The Journey - Day 3

So.....since it has now been decided that this is a journey, we will dispense with all the philosophical stuff and get to it! Don't worry though, we are still laughing at our corny jokes along the way. Got to love bike to bike communication devices!

The morning started slower as we passed through some smaller towns in New York State. The temperature at 9 am this morning was 26 and stayed at 30 for most of the day. By afternoon we were hot and sweaty but still enjoying the beautiful roads of NY state. By afternoon we had entered the Catskills and the smaller communities seemed non existent. We rode into the mountains, roads that seemed to corner forever.....switchbacks so long all you could do was lean over, laugh and give'r more throttle! The road was shaded by a forest ceiling that immediately cooled the air down to 25 and 26. A garden of Eden! We had been riding in the hot sun all day.....this was like a long drink of water, cool and fast running. We ran along Route 30 for what seemed like forever when all of a sudden one of these turns brings us out on to this long bridge in the middle of no where, spanning a huge reservoir known as the Pepacton Resevoir. After a short stop, a couple of pics we moved on.

The rest of Route 30 was just as good as the beginning. At the end of this route we took a short run up highway 17 and over to Pennsylvania. It is amazing how different the roads and communities are between all the states. Not a whole lot notable about the roads here so far. Some were good and others not so much. Fortunately we didn't have a lot if them to reach Scranton, our stop for the night. We got rockstar treatment at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel as soon as we pulled up. They told us to park our bikes right up on the sidewalk at the front of the building next to the valet desk. LOL....so we did! A long shower (the soaps are freakin' awesome) and across the street to Kildares Irish Pub for a Guiness and some amazing food.

We are off to Maryland tomorrow. So far in our three days of travel we have covered 1500 kms of great roads, 5 states, and 4 mountain ranges.....and all I have to show for it is a big smile as I lay my head on the pillow and get ready for the next day's journey. Good nite all!