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Ride to maine


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Ok so were back now and I can add some details

ride length 6 days

days with rain 2 days with scat showers on the way home

days the weather was better than home 6

distance traveled 2500 miles

states traveled through 9

below are a few pictures the next page has details of the roads taken

Buffalo naval museum

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Niagara Falls

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Here is one of many lakes we passed on 28 in Ny

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Half way up Mt Washington NH

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Riding above the clouds 6300 feet up My Washington

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Moose coming down Mt Washington

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Coos canyon Maine

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Rangeley lake Maine

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The Ocean near cape cod Ma

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How'd you like Mt. Washington? I thought it was pretty cool... literally... significant difference between the grouund level temp and up on top.

Loved that road. Would have been epic if there hadn't been slow moving cars every hundred feet.

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This is a half ass explanation of the roads we took with some info on a few of the places( i just pulled randowm you tube videos of the places we were at), a few post down is a easier to understand map

We took 71 to 90 upto utica Ny

from there we rode 28/30/3/87 through the Adirondack mountains

then we headed across the bridge on 11 to rt2 vermont

http://www.motorcycleroads.com/75/595/Vermont/Lake-Champlain-Islands-on-US-Route-2.html

from there we took 89-S to 100-N

we then took 108-N (smugglers notch)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1USy2tRMk4

then 105 to 118 to 100

then 15 to 2 into the White mountains

we took 16 down to Mt washington auto road

http://www.mtwashingtonautoroad.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4VWEpcQvwA&feature=related

the we took 2 into maine and rode this loop

http://www.motorcycleroads.com/75/276/Maine/Rangeley-Lakes-Scenic-Byway.html

from there we rode to the coast and headed down to cape cod and back across through ny and pa on the way home

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Very nice ride report mark

Here is a map of the roads we took, a little easier to follow then my random road numbers above.

this is the ride up

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=214536384387453898138.0004aa187396ada51e1de

here is the ride home

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=214536384387453898138.0004aa1933076d425fd25

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