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JUNE 15, 2006 - RAIN AGAIN - FOR AWHILE

I awoke to rain, again. It took a bit to get all geared up, with the Ziploc bags and all. I have managed to make a real good rain suit out of eight of the real large Ziploc bags and some duct tape. If I can get my waiter to zip it shut when I get it on, I will have about 45 minutes of good breathing before the boiled eggs from last night, blow my helmet off.

I made my usual call to Dick Purtan, but they needed to reschedule my report for tomorrow, June 16, at approximately 8:20 AM. I am now in Connecticut, on my way through New York (again) and New Jersey. I might even be able to make it to Atlantic City by tonight.

I wonder if they take credit cards at the casinos in Atlantic City. I will stop at a HD dealer for an oil change, even though it will have only been about 3,000 miles since the last one.

It is now 4:15 PM. I just came across Manhattan Island via the George Washington Bridge. That simple sentence (read it again for reference) took you less than a second to read. The act of driving south across Manhattan took two hours and forty five minutes. In that amount of time, I went 9 miles. There seems to be an entrance every two hundred yards. New York drivers do NOT use turn signals. This means that any driver must be aware of, and be able to anticipate the unspoken wishes of any other driver in any lane, at any time. Failure to not keep up with this law means it is YOUR fault that YOU didn't know that the guy in the lane next to you, wished to change into YOUR lane. I have at least one new name, and possibly more. I bet none of them are very flattering.

Anyway, I am through the bottle neck of getting across Manhattan. Was it really bought for only 24 dollars worth of beads???? I wonder who got the bargain on that little purchase??

After I get my wits back about me, I will be off again, and headed south - ever south.

As of this time 9:23 PM I have been able to get the oil changed on the bike at Harley Davidson of Long Branch, New Jersey. The Service Manager, Mark Larson, got me in and out in record time The staff also recommended a good place for spaghetti and meat sauce, so off to ZACHARY'S I went. It was worth going. Dinner was very good, and I had a cute little 1 year old at the table next to me.

Mariel, the cutest grand daughter ever born in human history, was prettier. I didn't tell Mom that, though. She looked like she could have killed me. So, I kept that to myself.

I am sitting in a motel room tonight that really defies description. I mean, really. I don't think this place charges by the hour, but I might just sleep in my clothes tonight. Guess what the name of this place is:

I am not kidding about this:

MOTEL
Uh huh, that's it. I actually went and checked the sign out front - again - so that I could report correctly. That is the name. Pure and simple. WHOO HOOO.  Here's a quick course in driver recognition out here.

In New Hampshire, the OFFICIAL State Signs read as follows:

DRIVE GENTLY IT'S THE NEW HAMPSHIRE WAY
I used the term Maineiacs before. Enough said.

In New York, as I mentioned before, you need to be a psychic to drive with any kind of security. In New Jersey, you blow your horn. You blow your horn for no reason or for any reason. I might have that figured out by the time I hit Deleware.

Watching the clouds today was an interesting past-time when I wasn't trying to stay alive in the traffic around New York City. You could tell it was the remnants of the tropical storm, but they were very picturesque. I didn't shoot any photos at all today because of the stress of getting through N.Y. But, speaking of pictures. Some computers are unable to display the pix that come via the email. When that happens, go directly to the website. They should be visible there. If you are trying to "catch up" on previous postings, you can view them by clicking on the highlighted calendar pages that are shown on the right of the screen. I hope that helps you folks out. Let me know about that. Tomorrow, I head for Atlantic City on the Jersey coast.