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You will be going through some HOT areas; make sure your car is adequately prepared. I suggest carrying extra oil & pre-mixed coolant on any long trips like that.
Also remember that if you overheat- don't dump COLD water into hot radiator; let it cool- then add warm-ish coolant (room temp is fine, just not cold).
Well, I can't help you out west but the main consideration is avoiding the big cities in the NE, especially Washington and NYC. This route I'll give you also saves lots of tolls. It's all interstate highway:
Get to I-40 East through Tennessee
Take I-81 all the way to Scranton, PA
Take I-84 through Hartford into MA
Take I-90, Mass Pike to I-290, go through Worcester, MA
Take I-495N toward Lowell, MA
Take US Rte. 3 North to Nashua
HTH
Mark
I use this route to go from NJ to NH....surely not scenic, but it'll get U there directly
Next time I drive to California and return (likelihood of near zero) I would return by interstates 10E to 15N to 70E to 76E to 80E to 81N to 90E to 495N to 3N. Might as well see some scenery on the way. Chicago land area will be a major choke point.
Thanks for the help everyone. I'm going to write down the suggested routes, look at the map and pick what looks like the best for us. We will definitely time our driving to avoid rush hour in and around major cities. Will post once we are in Nasua....meanwhile back to packing. BF thanks for the oil and coolant advise. The car is in the shop today for an overall check up.......
As one who just finished driving to/from NH, be sure to apply sunscreen to the left side of your face, your left arm and your left thigh. Do this anytime you'll be driving north in the afternoon. Saves a painful (and odd-looking) sunburn! A friend's dermatologist told him that he sees many skin cancers on the left cheek--from driving.
As one who just finished driving to/from NH, be sure to apply sunscreen to the left side of your face, your left arm and your left thigh. Do this anytime you'll be driving north in the afternoon. Saves a painful (and odd-looking) sunburn! A friend's dermatologist told him that he sees many skin cancers on the left cheek--from driving.
Doesn't this only apply if you drive with the window down? I believe the glass has a UV coating on it that would filter out the damaging rays?
Doesn't this only apply if you drive with the window down? I believe the glass has a UV coating on it that would filter out the damaging rays?
That's what I used to think too. Not true. At least, the glass on MY vehicle obviously has no coating on it--I've been burned a number of times before I wised up and put the sunscreen bottle right in the cupholder where I could "grab and slather" anytime.
It's possible that higher-end vehicles might come with UV coating on the glass. I wouldn't know about that!
Ladies and Gentlemen........my 6 siblings and I were raised in Massachusetts...and we have had 8 melanomas between us....fortunately, all to date, in situ. The result of many wonderful summers at Dennisport...in the 50's and 60's with no sun protection......sunscreen protection for us now is never a conditional option.......it's always a given. I'm so pleased to see the emphasis on it now.......and once again...thanks for the suggested routes.....we head out tomorrow.....so positive.....so hopeful...and so ready to be a New Englander again!
One technique for planning a trip is to get a big road map and draw a straight line from start to finish. Then plan your route to stay as close to the line as you can with due consideration to the type of road and time available. This can be really interesting on a state level.
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