Wednesday May 18th 2016

It was another nice spring day. The sun was out and the wind was down. I had planned to get an early start heading north this morning but didn’t get on the road until after 8am. Somehow I got interested in the stories on Good Morning America while waiting for the coffee to brew.

My commute to New Hampshire is a little shorter from Middleborough. Unfortunately, Middleborough is also about where the heavy traffic starts. It is just south of the route 24 corridor into Metro Boston on Interstate 495. The traffic from route 24 north on I495 is very heavy. In the morning it slows down at every significant intersection. Particularly bad are the intersections with Interstate 95 and the Mass Turnpike I90. Overall from this location I am about 20 minutes closer.

It’s not just the Interstates that have more traffic. The local roads in this area have heavy traffic as well. Yesterday afternoon I went in search of a store to buy groceries. I has in a continuous line of traffic on every road I was on. The back up at each of the many traffic lights was 10 or more cars long. I finally found a new Walmart in Raynham Ma about 5 miles or so away, but probably 20 minutes.

One of the advantages of this campgrounds location is its proximity to Boston. Travelers that wish to visit Boston can take the commuter rail from nearby or drive in on route 24 to Interstate 93. Several of the current residents of the park are clearly travelers with this in mind. There are a couple of rental RVs on sites near me.

When I got back to the campground this evening not much had changed. I didn’t have any new neighbors and no one nearby had departed. The only significant change is that the dumpster across the street had been emptied. A positive think for sure.

If you’ve made it this far reading my random thoughts on the traffic in the area, thank you. I’m sorry I don’t have any pictures or more interesting topic to discuss. This is a fare reflection on my day, but I’ll try to do better with the blog tomorrow.