I've been away for the last 10 days or so, dug a hole at Winslow Cemetery to lay my mother to rest next to my dad. Drove the truck from CO as I don't do TSA well.
Prettiest state license plate: Maine Ugliest State license plate: 'old' orange NY. VT a close second. Best interstate: Kansas, I-70. Worst Interstate surface: Colorado, I-225 (and US-36) through Denver and Boulder. Worst downtown "spaghetti" road: I-70 through Kansas City. Fastest drivers at rush hour: Hartford to Mass Pike (75+MPH, bumper to bumper, lotso curves/hills, six lanes wide). Worst secondary road: OH. Best (most scenic) secondary road: NY near NJ border. VT/NH a close second. Best 'on the road' host: Sir Alex Gofayzen (NYC), and Lord Jack Gindra (St. Louis) Prettiest downtown skyline: Indianapolis. State(s) with most cops in the median shooting radar: Kansas and NY. Worst drivers: None really. Funniest 'surprise' call for an on the road drink/dinner: a call to MOB's VA cell phone.
Rick, again, please, accept my sincere condolences. Sorry we had to meet because of such unfortunate circumstances. I hope next time it will be a wished-for and a pleasure trip to North East for you….
Sorry for your loss of your mother. Maine does have some nice plates. Florida has a few nice ones. NY clearly the ugliest. I95 through New Hampshire is smooth. I90 Mass. west of Worcester is the roughest. 290 Worcester the deadliest. 495 Mass the fastest. 90+ cutting past the idiot left lane hogs(that never pull right). Any where in New Hampshire the worst police presence.