Day 6: Pawtucket, Rhode Island (with a quick revisit to Cooperstown)

We got the H outta the land of maple leaves and haunted houses at 7:58 this morning for the day-long trek to Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Surely there would be a McDonald's somewhere between Niagara Falls and 10:30 a.m. to afford me the simple pleasure of a sausage and egg McMuffin with no cheese and a folded egg. Surely. Not until 10 a.m. did such a thing appear. That was too close.

I realized that I should have made a purchase of an autographed Hall of Famer, Bob Feller, baseball in Cooperstown yesterday for a mere $35. So we decided to make a quick off-itinerary stop back in the land of the birthplace of baseball, allegedly. Then we were off to Pawtucket, Rhode Island to catch a Red Sox game and meet my first cousin, once removed, Ken Johnson. He's a constable in Dartmouth, Massachusetts and he found me while researching the Johnson family on ancestry.com. Pretty cool, huh? It was great to meet Ken, but, unfortunately, his wife was able to make it to the game and was none too pleased about it. She had found someone to cover her at work, teaching classes to DWI folks, but that Jerky McJerkerson backed out just before game time. Booooooooo!

And now here we are in the Sheraton in Warwick, RI and I'm catching up on my blogging for all of our road trip followers - both of you.

Well, here are the details:
Departure time: 8 a.m. EST (from Canada)
Arrival time: 5:30 p.m. EST (to McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island)
Today's mileage: approximately 499.5 miles
Total mileage: 2120 miles
Tolls paid: $12.95 (for a total of $55.70)
iPod Playlist: Songs That Make Dave Happy (353 of 564 songs)

Playlist highlights: (there's a bunch)

• No One is to Blame - Howard Jones
• Walking in Your Footsteps - The Police
• Freedom '90 - George Michael
• I Could Whisper Her Name - Harry Connick, Jr.
• A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
• California Love - Tupac and Dr. Dre
• Jump in the Line - Harry Belafonte
• Luv to Luv Ya - Timbaland and Magoo
• Love Missile F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
• Peace Frog - The Doors (dedicated to Philly)
• Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
• I'm Just a Man - INXS
• One of Us - Prince (it ain't yours no more Joan Osbourne)
• Rain in the Summertime - The Alarm
• Can I Get A... - Jay Z
• Swing - Ani DiFranco (dedicated to Gar)
• Read My Mind - The Killers
• Where the Boat Leaves From - Zac Brown Band

Number of Times Bono has mocked us with a U2 song on the playlist: We're up to 20 now, which, ironically, is the date of the rescheduled show for 2011.

Fun Photo of the Day:

Paws, Dave and Sox

To see the rest of the photos from Day 6, click HERE.

Next Stop: Day 7 and 8 take us to Acadia National Park in Maine for some hiking, biking and a trip to Cadillac Mountain to see the first place the sun rises in the United States on Thursday morning.