Sunday River 22-23

[BodeMiller1]

Motion for clarity,

Meow

 

[Hawk]

Was coming back from SR a couple of weeks back and hit a fireman's "fill the boot" congo line through Paris. That just about did it for me and Sunday River.

I assume you mean South Parris. So you don't know Oxford St. to bypass all that sh#%. ? I haven't been through South Paris in about 35 years. LOL

 

[parahelia]

I assume you mean South Parris. So you don't know Oxford St. to bypass all that sh#%. ? I haven't been through South Paris in about 35 years. LOL

They're wise to the shortcut and have the "fill the boot" before the Oxford St. turnoff! Right by Moore Park in South Paris. Our slowdown wasn't too bad, they do it one Sunday a year and we always throw something in. Figure it's the least we can do for clogging their roads twice a week all winter long. But if there's another shortcut to avoid that I'm all ears...

 

[2Planker]

But if there's another shortcut to avoid that I'm all ears...

Avoid 26 all together !
302 to 35 to 5. Way less traffic & NO Cops.

 

[parahelia]

Avoid 26 all together !
302 to 35 to 5. Way less traffic & NO Cops.

I definitely do that one sometimes for a change of pace - love the back roads in Harrison and Waterford! And good swimming on that path in the summer too. I don't find much time savings personally because the bumps/frost heaves slow me down more on 35/5. I've learned the hard way not to go that route during bad weather, too. Sometimes I'll be on 26 in a storm and Google Maps will pop up, "Save 10 minutes via ME-35". I think what's happening is that there's enough traffic on 26 to show the snow-related slowdowns, but there usually isn't enough traffic on 35/5 to get the same real-time data. But 26 is much more likely to have seen a plow recently than 5/35 and is still probably the faster bet under snowy conditions.

 

[machski]

I assume you mean South Parris. So you don't know Oxford St. to bypass all that sh#%. ? I haven't been through South Paris in about 35 years. LOL

Ehh, not so much of a time saver anymore IMHO. Too many know about it and if you take it during peak drive times, huge backup on Oxford to turn left onto 117. Then you get to wait for the non-stopping 26 traffic at the intersection for a while usually.

 

[BodeMiller1]

Sunday River the closer I get the further away I feel.

There are very weird agreements with the N.H. State Police, Boarder, Canada

 

[BodeMiller1]

You cannot outrun the law up there. You can fly under the radar.

 

[kbroderick]

Avoid 26 all together !
302 to 35 to 5. Way less traffic & NO Cops.

That was decidedly faster in good weather before they redid 26 near Gray. I'm thoroughly unconvinced that remains the case, but I haven't tried enough times to have any real data.

 

[bigbob]

That was decidedly faster in good weather before they redid 26 near Gray. I'm thoroughly unconvinced that remains the case, but I haven't tried enough times to have any real data.

Another traffic light was added south of the Poland resort last summer...