October 5-13, 2001 Here’s a map of our trip (click on it to see it larger). The driving routes are shown in black. The three days that we rode are in blue and green. We rode a total of 168 miles on Sweathard,...
Borrowed from www.weather.com In the midst of summer's sizzling heat, bright sunshine and rumbling thunderstorms, the beginning forces of fall foliage are underway. "A lot of the influences on fall color will take place or...
We began our journey by sending our bike to Rhode Island on Amtrak. We followed, via Delta, about a week later. S2 and Cycle were reunited at Sheila's brother's (Ric) home in Newport, RI where we spent two days before...
On Monday, we tossed the bike in the back of Ric's truck, strapped on the pop-up camper, and drove to Greenfield, Massachusetts, in the northwest part of the state. Sheila and I got out, mounted Sweathard, and pedaled west...
On Tuesday we took off by 10:30 to head north to Vermont. We stopped at the Natural Bridge, a marble rock formation spanning a 30' deep chasm carved by a creek. It was beautiful, though not as expansive as arches in Utah....
We had decided to bag our plans to drive to, then ride our bike across the Kancamagus highway in New Hampshire, it being too far a drive for too long a ride. Instead, we drove to Holderness, NH and camped at Squam Lake, the...
Thursday morning found us ready to ride again. We had decided to do a 60 mile loop while Ric drove to Mt. Washington for the day. Our trip took us around Squam Lake, site of the filming of "On Golden Pond". It was,...
We broke camp Friday and drove the Kancamagus Highway. Stopped at Sabbaday Falls, which was reminiscent of the Flume, and Rocky Gorge. Then we high-tailed it for home. Took a short detour through Maine just to say we'd been...