Turnpike Ride

Yesterday I took a ride to Collegeville PA to visit an old friend of mine. We hadn't seen each other or talked for a long , long time but Facebook re-connected us. The ride was mostly on the turnpike...not my favorite riding. The PA turnpike is in very bad shape...thump...thump, thump...thump.

We met at a place called Pennsylvania Live Steamers. It's a five acre facility with thousands of feet of train track of all different guages. The trains that are run here are all live steam...real trains. Some are tabletop size and some are so big that people ride on them. This is a true nerd activity but it's kind of neat. The intricate engineering and craftmanship that goes into these trains is amazing.

Anyway, back to the ride. I really don't like going a straight, steady 70mph surrounded by trucks and cars going 70-80mph. But of course 60mpg is better than the 18mpg that pig of a Jeep gets. Once I left the turnpike I really enjoyed the backroads.