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Title: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: Henry on November 20, 2012, 01:05:09 PM
I'm about to take a break from this forum, because I'm planning to take a flight back home to Chicago tomorrow (which I rarely do, as I prefer to drive). Anybody else have plans to travel this coming holiday weekend?
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: Ian on November 20, 2012, 01:10:47 PM
Yep. Tomorrow, I'm off to Boston to visit my grandpa.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: Takumi on November 20, 2012, 05:48:00 PM
I'm going out to my grandma's house in New Kent County, and while I'm out that way I'm going to clinch VA 155.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: bassoon1986 on November 20, 2012, 05:53:55 PM
My wife and I will do our Thanksgiving marathon to visit both sets of parents in Louisiana. Alexandria, then Winnfield, then Shreveport. Glad I can leave Dallas at noon tomorrow because any later will be horrendous
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: empirestate on November 20, 2012, 06:34:38 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 20, 2012, 01:10:47 PM
Yep. Tomorrow, I'm off to Boston to visit my grandpa.

Also heading to Boston tomorrow. I am really looking forward to the NYC-Boston drive on Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. :-P

Seriously considering circumnavigating Connecticut...
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: roadman on November 20, 2012, 06:50:02 PM
Once again this year, I don't have to travel very far.  Only going from Wakefield MA to Andover MA to have dinner with my brother, his wife, and her family.  And Thanksgiving is probably the only day of the year where it's faster to go up Route 28 instead of taking I-93 (yes, I learned that lesson the hard way once about eight years ago).
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: Alps on November 20, 2012, 07:35:16 PM
All over western NY. I'm even spending toll money. Clinching PA's Interstate system (376 left) and picking up the Buffalo I-90 section, as well as a bunch of long state highways that way.

Quote from: empirestate on November 20, 2012, 06:34:38 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 20, 2012, 01:10:47 PM
Yep. Tomorrow, I'm off to Boston to visit my grandpa.

Also heading to Boston tomorrow. I am really looking forward to the NYC-Boston drive on Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. :-P

Seriously considering circumnavigating Connecticut...
I've been down that road (ha!). Taconic to 90 is probably the fastest, sad to say.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: MVHighways on November 20, 2012, 07:44:26 PM
Quote from: roadman on November 20, 2012, 06:50:02 PM
Once again this year, I don't have to travel very far.  Only going from Wakefield MA to Andover MA to have dinner with my brother, his wife, and her family.  And Thanksgiving is probably the only day of the year where it's faster to go up Route 28 instead of taking I-93 (yes, I learned that lesson the hard way once about eight years ago).
Same with me. I'm heading to my aunt's house two towns over in Hudson, New Hampshire. Not going on any freeways (unless we go through Nashua and take US-3 or the D.W. Highway and the Circumferential Highway across the river into Hudson, or go through Nashua on the way back.) But I will be going on MA-113 (Pleasant/Arlington St.) in Dracut to get to Hudson, but only for about a mile or two. And I know I-93 holiday backups well, I live fairly close to it (MA Exit 46, a town over and about 7 minutes or so away) and I am almost ALWAYS on the opposite direction of the traffic. I have been on 93 SB before cruising at the speed limit and seeing NB bumper-to-bumper. I have also gone NB in the morning (mainly to my great-grandmother's when I was with her one week last year, my grandmother drove me up 93 NB at 6:30 and I saw SB backed up B-to-B!) Typical, everyone works in/just by Boston for some reason and just about nobody in MA and extreme southern NH works in Manchester.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: Ian on November 20, 2012, 07:52:43 PM
Quote from: empirestate on November 20, 2012, 06:34:38 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 20, 2012, 01:10:47 PM
Yep. Tomorrow, I'm off to Boston to visit my grandpa.

Also heading to Boston tomorrow. I am really looking forward to the NYC-Boston drive on Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. :-P

Seriously considering circumnavigating Connecticut...

Damn, I didn't even think about what sort of traffic is going to exist tomorrow. Oh well, it's better than being stuck at home, I guess.

Quote from: Steve on November 20, 2012, 07:35:16 PM
I've been down that road (ha!). Taconic to 90 is probably the fastest, sad to say.

