Day 2 May 27th: "Rain drops keep falling on my head"

This morning, we  looked at the weather using KOA's horribly slow internet connection and after a half an hour of browsing what should have taken 3 minutes, we came to the conclusion that we were going to be riding in rain and that we were likely to get about halfway through the White mountain park before entering it.  We thought that we could do that and evaluate things in Conway NH.

As predicted, we started getting rain about halfway through the park.  The ride was enjoyable up until that point.   We started up the mountain and reached an altitude of about 2600'.  We were in the clouds from about 1600'.  Visibility was about 25 yards.  Seriously.  It was disappointing that we were not able to see anything except the signs that said moose crossing.  No mooses either.  Literally, we missed about half the park.  We did vow to come back to visit Vermont and New Hampshire though.

Today's route...

After several hours of 50 degree temperatures, rain and more, worse rain ahead, we decided to call it quits for the day.  Yelp came to the rescue and found us a Bed and Breakfast a little over a mile from where we were.  It's a shame it's raining, because this is a beautiful place right on the lake.  We have a couple very nice rooms and we're paying half what we would pay at a hotel chain.  This is the B&B ---> Sebago Lake Lodge.

Donna is very nice and offered us a ride into town to get some food, which we might take her up on.  She also said if we had any wet clothes, she'd be happy  to dry them for us.

Tomorrow's plan is to make Bar Harbor and hang there for the day.  We're planning lobster in the evening and an early start on Thursday.  We need to be back by Friday afternoon, so we'll plan for getting halfway back and including Rhode Island and Connecticut by Thursday night! 

The states we've ridden so far on this trip

Day One,May 26th: "THE TENT"

The KOA campground that we stayed at was very nice; the camp personnel treated us really well. We picked a sight close to the bath house on level ground with power. We spent about an hour unpacking the camping gear and setting up our tent, our "2" man tent... You see, after much discussion prior to leaving for the trip, I convinced Crystal that it would be okay to take the "2" man tent instead of the "6" man tent. The idea was to save space in the trailer as I felt like we were "over" packed.... Well I can tell you, the look on Crystal's face once the "2" man tent was up and ready, was clearly "not" a good decision. Fortunately for me the campground had cabins available, happy wife..... happy life!

"NOT HAPPY WIFE"

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We managed to get the tent packed away and move into the cabin for the night. It had electric and a small refrigerator and enough room to sleep 4. It was great to be able to charge all the electronics before the next days ride. 

We made a fire and sat around making s'mores and chatting for awhile. It was a great way to end our first day of riding. Yeah, I was having too much fun!

The plan tomorrow is to ride through Vermont into the White Mountains and the Kancamagus Highway....

More to follow!

The day started with kickstand up at 7:00am exactly as planned. We traveled into New York up through the Hudson River valley mostly on 9W into Mass. We were only in Mass for a very short period of time.

The plan was to visit Adams Mass and North Adams Mass just to take some pics to prove we were there. Believe it or not, the fire engine dude was ready to go and agreed to wait while Crystal snapped some pics.

After we left Adams Mass, it was a short dash into Vermont where we picked up route 100 north; OMG, this road was awesome in so many ways. The roads were smooth and the twisties couldn't be better. The scenery was great and the road followed a stream most of the way. We cruised through Vermont to the eastern border to Quechee, VT, our destination for the day. We're staying at a KOA campground for the night. Lots of good riding today with my buddy Bob, and Crystal was an awesome co-pilot keeping us out of the rain. I'll have some pics on my next post good night.

Place we've traveled

This is a map of the places Crystal and I have traveled on the wing.

We're planning to cruise the upper north east next week and hope to hit them all. Look for plenty of pics and video from the MoPro!!!!