I decided to stick with my current mode of transportation. We started our ride a little after 8 a.m. under cloudy skies. We decided to forgo rain gear.
It was a hazy morning but, I spied these windmills on the ridge tops. I think this is a great disguise and might ease the visual fears of opponents to wind farms.
Note the electric and phone lines that mar the view of the mountains. I don't remember ever hearing anyone complain about the negative impact they have on the scenery. Maybe because we all grew up with them.
We criss crossed the Susquehanna River several times. The water was high and muddy. They had heavy rain that lead to flooding and school cancellations last week.
We drove by a liquor store and I got this shot. Glad to know that PA is proud of "Rolling Rock". I am used to just seeing signs about falling rocks. As the traffic light changed I realized too late to get a shot that the name of the store was Snakebite Liquors.
We rode for a while behind 4 of these big babies. I have no idea what they were carrying.
The roads that we have been traveling on since FL have been in terrific shape. In PA they began to be more in need of attention. PA has an interesting approach to sections of roads in need of repair. They put rumble strips across the road to get your attention and if that is not enough to slow you down,
they put a sign that says "BUMP" with an arrow pointing to the particularly bad spot.
Or depending on the needed repair they might have a sign following the rumble strip that says DIP.
Maybe this approach to road repair is intended to discourage folks from NY to come across the boarder. OK probably not.
We were on alert for buggies and the only one we saw was in a driveway.
Today I am pleased to say that we didn't need to watch for falling rocks. It was good to know that they had all fallen.
Oh no. I was chilly on the bike since the temps were in the 50's and 60's but ICY PAVEMENT. Ugh.
Yesterday we had the Venice Restaurant sign and today we found a place that is selling "Fresh Florida Cars". How fresh is fresh?
We have been on the road for 8 days. Is our motorcycle "fresh" from Florida or is it stale by now? Such important questions for me to ponder as we roll along.
Allan spotted this bumper sticker while sitting at a traffic light today. Do you know what a "Dave Show" is?
Maybe it is something that happens at a drive-in. We have seen two or three of these in our many, many miles traveling. This one actually looked operational.
Could this be "Mike Mulligans's Steam Shovel"?
We traveled over the rivers, in the valleys and over the ridges. Everything growing is a different shade of spring green.
This sign made me think of Emmi.
The sky got really dark and after lunch we put on our rain pants. They are a challenge to put on and it takes several minutes. We also for the first time this trip put on our dry socks.
This is probably the first train that we have seen. It looked like these cars had air slits in them. We wondered if animals were going for a Saturday ride.
There was one patch of blue sky so I wanted to document it.
There are many reasons that I like motorcycle riding. One reason is the wonderful aromas that you get to enjoy. There is no smell that says spring louder than lilacs.
I took this pic when we stopped east of Worcester, N.Y. because Allan decided to put his rain coat on. I thought it was a pretty good idea so I put mine on also. I forgot to trade camera batteries at lunch so it had drained and I didn't get any pictures of Worcester.
We caught up with a shower and were in it for 15 minutes or so. Then we were in sprinkles for a little while. It was very fortunate that we had our rain gear on.
We have passed many cemeteries over the past week that were being cut and cared for in preparation for Memorial Day.
And today we saw this sign.
Much to my surprise I heard the roar of airplane engines and realized that we were driving by the end of runway for the Albany Airport. This photo doesn't do the experience justice. It took off right over our heads.
Today we traveled 218 miles and our current total is 1,989.
Tomorrow our destination is Dover, NH. We are planning to visit and spend the night there with my cousin Sandra.
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