day 11

I decided to change my route a bit and head to Maine, skipping Quebec.  My friend Craig recommended Acadia National Park in Maine, which wasn’t part of my original route, and I also needed to time my route with visits with friends and family for the remainder of the trip.  So, instead of heading northeast, I headed south to cross the border back into the USA.  As usual, they asked me all of the same questions, which I was prepared for.  They then suggested I go to some nearby motorcycle rally (not Laconia) the upcoming weekend.  I told them I wasn’t into those type of rallys (unless it was like Rockerbox), and was on my way.

I didn’t realize when I planned my route that I would be going through four states today (New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine).  I passed through the islands of Lake Champlain in northern Vermont, then took the Grand Army of the Republic Highway east into New Hampshire.  I ended up getting on Highway 2, which is the same highway I took during my last trip out in Washington between Spokane and Seattle.  It was weird being on the same highway at opposite ends of the country.

The weather and roads were good, except for the slow zones through all of the small towns.

As I headed into Maine, the weather worsened as I caught up with the front that passed me they day before.  It was a cold and wet remainder of the ride, but the misty covered mountain tops were nice to look at for a while.