For those of you who haven’t
been to the northeast (including NY and Canada
Just before Joe and Diane
entered another of Joe’s friends came in and was standing in line when he
noticed me. His cheery ‘good morning’
echoed the earlier other greeting and confirmed that these folks seem to be
always happy and enjoying meeting others.
I thought the place was pretty lively already but the activity meter
doubled when Joe and Diane entered the place.
Everybody greeted him, calling to him in French, more laughter erupted
as friendly barbs were exchanged!
After breakfast we went over
to Diane’s office and closed the deal on my ordering 2 pavers for the Park and
then Sophia, Snoopy and I headed to Ft. Kent
US11 is a beautiful ride
through Maine Ft. Kent to Portage, but the H-D HOG Anniversary Edition by Rand shows US11
as ‘Scenic’ all the way to Stacyville where it joins I-95. I tend to agree with Rand ’s H-D book. The other
observation about the AAA map is that it marks I-95 as a ‘Scenic’ highway from a
few miles north of Stacyville all the way south to Augusta
But US11 is the
charmer. Views of evergreen-treed
mountains, hills and valleys, beautiful lakes, charming small towns, a well
maintained two-laner, and fresh, pine-scented air! What more could a distance rider ask
for? Well, I didn’t ask for it but I got
treated to another moose sighting.
It was somewhere between Eagle Lake Portage Lake
A mile or so later, coming
down another hill, I saw her, a big mama of a moose, come out from the woods
lining the road, and step upon the pavement with her two front hooves. I immediately slowed to almost a stop
expecting her to cross the road. She
didn’t. So I stopped. She stared at me. I stared back (praying). Then she turned and headed back into the
woods whence she had come. Hoping to get
a photo of her I rode up to the spot where I saw her disappear and gazed into
the thickly pined woods…..nothing. The
woods were so thick and dark with pines and brush that she could have been 10
feet from the tree line and I never would have seen her!
Continuing south I began to
notice the skies clouding up with the clouds flowing quickly to the east, as if
a front was sweeping though. The morning
weather channel didn’t show such a condition looming on my ride but I decided
to be prepared and pulled over at a rest stop to put on the rain gear….aa
couple of miles later and the darkest cloud swooped in and dropped it’s deluge
of fresh rain. From then on the day
alternated between rain, dry overcast, and sunshine.
The ride down I-95 was
uneventful and before I knew it my exit for US2 at Newport 6pm
I reached Farmington ME
It was a very good price and
not only did I stay dry watching the downpour over the next few hours but I slept
very well, thank you!
C ya mañana,Gonzo
Twitter: @GonzoCrossUSA
Email: GonzoCrossUSA@gmail.com
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Sounds like a beautiful day albeit a wet one!
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