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Originally Posted by Xmicro_Redline
It looks like Skycruzr and SPUD from the SKY website will be trailing down with me VERY EARLY SUNDAY. 
Dan what time did we end last time, we were all hoping to bust out between 2-3PM to beat traffic and hopefully the weather and make it home before 6 ?! |
We're starting out early, 8:30AM, and it should take less than 40 minutes to get to our injection point. With a small delay at Starbucks (which we will try to avoid
), we'll inject into the back roads of the Hamptons by 9:15AM.
During my dry run to check the roads, it took me over an hour to get to Gosman's Dock, but that was only one car, driving the route at mid-week speed (roads were empty) and without any delays at all... not even the bathroom break. And remember last year we all took a quick stroll through East Hampton. That was very enjoyable and we may all want to do that again. It will be up for a vote at the bathroom break. Then there's the Montauk Lighthouse. Last year, we all paid for parking, but nobody really wanted to go to the Lighthouse. This year, I'm planning to just do a drive-by, but that's up to youz guyz. We can also discuss that at the bathroom break in East Hampton. So let's assume it will be like last year... we stroll in town, but no Lighthouse. In that case, it might take us two hours and 15 minutes to do everything from the injection point to Gosman's.... that's a wild a-sed guess. Let's say it's 11:30AM as we roll into the parking lot at Gosman's.
How long for lunch? 45 minutes? An hour? Let's say it's 12:30PM by the time we roll out of the parking lot.
Don't bail out of me now! As those of you from last year know, the ride back is significantly different than the ride out. Sure some roads have to be reused in the opposite direction, but for the most part we'll be on different roads... and my favorite road is on the way back... Old Sag Harbor Road. We'll also be driving down Further Lane on the way back... one of the most Tony neighborhoods in the country with the Summer residencies of the mega rich and famous. Unfortunately, you will see few homes, but a lot of really nice gates.
Let's say it would take an hour and a half back to the injection point. So being at the end of Sunrise Highway at around 2PM seems like a good guess.
Just so you know, on my dry run, I left Hauppauge (exit 57) just before 10AM and arrived back in Hauppauge by 2PM. So my numbers may be very liberal. We could be eating lunch by 11AM and be back at the injection point by 1PM. I'm expecting a no-worries no-hurries event that may take some time, so I'd say count on 2PM, plus or minus a half hour.
