Boston

We had a straightforward ride today from Syracuse on the interstate, heading east. Being a Saturday, there were less cars and trucks on the road than the previous day and the weather was great for riding. Because of the toll system on the main highways in the state, you cannot exit a highway without paying a toll, so to overcome this there are 'service centres' every 20 miles or so with fuel, restrooms and a food court (Starbucks, McDonalds etc). We stopped every hour or so for a break and quite enjoyed the journey.

The landscape was very lush, green and heavily forested with deer warning sign posts along the highway in many places. In fact we saw one dead deer on the interstate that had been hit by a vehicle.

After a few hours of riding, we crossed the state line into Massachusetts, where we encountered another toll booth! We approached Boston city from the south, rode through the inner city tunnel system and then took the interstate (I 93) north a short distance where we branched off at Woburn and checked in to our Hotel. We will be spending a few days in Boston catching up with our friends Neil and Karen Williams and seeing some sights.

In nearly 4 weeks we have now traversed the USA from coast to coast (including 5 nights in Canada)! We left Long Beach California (west coast) on Tuesday 2nd July and arrived in Boston (east coast) on Friday 27th July. We have traveled over 10,000 km so far and we still have to ride back to LA over the next few weeks! It has been a great adventure so far!