Right now, our route involves taking 9W -> over the Tappan Zee (stopping in Tarrytown to take some photos of the bridge) -> Saw Mill -> 684 -> 84 east. I guess I'll have to keep the delays in mind and possibly change course.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: empirestate on November 20, 2012, 09:05:40 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 20, 2012, 07:52:43 PM
Quote from: empirestate on November 20, 2012, 06:34:38 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 20, 2012, 01:10:47 PM
Yep. Tomorrow, I'm off to Boston to visit my grandpa.

Also heading to Boston tomorrow. I am really looking forward to the NYC-Boston drive on Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. :-P

Seriously considering circumnavigating Connecticut...

Damn, I didn't even think about what sort of traffic is going to exist tomorrow. Oh well, it's better than being stuck at home, I guess.

Quote from: Steve on November 20, 2012, 07:35:16 PM
I've been down that road (ha!). Taconic to 90 is probably the fastest, sad to say.

Right now, our route involves taking 9W -> over the Tappan Zee (stopping in Tarrytown to take some photos of the bridge) -> Saw Mill -> 684 -> 84 east. I guess I'll have to keep the delays in mind and possibly change course.

I-84 traffic can get very nasty between Danbury and Waterbury. Merritt Parkway is my usual route, though I usually bail out at Route 8 in hopes of a bit more of a zen experience.

Taconic up to I-90 is an hour longer under normal circumstances...
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: Alps on November 20, 2012, 10:59:39 PM
Quote from: empirestate on November 20, 2012, 09:05:40 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 20, 2012, 07:52:43 PM
Quote from: empirestate on November 20, 2012, 06:34:38 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on November 20, 2012, 01:10:47 PM
Yep. Tomorrow, I'm off to Boston to visit my grandpa.

Also heading to Boston tomorrow. I am really looking forward to the NYC-Boston drive on Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. :-P

Seriously considering circumnavigating Connecticut...

Damn, I didn't even think about what sort of traffic is going to exist tomorrow. Oh well, it's better than being stuck at home, I guess.

Quote from: Steve on November 20, 2012, 07:35:16 PM
I've been down that road (ha!). Taconic to 90 is probably the fastest, sad to say.

Right now, our route involves taking 9W -> over the Tappan Zee (stopping in Tarrytown to take some photos of the bridge) -> Saw Mill -> 684 -> 84 east. I guess I'll have to keep the delays in mind and possibly change course.

I-84 traffic can get very nasty between Danbury and Waterbury. Merritt Parkway is my usual route, though I usually bail out at Route 8 in hopes of a bit more of a zen experience.

Taconic up to I-90 is an hour longer under normal circumstances...
Merritt, I-95, and I-84 will all negate that hour, or at least eat a significant amount into it, plus all the hassle of dealing with traffic. Unless you want to waste your time on the scenic route, just go the northern route.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: empirestate on November 20, 2012, 11:24:18 PM
Quote from: Steve on November 20, 2012, 10:59:39 PM
Merritt, I-95, and I-84 will all negate that hour, or at least eat a significant amount into it, plus all the hassle of dealing with traffic. Unless you want to waste your time on the scenic route, just go the northern route.

Well I-95 is definitely out of the question any way you slice it. And surely, the northern route is the scenic route?? (Unless you dig the Merritt's bridges, I suppose. But the trip will largely be in darkness.)

I'm not opposed to adding time to the trip if it's quality time. And lately, bad Connecticut drivers have been irking me much more than other kinds of bad drivers. :crazy:
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: Zmapper on November 20, 2012, 11:26:23 PM
I'm travelling from the kitchen to the dining table. Maybe I can clinch a new route somehow along the way...
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: Scott5114 on November 21, 2012, 01:51:25 AM
I am not getting a Thanksgiving this year. My mom is going to Kansas City, and I can't go with her because I have to work. My girlfriend has to work during the evening, so I can't have dinner with her, either.

Fuck the service industry.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: corco on November 21, 2012, 02:35:27 AM
I'm flying up to Idaho tomorrow, spending Thanksgiving, and then driving up to Montana to see the town I'm moving to in January. I'm only flying from here to Boise this time because I have to make two more trips in December from Arizona to Montana/Idaho, one with my car and one with U-Haul.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: MVHighways on November 21, 2012, 05:38:18 AM
Quote from: Zmapper on November 20, 2012, 11:26:23 PM
I'm travelling from the kitchen to the dining table. Maybe I can clinch a new route somehow along the way...
That is, you are having Thanksgiving at your house, right? Oh, just take I-49K from I-K to I-DT. It's only 1/4 mile.  :biggrin:

In all seriousness, that IS awesome! For Christmas Eve I have it in my very house, for Christmas Day we all head up to my cousin's house 1 town and 1 exit away on I-93 (exit 45). I have to go through another city, because the town of Dracut REFUSES to build a bridge to River Road in Andover. I will be sure to film that (I-93) for all of you guys!


