The road less traveled

During the past month's travels our destinations have been locations off the beaten path; not located on the the major Interstates.  Those that have driven me places know that I am a horrendous passenger and hate, hate, hate being with a lot of other traffic on the roads, never mind not behind the wheel of the vehicle.  Chuck and I share driving on our travels, changing back and forth every 1.5 to 2 hr intervals.  Even then I get antsy being the passenger for more than 3 hrs a day and get very jumpy and fidgety.

Starting with our departure from Maine, via Route 9 into Canada, we've not had to use a major Interstate except for very short durations.  The roads are classified as truck routes, so we know we've got clearance for the RV with overpasses.

In New Brunswick, Canada, their Route 2 is mostly 4 lanes, but because it generally goes along outside cities, there are very few points of major congestion along the way.  The provinces of PEI and Quebec were generally two lane roads with clearly marked passing zones (including signage as to when the next passing zone would occur).

Our journey through the U.P. of Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa have been on secondary highways and I've been enjoying the trip so much more than I thought.  We passed by farms and through small towns but still had good roadways were we could be passed by those that wanted to get places faster than us.

With all our travels we use various mapping programs, including one of which gives us options on types of road or conditions (no tolls, no interstates, bridge heights, etc.  Although I haven't used the designation of "no interstates" I just may do that on future trips.  It's been lots of fun.  Here's our journey via Google Maps for the month of June.  Nearly 3,000 miles and no white knuckles.