Blog Entries Boonville NY Rally
Sept. 2 – 9 2017
Saturday, Sept. 2
The sky was threating to rain and a few sprinkles began
to fall just before 7AM so on went the rain suits. We pulled out of the drive at 6:50AM. Three bikes; mine, Bernie and Faye and Don. The route I had picked was the least miles
but the longest traveling time because we were going to travel lots of
secondary roads. First stopped was at IHOP
in Wilmington for breakfast and that took about 1 hour; rain was coming down
harder but still not bad. Heading off
towards Downingtown on great roads; little to no traffic on roads with no
shoulders but lined with trees, farms, corn and grain fields. Lots of go left then go right as we meandered
through small towns. Next town we headed
for was Pottstown on route 100; nice road with satisfactory speeds. Then we headed for Mt. Pocono where we
stopped for lunch. A little girl and her
mom were intrigued with my trailer and apparently thought it was a remote
control car (lots of people do) cause
she asked how fast it could go and without thinking I said “as fast as my bike
goes.” The rain had stopped but the
temps were in the mid 50s so I continued to wear the rain gear and the heated
jacket. We arrived at the Lodge at Headwaters at 7 PM; 12 hours after leaving
home. Subtract time for breakfast, lunch
and fuel/rest I figure we were riding in the saddle for 9 hours and thanks to
my chiropractor no burning in my right shoulder. In fact I really felt good BUT I was ready to
stop. After we checked in Gary, who
towed his bike, took us to the restaurant for dinner where the rest of the
group had just finished eating. Back to
the hotel to unload the trailer and settle in for the night.
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