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Originally Posted by njbchbum
john - does that route to annapolis head to the maryland shore/clog up on anything but a winter weekend with traffic to and from the maryland shore area?
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Traffic going to the eastern shore is only really bad on a Friday afternoon in the summer. I've never had any problems on I-97, you'll be exiting about 15 miles before Annapolis anyway, so the Bay Bridge traffic isn't that far out. If it's late in the day you may get commuters going home from Baltimore to Annapolis. I generally leave in the morning so I'm going south when commuters are going in the opposite direction into Baltimore or Washington.
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I think i will try your route this october. i do take 895 through the tunnel to the parkway then my gps takes me a different way to virginia every time. On your route if it is a weekday is there a rush hour time to avoid? also about how many extra miles is it? thanks. ps: we we head north we try to get to aberdeen the first day of travel.. nice area
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In the morning from about 7am to 9am you'll have a lot of traffic going south on I-95 from the northern suburbs into Baltimore. The Route 24 Bel Air exit is two exits after Cal Ripkens Stadiium. That's where the commuting starts to pick up, if you pass that area after 9am you shouldn't have any problem. I use to live off of Route 24 for 13 years.
I think it would be less miles overall because your paralleling the interstate and not going as far west. You'll lose time not because of a greater distance but because of the slower traffic speed vs the interstate speed.
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about how much is the auto train for two? does it matter what day of the week you go? thanks
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You have to have a vehicle, they even accept motorcycles. One train leaves each station in opposite directions everyday at the same time, 4pm in the afternoon from Sanford, Florida and Lorton, VA and arrive about 9:30am the next morning. So when that one train is booked, that day is closed. The train I rode two years ago the conductor got on the PA and made an announcement that we had set a record. Our train was over 4,000 feet long, I forget the exact length, had 450 passengers, 205 cars and 2 motorcycles. I'm sure that record has been broken since.
We used the Autotrain going home to Baltimore in 2011 after our LSV, it was in April and was $804 with 2 adults with one car one-way. Now that we live in TV, this August 20th we are going back north for a couple of weeks and it's only $750 round-trip for two adults and one car. As yo can see it's a big difference in price between April and August. I figured a round-trip would be two nights in motel, 60 gallons of gas, that's 30 gallons each way plus lunch, dinner and breakfast each way and 1800 miles on my 2013 car that won't be going on the odometer. I figure $750 is about break-even and I don't have to do any work, just sit and look out the window.
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