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    Posted: 12 Feb 2021 at 12:43pm
Why not stay off the Interstates for most of your bypass around metropolitan NYC?  We used to take US 6 over the Hudson River and followed it to where our daughter lives in Putnam County, NY.  It continues on through rural NY and into CT.  There are lots of old US highways and state highways that are much nicer drives and you have the added benefit of avoiding most of the heavy and fast truck traffic.  
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Hear ya! I avoid DC as well. 

I just returned from the Gulf Coast and I tend to run I81/I84/I290/I495. I go I93 to NH, yet I495 will connect to I95. I'll drive what Google says another couple hours to avoid the traffic of the major cities.

It's a pretty drive through the Shenandoah Valley with boondocking opportunities. I'm still trying several different routes on the lower part of this run. I tend to get off the interstate as soon as I can and run byways, but I'm retired and have all the time in the world to get anywhere that makes us smile. I've yet to run the Blue Ridge Parkway (Skyway) which I do plan on doing. 

This last return I tried running close to NYC and came up the Hudson Valley. As pretty as it was, I'll never go that way again! No to insult any members of the area, but... the drivers there are nuts!! Seems most speed/construction/warning signs are taken as suggestive.. 

For me, getting in and out of NE is 290 through Worcester to 90 to 84 to 81 and get south enough to get off the Interstate and relax.

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Big part of our trip will be Maine but we are open to explore.  What I usually do is set up a route in BaseCamp and then I can use the route to see where we can stay based on our daily mileage.....I'm retired as well and we don't like to do much more than a max of 400 miles.  If we stop I like to stop for at least 2 days to do some exploring.
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Originally posted by pedwards2932

Big part of our trip will be Maine but we are open to explore.  What I usually do is set up a route in BaseCamp and then I can use the route to see where we can stay based on our daily mileage.....I'm retired as well and we don't like to do much more than a max of 400 miles.  If we stop I like to stop for at least 2 days to do some exploring.

I kinda do the same, just different software. I'll also push 6hrs plus driving if on a interstate, yet mostly only plan 3-4hrs (tops) if on byways. That will take us all of 8hrs with all the stops and typically not make the planned destination. Hanging out for a couple days in an area depends on what we find.. 

I do like running through the Delaware Gap and yet to overnight there. It's just the season I usually travel and the CG's are gated. I keep working on extending that run and why I keep looking at the Blue Ridge Parkway (Skyway) as an option. Washington and Jefferson National Forests are in this region as well and so much history. I need to take a slow drive just in this area for some dedicated exploration. 

Safe Travels!

P.S. I do explore Maine often as well. You coastal folks or inland woods folks? Maine has lots of each to play on!
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Two thoughts: 

I've found since I drive slower with the pod anyway the actual time for both an interstate route and a route on secondary roads takes close to the same amount of time (I end up actually doing the speed limit on the secondary routes but never on interstate). Took me a while to recognize this in my planning.

Also, I am in southern Maine (Bath) from late may to early August most years (this year it'll be more like May to October) and I'd love meet forum members traveling the state. I have a big driveway I can offer. Bath is a great stopping off point but we also have gorgeous beaches and the coolest marine museum I've seen other than Liverpool.
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My only worry with secondary is the "unknowns".  I have run into long streches of 2 lane roads that are in sketchy condition.  These aren't always obvious on the map.  I do agree that the secondaries can be just as fast and much less traffic.  I am able to go about 63mph in ideal conditions but when conditions change it can go to 55 and below.
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Originally posted by pedwards2932

My only worry with secondary is the "unknowns".  I have run into long streches of 2 lane roads that are in sketchy condition.  These aren't always obvious on the map.  I do agree that the secondaries can be just as fast and much less traffic.  I am able to go about 63mph in ideal conditions but when conditions change it can go to 55 and below.

Funny, I find the Interstate to mostly be in worst condition then the secondaries I travel. The only places I've had issues traveling is only the Interstate. With that said, I did find I10 as one of the best E/W Highways I've been on.

I agree that about the only time I'm doing the speed limit is on the byways. The only time I pass someone as well (or so it seems)..

Side note: Some of the best roads I found in the Atlantic Maritimes (Nova Scotia east coast especially) were dirt!
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I81 to Scranton I84, to I87 in NewBurgh (toll road), pick up I90 around Albany, then I91 before Boston. If you want a more scenic ride with less traffic you could go up to Binghamton on 81 and then take I88 to Albany.
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