Quote from: Scott5114 on November 21, 2012, 01:51:25 AM
I am not getting a Thanksgiving this year. My mom is going to Kansas City, and I can't go with her because I have to work. My girlfriend has to work during the evening, so I can't have dinner with her, either.

Fuck the service industry.
:( That sucks for you. Maybe make up for it when all of you guys are off.


Quote from: corco on November 21, 2012, 02:35:27 AM
I'm flying up to Idaho tomorrow, spending Thanksgiving, and then driving up to Montana to see the town I'm moving to in January. I'm only flying from here to Boise this time because I have to make two more trips in December from Arizona to Montana/Idaho, one with my car and one with U-Haul.
Cool. But how are you going to get the car to Boise, or will you just rent a car for a few days?
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: hbelkins on November 21, 2012, 10:19:49 AM
I may get out and about on Friday, since I have the day off and my wife will be fighting the retail masses, but it's doubtful I'll explore any new territory unless I start wandering along some 3- and 4-digit Kentucky state routes that I haven't driven before, or some southwestern Virginia 600-series secondary route.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: MVHighways on November 21, 2012, 11:07:45 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on November 21, 2012, 10:19:49 AM
I may get out and about on Friday, since I have the day off and my wife will be fighting the retail masses
Hopefully you won't hit up traffic that is trying to GET to those retail masses. But most people will be going there at midnight, so plan smart and go around 9 or 10 am.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: vdeane on November 21, 2012, 11:58:50 AM
Drove home to Rochester yesterday.  Have a bit of roadgeeking on Saturday in the area.  Head back Sunday; hopefully I'll be able to clinch I-781 (the pavement markings are there, so there's hope!).
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: yanksfan6129 on November 21, 2012, 12:11:47 PM
I am currently riding a megabus between Washington, DC and Secaucus, NJ.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: hbelkins on November 21, 2012, 01:31:13 PM
Quote from: nwrgeek on November 21, 2012, 11:07:45 AM
Hopefully you won't hit up traffic that is trying to GET to those retail masses. But most people will be going there at midnight, so plan smart and go around 9 or 10 am.

I live in a rural area; a county of 7,000 people with a county seat of 1,000. If I do get out and about, I plan to select a route that takes me nowhere any busy arterial highways that would be jammed with shoppers heading out to stand in line for hours to buy one of the three in-stock advertised laptops at Walmart.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: 1995hoo on November 21, 2012, 02:39:21 PM
My parents are coming to my place tomorrow (not staying over; they live about 20 minutes away). My brother isn't coming because he's flying out west somewhere. More food for the rest of us!

I hear on Twitter that I-95 in Northern Virginia is a big mess, just like every year. Why they consider it "news" is something I've never quite followed. "News" would be if traffic were moving at the speed limit.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: kphoger on November 21, 2012, 03:20:30 PM
We'll be making the long trek to Bel Aire to visit my parents tomorrow.  It's more than 7 miles each way, and the boys will be taking their nap before we leave, so we'll be cutting it really close with holiday traffic.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: Alex on November 21, 2012, 04:58:52 PM
Hit the road at 3:45 pm yesterday to Fort Myers. Got in around 130 am local time. Four different stretches of I-75 in Florida are being widened, the most significant from I-275 southward, slated to run into 2015.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: Duke87 on November 21, 2012, 05:31:23 PM
Quote from: deanej on November 21, 2012, 11:58:50 AM
Head back Sunday; hopefully I'll be able to clinch I-781 (the pavement markings are there, so there's hope!).

My understanding is that it will not be possible to clinch I-781 without entering Fort Drum. Or did they decide to add a u-turn before the gate?

