Back to the East Coast!
Yes, I made it here! And no, I didn't throw in the towel!
I landed at LaGuardia on Monday afternoon, visited some former co-workers on Long Island (in Melville and Rockville Centre) and then spent the evening catching up with a former co-worker in New Jersey. (I think it was close to Jaynesburg; somewhere off of exit 8A).
I then drove Tuesday morning to my grandparents in Tipton, Pennsylvania (walking distance from DelGrosso's Amusement Park). Gas is cheap here in central Pennsylvania off of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, $2.19! But, tolls are expensive! Wow!
$9 just to go over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. (It will be nothing to run across it on Sunday!) $3.15 to go from just west of the Goethels Bridge to exit 8A and then from exit 8A to exit 6, where you pick up the exit for the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Then a rousing $13 to go all the way to the Bedford, Pa. exit where I exited to go north up US 99 through Altoona.
Folks, that's $25.15 in tolls! I will be going back to New York City via Interstate 80, which is to the north.
I went out to eat at lunchtime with my grandparents yesterday afternoon, came back to do some things online and then to go out and run at 3 p.m. I was so wiped out from the travel that I was in bed from 3 to 7 p.m. - aside from dinner at 5 p.m. - and then again from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. this morning. My grandparents are 82 and 80 - so it is always good to make it back and see them.
I landed at LaGuardia on Monday afternoon, visited some former co-workers on Long Island (in Melville and Rockville Centre) and then spent the evening catching up with a former co-worker in New Jersey. (I think it was close to Jaynesburg; somewhere off of exit 8A).
I then drove Tuesday morning to my grandparents in Tipton, Pennsylvania (walking distance from DelGrosso's Amusement Park). Gas is cheap here in central Pennsylvania off of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, $2.19! But, tolls are expensive! Wow!
$9 just to go over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. (It will be nothing to run across it on Sunday!) $3.15 to go from just west of the Goethels Bridge to exit 8A and then from exit 8A to exit 6, where you pick up the exit for the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Then a rousing $13 to go all the way to the Bedford, Pa. exit where I exited to go north up US 99 through Altoona.
Folks, that's $25.15 in tolls! I will be going back to New York City via Interstate 80, which is to the north.
I went out to eat at lunchtime with my grandparents yesterday afternoon, came back to do some things online and then to go out and run at 3 p.m. I was so wiped out from the travel that I was in bed from 3 to 7 p.m. - aside from dinner at 5 p.m. - and then again from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. this morning. My grandparents are 82 and 80 - so it is always good to make it back and see them.
posted by WalkSports.com | 6:32 PM
2 Comments:
Their's no toll on Verrazano coming back into Brooklyn its a one way toll. It was only $8 last year :) Crossing back into NY from NJ I think the toll for the(GW, Goethals, Outerbridge) is $5? EZ Pass can take you through all the tolls from Boston to DC.
Have fun in the race on Sunday in my hometown. Best parts of race for me was crossing VZ Bridge, 4th Ave. Brooklyn, 1st Avenue off the Queensboro Bridge. Toughest was after thrill of 1st Ave. going up to the Bronx and in Central Park having nothing left. The long walk for your gear after the race is a killer:) If its warm drink at every table.
Have a good one. Don't expect to BQ its a tough course, maybe next race:)
Avi formerly Brooklyn,NYC
jealous you get to visit home during the fall- so pretty up there this time of year!!!
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