Nightly occurrence I am getting so tired of writing this, but of course a storm came up. While no rain fell this time, the wind was powerful. It sounded like the tent was going to get ripped apart. It wasn’t conducive to sleeping, but I was comfortable in the tent. The wind was so fierce, […]
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Another thunderstorm I woke up at about 0300 to flashing lights. I initially thought it was a problem with a street light or something, but very quickly realized it was a distant thunderstorm. It was so far off, I couldn’t hear the thunder, I could only see the lightening. It took about 40 minutes before
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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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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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