Streets Made of Gold

I remember hearing in Sunday School when I was a kid about “streets paved with gold”.  I could never figure out why someone would want to do that, it just didn’t make sense to me.  I guess I was born an engineer.  Well today I found a street paved with gold.  I-95 in New Hampshire has to be that road.  It is 15 miles long, eight lanes wide, bumper to bumper and everyone pays $2.00 to be on it.  It has to be a major source of income for the state. That 15 mile section has to pay for itself every year with the fees they collect.  I don’t think there are but 3 interchanges on it in the state but they get their $2.00 from everyone traveling between Boston and Maine.  Not only that but they have liquor stores in the median and the whiskey is cheaper than in Massachusetts and Maine.   So everyone stops buys booze and takes it out to their car in grocery carts full of bottles.  OK maybe it isn't biblical but it is a cash cow generating millions of dollars in income every year. 

We arrive in Rockland late this afternoon.  The B&B is right downtown across from the ferry terminal.  We had a nice walk thru town checking out shops.  You know how much I like to go into shops and find good buys on ear rings and things for the house.  Thank heaven for husband benches and traffic to watch, otherwise suicide was in my future. 

Talked to our friend Gene this afternoon they arrived by boat after a long delay for fog this morning.  I think he was very glad for all the electronics on board.  He was able to stay safe and miss other boats with radar and chart plotters but lobster pots only show up about ten feet before they wrap around your prop.  We will be wondering around with them at the boat show tomorrow.  They have a lot of big tents set up.  There are of course boats but also boat toys, furniture, art, crafts and other “Maine” things.  It should be fun.  We have a two day pass so if we don’t see it all tomorrow, we will have Saturday to finish up. 

By the way the temperature here is 70 deg.  Might be time to dig out the jackets tomorrow.