For thanksgiving itself, I'll be with family in Southwestern CT, so still local. Then spending the rest of the weekend driving in circles, which I haven't done enough of this year.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: Alps on November 21, 2012, 06:13:49 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on November 21, 2012, 05:31:23 PM
Quote from: deanej on November 21, 2012, 11:58:50 AM
Head back Sunday; hopefully I'll be able to clinch I-781 (the pavement markings are there, so there's hope!).

My understanding is that it will not be possible to clinch I-781 without entering Fort Drum. Or did they decide to add a u-turn before the gate?

For thanksgiving itself, I'll be with family in Southwestern CT, so still local. Then spending the rest of the weekend driving in circles, which I haven't done enough of this year.
I'd be surprised if there weren't a U-turn just before the gate, or at worst just after. There needs to be an Oops.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: corco on November 21, 2012, 06:26:54 PM
QuoteCool. But how are you going to get the car to Boise, or will you just rent a car for a few days?

I flew to Boise today, parents picked me up at the airport and drove me to McCall. I'm going to borrow their car or my sister's on Friday to drive to Montana and then drive back on Saturday. They will then drive me back to Boise.

In a few weeks, I'll drive my car to Montana, sign a lease and get keys, then drive from Montana back to McCall. I'll enjoy Christmas, and then my parents will give me a ride back to Boise, where I'll fly back to Arizona, leaving my car in McCall. My roommate will pick me up and drop me off at a U-Haul place. I'll move him to his new place and then he'll help me load the truck. I'll drive the U-Haul to Deer Lodge, Montana, where my parents/sister will meet me with my car and help me unload. They'll drive their own car back to Idaho.

I'm debating what routes I'm going to take- in the U-Haul I'm going to just shoot up I-15 for simplicity's sake. When I go up in my Jeep I'm either going to take US-93 or US-191, because either route will give me a national clinch of that route once I clinch it in Montana.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: oscar on November 21, 2012, 07:28:18 PM
Quote from: Steve on November 21, 2012, 06:13:49 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on November 21, 2012, 05:31:23 PM
Quote from: deanej on November 21, 2012, 11:58:50 AM
Head back Sunday; hopefully I'll be able to clinch I-781 (the pavement markings are there, so there's hope!).

My understanding is that it will not be possible to clinch I-781 without entering Fort Drum. Or did they decide to add a u-turn before the gate?

For thanksgiving itself, I'll be with family in Southwestern CT, so still local. Then spending the rest of the weekend driving in circles, which I haven't done enough of this year.
I'd be surprised if there weren't a U-turn just before the gate, or at worst just after. There needs to be an Oops.

You'd think that (like at the east end of Interstate H-3), but that's not always true.  At least the guards at the two west ends of HI 92, which have no U-turn opportunities before the gates, were nice enough about turning around stray tourists, which seems to happen a lot out there.

More difficult is if there is a turnaround opportunity, but you don't know for sure that the Interstate ends just before the turnaround.  If you blow past the turnaround, and force the sentries to turn you around past the gate, they might be rather unhappy with you.

One other option is to figure out a legitimate excuse for entering the base, though you'll still need to stop to get a visitor pass.  For one (an Army base in Missouri), I cited a military museum I wanted to visit on the base.  No problema, I was issued a pass to enter the base.  Of course, I'd checked ahead to make sure the museum was open to civilians, and open at the time I wanted to enter the base -- holiday weekends could complicate the latter -- as well as that there was no heightened security making civilian access to the base unusually difficult. 
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: vdeane on November 21, 2012, 07:56:43 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on November 21, 2012, 05:31:23 PM
Quote from: deanej on November 21, 2012, 11:58:50 AM
Head back Sunday; hopefully I'll be able to clinch I-781 (the pavement markings are there, so there's hope!).

My understanding is that it will not be possible to clinch I-781 without entering Fort Drum. Or did they decide to add a u-turn before the gate?

For thanksgiving itself, I'll be with family in Southwestern CT, so still local. Then spending the rest of the weekend driving in circles, which I haven't done enough of this year.
It depends on how strict you are; I tend to fudge such things.  Plus the gate is close enough that you can see it from the ramp to US 11.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: Duke87 on November 21, 2012, 09:01:59 PM
Quote from: oscar on November 21, 2012, 07:28:18 PM
You'd think that (like at the east end of Interstate H-3), but that's not always true.  At least the guards at the two west ends of HI 92, which have no U-turn opportunities before the gates, were nice enough about turning around stray tourists, which seems to happen a lot out there.

