The drive begins on the butchered QEW through Mississauga, Oakville and Burlington before opening up a bit on the leg from Hamilton through to Fort Erie. Once into the US things don't improve on the 190 through downtown Buffalo before it veers west to pick up I90. At this point I wasn't feeling the love of driving yet...concrete highways are nice to look at, terrible to drive on. There's a harshness to the ride. On the up side: The speed limit on I90 is 65 MPH. With the cruise control set at a comfortable 70 MPH, the miles flew by.
Imagine my https://fallingwater.org/ when I turned south toward Pittsburg on the I79 and met true blacktop interstate roads! With stunning vistas to go along with the winding two-lane, it was simply awesome. And to top it off: 70 MPG speed limit. Ahhh...I set the cruise at 75 MPH, turned up the stereo and 'enjoyed the drive'. American's know how to build and maintain roads...at least those who live in Pennsylvania on that stretch of highway do!
Some observations of drivers I encountered:
- Americans know how to drive really well! Pass on the left, cruise on the right. I did not encounter a single left lane bandit on the drive down or back!
- All drivers I encountered left space in front of and behind each other. No crowding.
- Kudos to the lady in the Lexus with the roof open, windows down who passed me at around 85 MPH while holding her smartphone and texting. Pretty awesome display of multi-tasking (I slowed down to get as much space between our vehicles)
- The guy in the ancient clapped out Nissan Maxima who blasted by at around 100 MPH when I was already doing 75 MPH. I never saw him again...perhaps he was late for lunch!
- To the two drivers in massive duelie pickup trucks who passed me doing over 80 MPH. Black trucks virtually identical. Perhaps they were twins...
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