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DognamedMack

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Just an inquery for now.

So Tuesday I ended up in Greenfield MA (2 hours from my house) and on the way home I told the GPS to bring me the "Shortest Distance". It was 15 minutes longer so no big deal. Anyway I was on back roads and very few secondary highways. While hitting curvy roads at 10-15 mph over the limit and having a ball I got an idea.

A cruise where highways(93 -95 -89 - 101) and secondary highways (the yellow lines on maps) are rarly touched.

I went to mapquest and mapped out 4 differant routes just for giggles. All the routes stay within the bounderies of NH.

#1 - Concord to Keene and back (4.5hr trip). This seems to be the most fun route.

#2 - Concord to Conway and the Kanc and back to Concord(4hr trip). This does use 93 from Lincoln to Concord to save on time.

#3 - Concord to Andover NH and down the VT border back to Concord (2.5 hr trip)

#4 - Concord to Portsmouth and back. I gave up on mapping this when I was at 5.5hrs and still had about 1 hour from getting back to Concord. There was also a lot of secondary highways in this route.

These routes would also possible need a "test run" to make sure there are no dirt roads or closed roads. Or just add to the fun and figure it out if obsticals appear.

Any thoughts?
 
Discussion starter · #3 ·
Started the day in Keene NH than Gardner and finally Greenfield before heading home. I got to test drive a 2011 6.7L Diesel F250 4x4. Salesman made me pull it out of the lineup and park it back into the lineup. It was a tight squeeze for the huge truck.
Than he was telling me I was buying the $37K truck. Nice to have a salesman that you know. :)
 
Discussion starter · #6 · (Edited)
Or get stopped doing 15 over in a 93 Geo Prizm with over 200K on the clock where it opens up to 2 lanes on the uphill.


It takes 1 hour from Concord to Keene going Rt9. So 2 hours total. My route is a 4.5 hour round trip. I made sure to avoid Rt9. I don't even think my route crosses over Rt9. Map is not in front of me right now.

EDIT: The Concord - Keen run goes on rt 9 for 8 miles. Total run is 114 miles.
 
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I do that route all the time. But I think your thinking rt 106. It's kinda boring.

Would have to go 393 to 4west to 107 (in Northwood) and than to laconia.

Good and bad news on my end. The wagon failed inspection due to rotted parts and now all I have is my slightly modded ZX3 to drive. Untill the wagon gets fixed.
 
Discussion starter · #9 ·
So would the end of July or Late Aug interest anyone in doing a cruise?
If not one of the ones I did any route??
 
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