More difficult is if there is a turnaround opportunity, but you don't know for sure that the Interstate ends just before the turnaround.  If you blow past the turnaround, and force the sentries to turn you around past the gate, they might be rather unhappy with you.

If there's a turnaround I'd take it. Even if it's technically a few dozen feet before the end, it's a lot more legit than the last exit which is say a half a mile before the end.

As for cases with no U-turn opportunity whatsoever, I will just live with the route being unclinchable and curse the designers for making it such. I suck at acting - there is no way I could pretend to be confused/lost and make it convincing. So in the interest of avoiding being detained and possibly charged with some crime, I think I'll not confront the sentries.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: Alps on November 21, 2012, 09:57:14 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on November 21, 2012, 09:01:59 PM
Quote from: oscar on November 21, 2012, 07:28:18 PM
You'd think that (like at the east end of Interstate H-3), but that's not always true.  At least the guards at the two west ends of HI 92, which have no U-turn opportunities before the gates, were nice enough about turning around stray tourists, which seems to happen a lot out there.

More difficult is if there is a turnaround opportunity, but you don't know for sure that the Interstate ends just before the turnaround.  If you blow past the turnaround, and force the sentries to turn you around past the gate, they might be rather unhappy with you.

If there's a turnaround I'd take it. Even if it's technically a few dozen feet before the end, it's a lot more legit than the last exit which is say a half a mile before the end.

As for cases with no U-turn opportunity whatsoever, I will just live with the route being unclinchable and curse the designers for making it such. I suck at acting - there is no way I could pretend to be confused/lost and make it convincing. So in the interest of avoiding being detained and possibly charged with some crime, I think I'll not confront the sentries.
I did that for NJ 68, but they saw me taking photos of end signs - 45 minutes later, I convinced them to let me keep my camera, minus those photos.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: oscar on November 21, 2012, 10:06:53 PM
Quote from: Steve on November 21, 2012, 09:57:14 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on November 21, 2012, 09:01:59 PM
If there's a turnaround I'd take it. Even if it's technically a few dozen feet before the end, it's a lot more legit than the last exit which is say a half a mile before the end.

As for cases with no U-turn opportunity whatsoever, I will just live with the route being unclinchable and curse the designers for making it such. I suck at acting - there is no way I could pretend to be confused/lost and make it convincing. So in the interest of avoiding being detained and possibly charged with some crime, I think I'll not confront the sentries.
I did that for NJ 68, but they saw me taking photos of end signs - 45 minutes later, I convinced them to let me keep my camera, minus those photos.

Sounds like you were at the south end, at/within the Fort Dix Army base.  The military hates photography, probably even more than route-clinchers. 
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: MVHighways on November 22, 2012, 03:31:26 AM
Quote from: Steve on November 21, 2012, 09:57:14 PM
I did that for NJ 68, but they saw me taking photos of end signs - 45 minutes later, I convinced them to let me keep my camera, minus those photos.
They can't force you to delete your photos. That is simply plain illegal (I think that can be overrided in a court of law though). This is ESPECIALLY true for those rent-a-cops who patrol every inch of the mall. NH Route 38 runs right through a local mall parking lot owned by Simon Malls -- perhaps the worst mall company against photography, except one in the central US who actually thinks they can take your camera -- and I don't think they are allowed to patrol it because it is a numbered route and thus it is automatically property of the state of New Hampshire, correct me if I am wrong. If that NJ 68 ends at that Army base that the above poster was talking about I can accept it more (they don't want random people coming to military bases), I was able to record at a military base because my mom works in one of the office buildings there (Hanscom AFB in Middlesex County, MA, right by MA-4, MA-62, MA-2A and I-95, also near US 3).


