Conduit To Clipper

The other day I said another installment in the exciting Destinations series was on deck and to "tune in tomorrow." Today I still say tune in tomorrow because I'm going to string you along with a mention of an important discovery I made for myself (and maybe for you) on the way to that Destination, which happens to be on Long Island. I've been flying back and forth between San Francisco and New York more than usual since my job is on the West Coast and my family is on the East Coast.

I've also been testing the LX150, kids (having a blast, mind you), and one that had so few miles on it when PiaggioUSA handed me the key I didn't want to open it up to full throttle (the manual says max is 80% throttle until after 1000 miles or something). Thus I found myself on the Nassua Expressway, trying to string together Rockaway Expressway and Rockaway Boulevard in order to avoid major highways (the Belt Parkway in this case). For whatever the Nassua Expressway used to be (it still serves the Sunrise Highway but now only via that weird stretch of the Belt), it is now the access road for JFK International Airport. Eureka!

On the SFO side my wife Catherine and I have some favorite surface roads for carry-on-only travel. Sometimes you can get a break on long term parking with a scooter. For picking up and dropping off, you can often get a break in the passenger loading zone. You can always get plenty of smiles from other travelers seeing you go straight from Boeing to Vespa.

Alberto of Scooter Bottega in Brooklyn says he's had no trouble taking his girlfriend and luggage on his old 125 on the beautiful Belt Parkway. Me, I took the Eastern Parkway to Rockaway Parkway to 27. You can also take Atlantic Avenue all the way out to Conduit Avenue.