Travel to Rochester, NY
Leaving the wedding at around 7 should have got us to Rochester, NY at around 2am. Hah. It was snowing in Alexandria, VA where the wedding was, so we headed out onto 95 and then on 695 which would take us just north of Baltimore. That part of our journey should have taken around an hour. It took nearer four, because of the bad weather.
It was snowing, and had been raining earlier, so salt trucks hadn't been out because the rain would have just washed the salt away. It was also cold out - below 20, so the roads were really really icy. The roads didn't look all that bad, which probably made things much worse, because people didn't drive as carefully as they needed to for the conditions.
In the aforementioned 70 miles or so of road, we counted 14 accidents, some involving multiple vehicles. Half of them were in a single 2 mile stretch. We saw emergency vehicles stop at accidents, check to see if anyone was hurt, then move on to the next one.
I had a few scary moments too while driving, with not having complete control of the vehicle. Driving at 10 mph and feeling like you're going too fast is unnerving.
Still we got through with no incidents ourselves. Just north of Baltimore the weather cleared up. It was still cold, but no ice or snow. Even so, people were still being extremely cautious with their speed as the previous stretch of road had been so deceptive.
We drove on through the night, pretty much at the speed limit most of the way. For long stretches, we saw no other vehicles in either direction. That's odd, after being used to Saint Louis where there's always traffic at all times of night.
We stopped for a power nap in some little podunk town in PA, and eventually arrived in Henrietta (a suburb of Rochester) at about 6 this morning.
I'm just glad that the three other legs of our trip are all shorter even than this leg, and we'll also be starting them in the morning, so will avoid the late night sleep depriving conditions.
So, we're here safely, have some time to relax and do some more knitting, and can just rest some.
It was snowing, and had been raining earlier, so salt trucks hadn't been out because the rain would have just washed the salt away. It was also cold out - below 20, so the roads were really really icy. The roads didn't look all that bad, which probably made things much worse, because people didn't drive as carefully as they needed to for the conditions.
In the aforementioned 70 miles or so of road, we counted 14 accidents, some involving multiple vehicles. Half of them were in a single 2 mile stretch. We saw emergency vehicles stop at accidents, check to see if anyone was hurt, then move on to the next one.
I had a few scary moments too while driving, with not having complete control of the vehicle. Driving at 10 mph and feeling like you're going too fast is unnerving.
Still we got through with no incidents ourselves. Just north of Baltimore the weather cleared up. It was still cold, but no ice or snow. Even so, people were still being extremely cautious with their speed as the previous stretch of road had been so deceptive.
We drove on through the night, pretty much at the speed limit most of the way. For long stretches, we saw no other vehicles in either direction. That's odd, after being used to Saint Louis where there's always traffic at all times of night.
We stopped for a power nap in some little podunk town in PA, and eventually arrived in Henrietta (a suburb of Rochester) at about 6 this morning.
I'm just glad that the three other legs of our trip are all shorter even than this leg, and we'll also be starting them in the morning, so will avoid the late night sleep depriving conditions.
So, we're here safely, have some time to relax and do some more knitting, and can just rest some.
posted by Timotab @ 2:56 PM
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