Colossal thunderstorm I woke in the night to flashing lights and the distant growl of thunder. Laying awake in my tent, I enjoyed the show. It was distant, so it was nice to watch. It wasn’t long though, before the first drops of rain started to fall. Now was the time to worry. Was this […]
Casual start I was feeling more excited to get home, but definitely still wanted to savor the time and the trip, so I decided to take it easy today. My ride would be fairly straightforward, just on the U.S. 2 out of Michigan, across Wisconsin, and into Minnesota. I was headed to the campground my
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FINALLY! My family finally arrived to the hotel at about 2330 and I was thrilled! I was so excited to be back with them, I barely slept, though they were exhausted from their day of travel. Sometimes I can have a bit too much energy. Through some strange twist of fate, though we were there
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Wonderful day I got to spend a wonderful day with Glenn’s parents and was so happy. His mother Inge took me on a tour of the area and we went and picked up a can of gas for my JetBoil and a new memory card for the GoPro. It was really great to see all
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That damn garage It took me a while to make 3 trips to Lucille with my gear. The garage was down the block, and around the corner, and I was carrying all my stuff. Funny story. I forgot that I had set the alarm on Lucille. Truthfully, it had never gone off, so I assumed
Another new plan When it got to be 1930 and I still hadn’t heard that I could stay with my friend from work the next day, I started looking to see where else I could go to escape the bad weather. I initially thought I’d go to Niagara Falls, stay with my friend that didn’t
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Late start I decided to leave a bit later than usual. Syracuse was going to be my destination now and the phone said it would be about 7 hours to get there. In the cold and wet, there was nowhere I would want to stop. The rain and cold was supposed to last all day.
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Worst night ever After crawling in bed to get warm and falling asleep, the rain started coming down about 0100. It wasn’t a pouring rain, as it has been, but a steady, constant rain. In about 20 minutes, the tent started leaking. I quickly put my sleeping bag in its dry bag. It was freezing
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Clean bill of health With her clean bill of health, Lucille and I were ready to head to Maine. I was really looking forward to Acadia National Park and Stephen King’s house. Plus, Acadia would mark the furthest east I would go before turning west to head home. This would be a milestone. Cold! I
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Lost I knew I had to be to the BMW dealer by 1300, but I had no idea how long it would take me to get there. I had to finish going through Connecticut, Rhode Island, go through Massachusetts, including Boston, and get to North Hampton, NH by 1300. Overall it was only a couple
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