Year Three, Day One; It Stopped Raining, Finally!

I thought this year's trip might never happen. Eric and I have been waffling over past few months about where to go. We talked about Patagonia, Norway, Colorado, the Northwest and more. Given our schedules, the stock market dive and our general procrastination, we ended up staying close to home.
I'm actually fine with this decision. It allows us more flexibility and I finally get to try Eric and Celia's new bikes; a BMW R1200RT and R1150R. Absolutely gorgeous machines with all conceivable options.

We are sitting at a local coffee shop here in Waterville Valley, mapping out day one. We had originally planned to go to Quebec or Cape Breton Island but the forecast is for more rain, lots of it. Hopefully we can avoid some of it by heading west. Today we've decided on Burlington, VT where we might spend the night or alternatively catch a Lake Champlain ferry over to New York State.

It's been pouring for a few days so there are lots of wet leaves on the ground. We'll have to take it easy. Regardless of the weather, it should be a blast. It's great to be with Eric again and to engage in the endless back and forth banter. Hopefully, for awhile at least, he can forget about the legal case he's leading and I can let go of Sunday Patriots game, the epic Red Sox collapse and last night's ugly Huskies loss to Delaware.

Eric wants to get going so i need to stop typing. We'll try to do a nightly update.


We're off like a heard of Turtles!

G.



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