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Re: Holiday Traffic on Route 81 (next weekend)

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From: Ken M.
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 00:00
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Beartooth wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 26 Aug 2000 02:45:45 -0400, "Ken M."
> <poboxdc@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> >I may have to drive to Tennessee and Kentucky next weekend, which
> >is the holiday weekend. As usual, I plan to take Route 66 out
> >to Route 81, then go south (300 miles) to the Bristol exit.
> 
>         Until I retired, we used to have to take that route,
> because we went (and still go) clear to the bottom of I-81
> and past -- in one day, usually on a weekend.
> 
>         There are no quiet weekends on 81 -- unless xmas
> falls on a weekend, *and* you travel on the day itself.
> 
>         If you can go either way on a day before or after
> the weekend, do it. If you can take two days either way, do
> it -- and avoid 81 altogether. That's what we do now, and
> aaaahhhhhhh!, the blessed relief!
> 
>         I doubt I hate 81 as much as people hate 95 -- but
> that's only partly because I never commuted either.
> 
> --
> RR "Beartooth" Neuswanger, PhD

What is wrong with Route 81? I've always enjoyed the ride, scenery,
and the drivers are usually courteous. After driving around the
DC Beltway and Route 95 all the time, Route 81 is actually enjoyable.

(ken)

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From: "Ken M." <poboxdc@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Holiday Traffic on Route 81 (next weekend)
Date: 2000/08/28
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