On Friday Sept. 9 I am helping my friend move out to Rhode Island. The trip out will be NY I-88 to the thruway, Mass. Turnpike, then down into RI.
I will be driving back Sunday and I was thinking about a more scenic, possibly costal route home. RI 1 to CT, into NY bypassing NYC then thrue northern PA, Rt 6. Sound good? Or maybe a ferry to Long Island.
The kicker is I will be driving a V8 4x4 Dak on A/Ts, not a sports car
Rt 20? been a looooooong time. Lotta good ways to get there.
I dunno if you can work the Taconic Parkway into it somehow, but that's a nice road.
Welcome to you (temporarily) and your friend to RI, BTW. How did he or she find a job in a state where there are no jobs???
88 to 90 is a pretty scenic and quiet route through ny. It's all highway, but pretty country. My favorite route to New England from your general location.
Going down 1 through ct is mad. I can't stand the traffic. 6 is a pretty road, but is filled with oil trucks (water, for fracking actually..) who go 10 under the limit or run you off the road. Don't even think about 84.
You will seriously spend practically an extra day driving in traffic with your scenic route, why not spend that time on a detour seeing something in Boston and sticking to the highway?
daytonaer wrote:Don't even think about 84.
What's so bad about 84, aside from it not being very scenic?
My route to school (Marist College back in 1990-94) was RI95 to 9 to 66 to 84 to Taconic.
I never had an issue with 84.
daytonaer wrote:Don't even think about 84.
What's so bad about 84, aside from it not being very scenic?
My route to school (Marist College back in 1990-94) was RI95 to 9 to 66 to 84 to Taconic.
I never had an issue with 84.
Route 1 is nice, but if you take it you're going way south just to go north again. I would find a way through the center of CT, then hook up with route 17 around like Newburgh or Poughkeepsie. Then I'd take 17 to state route 206, through the edge of the Catskills, then 206 to Whitney Point to route 79. I used to go 79 ---> 206 to the Catskills all the time, its a really nice drive, and actually pretty direct. Keep your eye out for the zebra on 206 (not joking).
gamby wrote:Sitting in traffic in ct for hours.daytonaer wrote:Don't even think about 84.
What's so bad?
Gamby, my friend is working in Northborough Mass. for the new Wegmans that opens in a few months. The closest apt. he could get was in RI.
I've done NY 88, 17 and 20 so much I need something new. 206 sounds interesting.
I don't know how Rhode Island does it, but in NY the V8 4X4 dak would have commercial plates and be denied access to the Taconic.
You couldn't pay me to drive a truck on the Taconic anyways.
17 is good, and i think there's also another "version" of 17, 17D maybe? It follows the same path for the most part, but it's more scenic.
Bear Mountain Parkway is pretty awesome.
Well without looking at a map yet, here are a couple of ideas.
The drive through Litchfield County in CT is always pretty nice. Route 7 through western CT is a pretty drive. Stop to see Lime Rock Park (you'll be a week after the Vintage Festival unfortunately) and eat at American Pie Co in Sherman. From there you can cut over to Patterson, NY and connect to route 22 north to 55 west. That will take you towards Poughkeepsie where you can cross the Mid-Hudson Bridge into New Paltz. The Gilded Otter is a popular bar over there. Keep going and eventually you can find the thruway or 17, depending on where in central NY you need to get.
The Dak has standard plates. In NY you can do that, it just means you can't run signage or exceed, IIRC, 7500 GVWR.
On the topic of doing this in a truck, and recomendations to "overland" my route. Seasonal roads maybe?
