Day 1, July 29, 2017 - Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON to Bryan, OH
Day 1 - Saturday July 29, 2017 - Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON to Bryan, OH
Distance: 688km, Time: 10:00hrs, made for a long day
Sunny and Hot, 27c - 20c
Overnight: Colonial Manor Motel, Bryan, OH (****), getting a bit worm
An uneventful day travelling along the Interstate Highways from New York State to Ohio, passing through Pennsylvania on the way. Temperatures were reasonable for riding from about 23c to 28c, but very little humidity and at times there was a cool breeze, maybe off of Lake Erie to the North.
Got off the I-80/I-90 around Toledo and came into town on the local roads, like US#6, lots of flat land and corn.
No photo day (there is a photo of the hotel below), surprising, have done this same route in 2009, 2010 and stayed at the same motel in Bryan, OH. You ask why here, well it is on the mainline of the old New York Central RR, and it was on this section of track back in the late 1960's that NYC set the fastest train in the US with an RDC with two aircraft jet engines on the roof.
Check out this 2 minute video to get an appreciation of this unique RDC car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8ZIJFlU_pA
Early to bed tonight, want to be on the road by 6:30am, same distance tomorrow plus I have to go past Chicago, lots of traffic.
Distance: 688km, Time: 10:00hrs, made for a long day
Sunny and Hot, 27c - 20c
Overnight: Colonial Manor Motel, Bryan, OH (****), getting a bit worm
An uneventful day travelling along the Interstate Highways from New York State to Ohio, passing through Pennsylvania on the way. Temperatures were reasonable for riding from about 23c to 28c, but very little humidity and at times there was a cool breeze, maybe off of Lake Erie to the North.
Got off the I-80/I-90 around Toledo and came into town on the local roads, like US#6, lots of flat land and corn.
No photo day (there is a photo of the hotel below), surprising, have done this same route in 2009, 2010 and stayed at the same motel in Bryan, OH. You ask why here, well it is on the mainline of the old New York Central RR, and it was on this section of track back in the late 1960's that NYC set the fastest train in the US with an RDC with two aircraft jet engines on the roof.
Check out this 2 minute video to get an appreciation of this unique RDC car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8ZIJFlU_pA
Early to bed tonight, want to be on the road by 6:30am, same distance tomorrow plus I have to go past Chicago, lots of traffic.
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