HEADING NORTH
Spent a couple days getting from D.C. to Cornwall. Got lost in D.C. Easy to do. Not a lot of grand sights along the way through York, PA and Syracuse, NY on the way to Cornwall, Ontario. I rode the back roads most of the way, and they were good roads through tree filled hilly country making for some really good rides. The days have been cool and sunny, but it rains in the late afternoon and most nights. I've managed to not get rained on, thus far. The roads are in good shape and not congested with a lot of traffic, although traffic in and around big cities suck!
It looked like big time rain was coming this morning and it was chilly, low 50's. Put on the rain gear and headed north. Not a drop of rain all the way to Levis, which sits across the river from Quebec. It's a short ferry ride across the river to Quebec, so I'll stay in Levis a couple of days. The bad, Levis roads are horrendous and not good for motorcycles. I've bottomed out on more than one occasion. The ride north, actually east, was on a good highway with little traffic until I got to Montreal. Then it was shear panic for about 25 miles through Montreal. Bumper to bumper traffic, lot of big trucks, and maniac drivers. Montreal is huge, and I don't remember it being this big when I was last here in 1956. What the hell, it's not that long ago.
Spent a couple days getting from D.C. to Cornwall. Got lost in D.C. Easy to do. Not a lot of grand sights along the way through York, PA and Syracuse, NY on the way to Cornwall, Ontario. I rode the back roads most of the way, and they were good roads through tree filled hilly country making for some really good rides. The days have been cool and sunny, but it rains in the late afternoon and most nights. I've managed to not get rained on, thus far. The roads are in good shape and not congested with a lot of traffic, although traffic in and around big cities suck!
It looked like big time rain was coming this morning and it was chilly, low 50's. Put on the rain gear and headed north. Not a drop of rain all the way to Levis, which sits across the river from Quebec. It's a short ferry ride across the river to Quebec, so I'll stay in Levis a couple of days. The bad, Levis roads are horrendous and not good for motorcycles. I've bottomed out on more than one occasion. The ride north, actually east, was on a good highway with little traffic until I got to Montreal. Then it was shear panic for about 25 miles through Montreal. Bumper to bumper traffic, lot of big trucks, and maniac drivers. Montreal is huge, and I don't remember it being this big when I was last here in 1956. What the hell, it's not that long ago.
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So... where are you now? Inquiring minds want to know. After all it has been a month since your last post.
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