m.
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