Friday, October 3, 2014

You Can't Get There From Here

Looking at a map of Vermont, New Hampshire and western Maine it is quickly noticed that while there are lots of roads running north and south there are very few going east to west.  As we needed to get from Bangor, Maine to Windsor, Vermont our transit of the New England mountains was going to take a few twist and turns and it went something like this.  Just a note that reading the directions out loud with a female BBC announcer voice makes it that much better - especially if you throw in a random exasperated "Recalculating" or two.

"Get on Odlin Rd and ride northeast"
"Turn left onto Hammond St"
"Get on Main Rd W and ride southeast"
"Turn right onto Safety Ln"
"Turn right onto Plymouth Rd"
"Turn left onto Dixmont Rd"
"Turn right onto W Plymouth Rd"
"Keep right onto Moosehead Trl"
"Arrive at Lower Detroit Rd and Moosehead Trl"
"Get on Moosehead Trl and ride southeast"
"Turn right onto Lower Detroit Rd"
"Arrive at Detroit Twn"
"Get on S Main St and ride southeast"
"Turn right onto Troy Rd"
"Turn right onto Detroit Rd"
"Turn right onto Bangor Rd"
"Turn left onto Lakeview Dr"
"Arrive at South China"
"Get on Lakeview Dr and ride southeast"
"Turn left onto N Belfast Ave"
"Turn left onto Bangor St"
"Turn right onto Cony St"
"Turn right onto Hwy 11"
"Arrive at Augusta"
"Get on Hwy 11 and ride south"
"Enter roundabout Memorial Cir"
"Take the 1st right onto Western Ave"
"Bear right onto Main St"
"Turn right onto Hwy 133"
"Keep left onto Hwy 133 W"
"Turn left onto Leeds Rd"
"Turn left onto Howes Corner Rd"
"Turn left onto Main St"
"Arrive at Hartford Twn"
"Get on Main St and ride southwest"
"Turn left onto Butterfield Rd"
"Turn left onto High St"
"Turn left onto Turner St"
"Turn right onto Loring Hill Rd"
"Arrive at Buckfield Twn"
"Get on Loring Hill Rd and ride north"
"Turn left onto Turner St"
"Turn right onto E Main St"
"Arrive at South Paris"
"Get on E Main St and ride northwest"
"Turn right onto Railroad St"
"Arrive at Railroad St and Road"
"Get on Railroad St and ride west"
"Keep right onto Railroad St"
"Turn left onto Glen Rd"
"Arrive at Glen House"
"Get on Hwy 16 and ride southwest"
"Turn left onto White Mountain Hwy"
"Turn left onto E Main St"
"Arrive at Conway"
"Get on E Main St and ride west"
"Turn right onto Kancamagus Hwy"
"Turn left onto Lumber Yard Dr"
"Arrive at Lincoln1"
"Get on Lumber Yard Dr and ride west"
"Turn left onto Kancamagus Hwy"
"Turn left onto Sawyer Hwy"
"Turn left onto Mt Moosilauke Hwy"
"Turn right onto Atwell Hill Rd"
"Arrive at Town of Wentworth"
"Get on Atwell Hill Rd and ride southeast"
"Turn right onto Mt Moosilauke Hwy"
"Turn right onto Bakers Hill Rd"
"Turn left onto Nh Route 10"
"Keep left onto John Thompson Way"
"Turn right onto Dorchester Rd"
"Arrive at Lyme"
"Get on Dorchester Rd and ride northwest"
"Turn left onto Main St"
"Keep left onto Road"
"Enter roundabout Lyme Rd"
"Take the 1st right onto Lyme Rd"
"Turn right onto Wentworth St"
"Turn left onto N Main St"
"Arrive at West Lebanon"
"Get on Main St and ride south"
"Turn right onto S Main St"
"Turn right onto Hwy 12a"
"Arrive at Hwy 103 and Jarvis Hill Rd and Windsor Rd"
"Get on Jarvis Hill Rd and ride northeast"
"Turn left onto Hwy 103"
"Turn right onto US 5"
"Turn left onto Back Mountain Rd"
"Turn left onto Ski Tow Rd"
"Keep right onto Hotel Rd"
"Arrive at Ascuteny Mountain Resort"

That's the way it looked on paper, on the road it looked a lot more like this


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