So, a few items from yesterday that I forgot to include and those are the milestones we hit yesterday….the other thing is that we have thoroughly enjoyed all of the Halloween decor that people have put up in the small towns we travel through…let me tell you that I am hoping to bring some of that creativity back with me….except maybe the clown on the sidewalk looking down into the sewer…IT won’t be!
We have officially covered 16,000 kms on this trip so far. Larry turned over 153,000 kms and I turned over 114,000 kms. We still have three more days of riding not including today.
Larry chose another awesome route today through New York State. We ended up in the Adirondack’s by afternoon. We have been a little disappointed that the colour of the leaves are not brighter, but we have to remember that, just like home, they are just starting to get temperatures dropping at night. Also, it would appear that the storms this past weekend have removed a lot of the leaves that already have changed.
It would appear that the storm hit NY State a little harder than some other areas, both with wind and rain. A lot of the smaller lakes and summer resort areas had high water levels….all of the dams on the lakes were open and water was flowing.
We stopped in Hague to check our bearings (directions) and we discovered that Lake George is part of the lock system that goes right up into Quebec where we were in June with Gilles and Nicole watching a boat go through….We have travelled Lake Champlain area a lot having crossed through the Hero Islands a couple of times…this too is part of the same lock system.
It is really cool that we visited the top of the lock system at the start of our travel in June and the bottom of the lock system in October at the end of our travel. This was not planned but a reminder of just how connected we are.
This is a beautiful part of the state. We have travelled through the Adirondack Park before. This was the first time for this route. We did stop for fuel and bathroom break at the beginning of the park…we also purchased a sub, which fed us both for lunch AND for supper (along with a salad).
As with all the last 3 states, it appears that bridges are the “bridge” between states.
We crossed the bridge into Vermont and headed to Middlebury for our stop for tonight. Now an unexpected surprise to all of this is that this is a university town…and not just a university town. The buildings are made of stone and are huge and take you back in time yet look like they were just built yesterday. A ton of crosswalks and young people…this whole town could be university…..except for the motel we are staying at.
As I hinted at yesterday, hoping that tonight’s stop is as sweet as I think it might be…….you be the judge but I will tell you, the front office has a full on candy shoppe including mix and match M & M station, Jelly Belly station (yup…I got some) as well as all assorted candy. In the front of the store they have a mix of chocolates you can chose from and even some of their hand made chocolates (we had some for dessert!). Even our room has little Hershey chocolates and is decorated using Candy labels and decor…just enough to make it SWEET! They also use some humour in some of their signage….gotta love it!
Tomorrow we head to New Hampshire, Wednesday in Maine and Thursday we will be back in NB. Seems odd to think that we are nearing the end of this adventure and we both have mixed feelings on how that is going to look/feel…One thing for sure, we have been super lucky with the weather especially this time of the year.
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