What is wrong with Pennsylvania drivers?

The breakfast at our motel wasn't great but it was free. We did meet some other Harley riders while at breakfast. One couple was from Danbury - where we are going tomorrow and they were headed to Ohio - and that is where our group started our ride. Small world, especially if you are wearing a Harley shirt.

The travel today was all interstate. First was I-80 from our motel in Clarion. We then took I-81 to Scranton where we picked up I-84 and took it here to our motel in Matamoras, Pennsylvania. We are just two miles from where Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey all come together. We are going to continue on I-84 across New York tomorrow and it looks like it won't go into New Jersey. At the first exit in New York, we plan to get off the interstate for just the one mile it will take to say we rode in New Jersey.

We went to a small diner here in Matamoras tonight named "Stewarts" - like the root beer and they are associated with the root beer people but are an independent place. The waitress was very friendly and we had a good meal. Ted and Wanda and David all got the fish sandwich and soup; I just got a BLT because I wanted to save room for dessert. :-)

Now for the Pennsylvania drivers - we had several occasions today that were close calls. The speed limit on the interstates here is 65 m.p.h. but even going 70+ we were passed like crazy with cars cutting in between us - and we were riding in a pretty tight formation. One small blue Honda managed to weave between Ted and Wanda and they were practically side-by-side at the time. I saw very little common courtesies from car drivers on any of the interstates.

However, truck drivers today were courteous. Several truckers slowed to allow us to remain together as we passed them on up grade hills; some flashed 'safe to cut back in' lights as we returned to the right lane; and I can only remember one truck - not a semi - who made an unsafe move (as in almost hit David). Kudos to the truck drivers in Pennsylvania!