30 April 2011
After the wonderful send off from family and friends, we hit the open road. Because we've both been around New England plenty, we decided to use the highways to get out of dodge. From 95 and 295 we decided to hit Rt. 6 in Rhode Island which would take us all the way to 84 in Connecticut. Rt 6 was rather nice and along the way we stopped at a diner called Aero Dinner. The aluminum styling of the diner was timeless and in timeless friendly American fashion a woman outside the diner said hi and mentioned her father had an Triumph Bonneville before. Inside the diner, on the specials they had a chicken, honey ham and pineapple sandwich that sounded delicious...and it was. But boy almighty it was messy and difficult to eat. The components were sliding to and fro, falling out of the soggy bun.
I've driven along 84 many times while going to and from Massachusetts and Fort Benning. Strangely though, I never noticed how nice of a ride it is and how beautiful the scenery can be. Perhaps I was too busy "making good time". It was indeed chilly for a good portion of the ride. We both looked forward to pockets of warm air to ride through. In a pool, if you encounter a pocket of warm water, you always wonder if it was pee. But with the warm air, there is no worry; it's just nice. Almost as soon as we entered New York, the clouds were gone and we were greeted with the expanse of a great big blue sky and warm air.
When we finally reached our destination area for the evening near the Delaware Gap Conservation Area, we had to stop and get some supplies. We met a nice man with Marine Corps patches all over his helmet outside the store. After Mike mentioned what the trip was that we were doing he astonishingly described that it was like a walkabout with motorcycles... a rideabout. Both of us were flabbergasted that he guessed not only the name of our trip, but also the original idea behind the creation of the name. At that stop we also saw something in the grocery store that was... umm... odd.
We finally found ourselves a nice little spot to throw up camp for the night. It was off the main road and out of sight. We could still see the glimmer of some headlights as they passed through the trees however so we set up the tarp to block light and observe light discipline while we cooked. Unfortunately, I must say that the night was colder than expected. Apparently it was a low of 37 degrees and definitely proved chilly. I think I fared better than Mike though because of zipper difficulties on his sleeping bag. It was slightly ominous as I went to sleep. In the silence of the night, I could hear the cracking of branches as a decent sized animal was walking around approximately 20 meters from our camp. Thankfully it eventually went away and I was able to get some shut eye.
After the wonderful send off from family and friends, we hit the open road. Because we've both been around New England plenty, we decided to use the highways to get out of dodge. From 95 and 295 we decided to hit Rt. 6 in Rhode Island which would take us all the way to 84 in Connecticut. Rt 6 was rather nice and along the way we stopped at a diner called Aero Dinner. The aluminum styling of the diner was timeless and in timeless friendly American fashion a woman outside the diner said hi and mentioned her father had an Triumph Bonneville before. Inside the diner, on the specials they had a chicken, honey ham and pineapple sandwich that sounded delicious...and it was. But boy almighty it was messy and difficult to eat. The components were sliding to and fro, falling out of the soggy bun.
I've driven along 84 many times while going to and from Massachusetts and Fort Benning. Strangely though, I never noticed how nice of a ride it is and how beautiful the scenery can be. Perhaps I was too busy "making good time". It was indeed chilly for a good portion of the ride. We both looked forward to pockets of warm air to ride through. In a pool, if you encounter a pocket of warm water, you always wonder if it was pee. But with the warm air, there is no worry; it's just nice. Almost as soon as we entered New York, the clouds were gone and we were greeted with the expanse of a great big blue sky and warm air.
When we finally reached our destination area for the evening near the Delaware Gap Conservation Area, we had to stop and get some supplies. We met a nice man with Marine Corps patches all over his helmet outside the store. After Mike mentioned what the trip was that we were doing he astonishingly described that it was like a walkabout with motorcycles... a rideabout. Both of us were flabbergasted that he guessed not only the name of our trip, but also the original idea behind the creation of the name. At that stop we also saw something in the grocery store that was... umm... odd.
We finally found ourselves a nice little spot to throw up camp for the night. It was off the main road and out of sight. We could still see the glimmer of some headlights as they passed through the trees however so we set up the tarp to block light and observe light discipline while we cooked. Unfortunately, I must say that the night was colder than expected. Apparently it was a low of 37 degrees and definitely proved chilly. I think I fared better than Mike though because of zipper difficulties on his sleeping bag. It was slightly ominous as I went to sleep. In the silence of the night, I could hear the cracking of branches as a decent sized animal was walking around approximately 20 meters from our camp. Thankfully it eventually went away and I was able to get some shut eye.
did you buy the mushrooms?
ReplyDeleteThose "Chocorooms" look like "Kinoko no Yama" with a different name.
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The chocolate mushrooms look very similar to Japanese candy my sister sends the kids.
ReplyDeletelove it Paul!! so excited to read about your adventures!
ReplyDelete<3 Amy
Hey Paul, Roger here. This is too cool. Man, my phone doesn't take pictures, the buttons get smaller or my fingers are getting bigger. Stay safe, and take care, love Roger &Aunt Cindy
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