It is hard to believe that just 2 weeks ago today, we were in Monument Valley and up until 4 days ago we were still experiencing 30C weather…today was no where close to that.
We are taking off later in the morning and making our stops a little closer together as we make our way home. This morning we were off by 9:45 am under sunny skies and temperatures that were already 12C…still cool but manageable in the sun.
We made our way through Vermont, which is one of my favourite states. A few switch back roads, along beautiful lakes and forests. The colours in Vermont are still muted and I think it has a lot to do with the wind having stripped some of the trees of their leaves. A stop at the top of one of the passes gave us a beautiful view of what this state is all about…green mountains.
We stopped in Danville for lunch at Bentley’s Bakery and Cafe. Very small, so small we had to stand to eat our sandwiches but they were the best sandwiches we had in a while and huge. So big, half of the sandwich was saved for supper.
It wasn’t long before we were entering New Hampshire on Hwy 2. Familiar territory. We have ridden this route so many times, we almost know it by heart….the other thing we know about this route is that it tends to be cooler and being in the mountains, you can expect any kind of weather…even the unexpected weather. We had about 10 minutes of wet road and sprinkles from a system that was hanging out around Mount Washington. Not unusual however it was not exactly wanted, especially when the temperature had fallen to 8C.
We made it to our motel in Gotham just as the sun appeared. We were not long unloading and heating some water for a hot chocolate and maybe a drop of Baileys to help warm us up. We have one more night on the road before we get into NB. The rest of this trip will be roads we know. Here’s hoping the weather co-operates just for a few days longer.
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