Yahoo Message Number: 64677 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/64677)
Hi George,
Very nice pictures of the Big Dig but I also have to add that either you carefully planned it or got very lucky. They are not the normal view of traffic a great deal of the time. During the middle of the week probably between 11:00 am and 3:00pm. Even then the slightest glitch can make a mess of things particularly on the 8 miles of the Southeast Expressway that leads up to the Big Dig. Saturday and Sunday Mornings are usually pretty good but in the afternoons it can pick up particularly Sunday with the Logan Airport weekend returning flight traffic. The third tunnel to East Boston has helped but it still can be tough. The pictures appear to have been on a trip from south to north but the same applies to north to south.
The biggest problem with I-93 across Boston is that it is very unpredictable. I have timed it well and sailed through but the next time might get snarled in and hour or more of stop and go traffic. Boston traffic is not very tolerant of vehicles that do not know which lane to be in. I have family on the South Shore where I sometimes leave my motor home. When I take it north to NH, I always use I-495. Of course that is not to say that a bad accident on I-495 cannot generate long delays but it seems to happen less often.
Don Seager
2004 Allure 31046
Check our blog post for an interesting alternative to I-495:
http://busbloggers.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html (http://busbloggers.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html)
George Harper
04 Allure
31093
info Don, appreciate it. And you're right about Normandy Farms at least for 2 nights wanted to stay longer but they are apparently full Fri and Sat. Having the aquahot serviced in the area, diesel burner hasn't been working for about 2 weeks now, we're getting a little tired of army showers and the heat pumps.
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