Happy Thanksgiving to all! Hope you enjoy the day!
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: oscar on November 22, 2012, 05:49:13 AM
Quote from: nwrgeek on November 22, 2012, 03:31:26 AM
Quote from: Steve on November 21, 2012, 09:57:14 PM
I did that for NJ 68, but they saw me taking photos of end signs - 45 minutes later, I convinced them to let me keep my camera, minus those photos.
They can't force you to delete your photos. That is simply plain illegal (I think that can be overrided in a court of law though). This is ESPECIALLY true for those rent-a-cops who patrol every inch of the mall. NH Route 38 runs right through a local mall parking lot owned by Simon Malls -- perhaps the worst mall company against photography, except one in the central US who actually thinks they can take your camera -- and I don't think they are allowed to patrol it because it is a numbered route and thus it is automatically property of the state of New Hampshire, correct me if I am wrong. If that NJ 68 ends at that Army base that the above poster was talking about I can accept it more (they don't want random people coming to military bases), I was able to record at a military base because my mom works in one of the office buildings there (Hanscom AFB in Middlesex County, MA, right by MA-4, MA-62, MA-2A and I-95, also near US 3).
Keep in mind that there's a Federal law specifically authorizing restrictions on photography on or of military bases.  So if the M.P.s hassle you about taking pictures there, they're not just pulling their authority out their asses, unlike some of the "rent-a-cops" in civilian places. 
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: roadman65 on November 22, 2012, 10:33:16 AM
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: MVHighways on November 22, 2012, 10:41:16 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on November 22, 2012, 10:33:16 AM
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Same to you and everyone!


As for me, I wish mine was going a little better...my mom forgot to get me a Sunkist at the store and we have to go back to New Hampshire to get that one orange soda! Why -- the PURITANS AND PILGRIMS' BLUE LAWS DATING TO THE 1620s THAT THEY HAVE NOT REPEALED YET! -_- Thanks Pilgrims and the (not-so) Puritans for this, it's your fault! They are essentially dictating that you have to go to NH to get a soda on Thanksgiving in MA! Worse, the convenience store a block away is closed thanks to..you guessed it, Puritans and Pilgrims!

(And don't tell me to drive as I'm not old enough to have a learner's permit yet.)
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: corco on November 22, 2012, 10:45:28 AM
I probably wouldn't have told you to drive- I would have told you that you could certainly live without an orange soda for a day.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: amh424 on November 22, 2012, 12:07:22 PM
In Madison, WI w/family today.  Drove up last night from the north Chicago suburbs via my usual route: I-94 to Kenosha, WI 50 to Lake Geneva, US 12 to Madison (eventually becoming 12/14/18/151).  Happy thanksgiving!
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: Scott5114 on November 22, 2012, 03:15:50 PM
Quote from: MVHighways on November 22, 2012, 10:41:16 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on November 22, 2012, 10:33:16 AM
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Same to you and everyone!


As for me, I wish mine was going a little better...my mom forgot to get me a Sunkist at the store and we have to go back to New Hampshire to get that one orange soda! Why -- the PURITANS AND PILGRIMS' BLUE LAWS DATING TO THE 1620s THAT THEY HAVE NOT REPEALED YET! -_- Thanks Pilgrims and the (not-so) Puritans for this, it's your fault! They are essentially dictating that you have to go to NH to get a soda on Thanksgiving in MA! Worse, the convenience store a block away is closed thanks to..you guessed it, Puritans and Pilgrims!

(And don't tell me to drive as I'm not old enough to have a learner's permit yet.)

1. Is there really a law specifically banning orange soda on the fourth Thursday in November?
2. God forbid the poor guy running the convenience store want one holiday off...
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: hbelkins on November 22, 2012, 09:08:35 PM
Massachusetts has laws requiring stores to be closed on Thanksgiving?
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: deathtopumpkins on November 23, 2012, 08:04:59 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on November 22, 2012, 09:08:35 PM
Massachusetts has laws requiring stores to be closed on Thanksgiving?

Yup.

Evidence from my local Target: http://i.imgur.com/cdBgs.jpg?1

http://www.mass.gov/lwd/labor-standards/dls/mass-blue-laws/
Stores have to have a special permit to be open on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Veterans' and Labor Days before certain times.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: empirestate on November 24, 2012, 03:17:48 PM
Does that apply to gas stations? I went to more than one of those in MA on Thanksgiving day.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: deathtopumpkins on November 24, 2012, 05:06:17 PM
As far as I am aware, no it does not. All my local convenience stores and gas stations were open.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving 2012
Post by: Desert Man on November 25, 2012, 03:05:49 AM
My grocery store I worked in was open partially on Thanksgiving, but I had the day off and spent it with my family who live here locally (no threat of huge gas prices in long drives). Btw, my 100th post! I wish everyone in America (they had) a happy Thanksgiving and enjoy the last day of this weekend.