Triangle Trip

There are two tolls on the I-95 in Delaware.  One is the Delaware Memorial Bridge connecting New Jersey and Delaware which is unavoidable.  The other toll is the Delaware-Maryland state line toll which is easily avoidable.  There is a quick and easy detour to avoid the Delaware-Maryland state line toll is $4. Below are southbound and northbound instructions with a highlighted map to help you avoid the unnecessary toll between Delaware to Maryland.

Southbound

If you are traveling on I-95 (JFK Memorial Highway or Delaware Turnpike) southbound to Maryland, you should exit I-95 when you see Route 896 (Exit 1).  Take Exit 896 North which is South College Avenue towards the University of Delaware until you see Christina Parkway (University of DE will be to your right).  Make a left onto Christina Parkway (west) and stay on for about 1.1 miles.  You will come to a dead end which is Elkton Road.  Make a left onto Elkton Road and you will see a sign for I-95.  Stay on Elkton Road which will take you to I-95 southbound and you have saved yourself $4 in tolls for a 5 minute detour!

Northbound

If you are traveling on I-95 northbound from Maryland to Delware, get off on Exit #109 on I-95 (which is MD-279 Elkton Newark Road to MD-213).  Take Elkton Road north/east to you see Christina Parkway, which is two major intersections or about 2 miles. Make a right onto Christina Parkway and look for College Avenue which is the first major intersection.  At the stop light of College and Christina, make a right on to College Avenue and you will see signs for I-95 north and south. You have saved yourself another $4 on your return trip!

Pet Airways, a pet-only airline dedicated to pet-friendly travel.

You now have the ability to send your pet to a number of national locations via “first class” from $199+. This is for the ultra pet-enthusiast who can’t bear the thought of sending their pet in cargo and would rather skip a mortgage payment.

Sending a pet one way is more expensive than sending a human to Chicago if you look at their rates on the site ($199 for NY to Chicago one way). You could probably get a round trip ticket for a human for under $199 from LGA to ORD (although you would probably take a lot of  abuse from American Airlines, Delta or United).

So this pets only airline… Is there any hope for this business model?

Pet Airways is probably on the same track as Fly Clear (see Captain G’s post).

While Statusmonger has most of the necessary travel essentials in his laptop bag, I would like to add two more items to his list. I believe a true global road warriors should have these two items because no road warrior can live without power. Having traveled across the globe for the past decade, I still cannot live without these two items. With these two items, you can leave all the AC power cords home. All you need is to take your USB cord and AC power adapter for your laptop!

The two items are:

1)  Universal AC wall adapter – Regardless of your AC power plug’s country of origin, this universal AC wall adapter allows your power plug to be connected to any wall outlet in any country. I have used this universal AC adapter in Europe, Asia and Australia. I’ve also lent this universal AC adapter to visitors to the US. The universal AC wall adapter is a cube shape – about 2×4 inches max and very light. The universal AC adapter has two sides. One side that has three different prongs to be plugged into a wall outlet. The other side is a universal wall outlet receiver for your plug power cord. You can purchase the universal AC adapter at Fry’s for less than $20 (or in China). Don’t buy it at Brookstone’s or airport stores because they are opportunists & will rip you off.

2)  Car lighter USB charger – Like the universal AC adapter, the car lighter USB charger allows you to charge your electronics wherever you are in the world. Car lighter chargers are standard across the world – probably the only universal power source in the world. This car lighter USB charger turns your car lighter socket into a USB port. All your need to do is plug one end of the charger into any car’s lighter outlet socket. The other end of the car lighter USB charger has a USB female connector which is for the USB cord (just like a computer USB port). When you are on the road or in another country, all you need is a USB cable to plug into the car lighter charger to ensure your mobile phone, iPod, digital camera, etc. are fully charged during your journey. You can leave the extra AC power cords for your Canon camera, Apple iPod, etc. at home. Leverage your PC or rental car for juice!