August 17, 2021
I woke up early, early enough to see a great sunrise through the doorway of my tent.
After getting things sort of packed up, I sat down and wrote yesterday’s blog entry. I had to use the Notes app on the iPad because we didn’t have any cell service. It was also noticed that the area we were in was under a “boil water” order. I won’t be putting Franklin, VT on my “move to” list.
The roads out were great. Twists and turns with hills and great scenery. We were only a hour into the ride and crossing a great flat area when I felt something hit my left foot and when I looked in the mirror I saw something white bouncing along the road. I wasn’t sure what it was so I told Dan that I was turning around to check it out. It turned out to be the top from one of the Igloo water jugs on the side of the bike. I’d emptied it this morning and I guess I didn’t get it screwed on tight enough. Luckily is was unharmed and I put it back on the bike and we headed out again.
It was also an excuse to take pictures of the bike in their surroundings.
A few miles ahead I noticed that the bike had turned 7,000 miles on the odometer. It’s running great.
A while later I didn’t notice that we’d crossed in to New Hampshire. We are sticking to these back roads and they don’t always have signs that indicate that a state line is being crossed. We stopped at a gas station because Dan needed gas and coffee. I checked for cell service and we were good except that I was having trouble tethering my iPhone to my iPad. My iPad needs wi-if so I usually set up a personal hot spot with my phone but it was complaining. Dan came out of the store and enabled it on his phone so I was able to get the blog updated. The photo below is of my mobile office.
Later in the ride we came up to the Dixville Notch. We stopped on the way up to it and took some photos before we went up the hill. There was a lake there with what looked like a resort on the other side, The Balsam. The notch itself has an interesting history, but we didn’t stop for a photo at the top of it as there really isn't a good spot to pull off.
We crossed into Maine and went back for a rare state line sign photo. Right after that sign was one that warned snowmobiles that Maine has very strict operating while intoxicated laws. Not being a snowmobiler, is that really a problem with that crowd?
The rest of the day was all about 2-lane roads, curves, twisties, and ups and down. The scenery transitioned from dairy farms to forests and there were MANY warning signs about moose crossing.
We arrived at our campground and got set up. There is wi-fi but it is very weak so I’ll have to post this one tomorrow.
323 miles today.
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