This post is the first in a series about our motorcycle trip from NY to the tip of Nova Scotia:
We left on Monday August 14th and took a long ride up route 91 into New Hampshire, with plans of staying in the national forest there, but a late start and rapidly tiring backsides had us stop about 60 miles short where we spent the night in a fairly quiet and otherwise nondescript campsite.
On Tuesday we rode through the scenic Kancamagus highway, through North Conway and into Maine. There we camped at a fairly crowded site on Sebago lake, fighting with large campers and RVs for space. We then rode north of Portland, ME along Route 1, which runs along the ocean through towns that grow progressively smaller and more remote. We reached Bar Harbor that evening, and ate our fill of lobster and enjoyed a “civilized” meal rather than our usual campsite “gruel.” One of the interesting things about Bar Harbor is that all the local businesses employ help from eastern Europe and Russia. For a little town in Maine, it’s a bit surprising to hear young women giggling and conversing in Russian, and see a group of men conversing in Polish.
Meghan is adopting well to motorcycle adventuring, and our camping routine is slowly getting down to a science. We each have our particular “duties” and get the tent quickly setup and start cooking upon arrival at each site.
Photos from each section of the trip are below, and more will be added corresponding to each post: