All,
For those of you who didn't notice I was gone - that's because of
Paul and Kyle's excellent work keeping the group moderated while one man
short :-)
Public announcement: Paula and I were married on the 10th of
August. After leaving the reception, we embarked on an international
Honeymoon riding the 2007 Yamaha V-Star 1300 Tour.
Here is the route: http://goo.gl/maps/w6BnX
The first day (after the reception) was short - about 2.5 hours to
our first B&B. The next day was the longest one of the trip. From Blacks
Harbor New Brunswick to Port Hawkesbury Nova Scotia. 346 miles according to
Google Maps, my recollection is that it was a bit longer with some side
trips for lunch and gas and a couple of touristy things along the way. Now
I've done trips longer than that in a day, but not with that much highway
speed to them - that route is largely 110 KM / Hour (68.35 MPH) road and
with the serious winds we got into around the NB / NS line it was tiring.
We also made the classic mistake of stopping too much earlier in the day
and not spacing out the breaks - so as we got more tired, we had to go
further. If I were to do it again, I'd consider re-doing the route and
possibly not making reservations ahead to allow us to stop when needed. The
original idea of the trip was to run the Cabot Trail, which according to
multiple sources is a great motorcycling road and quite scenic. After a
hard day in the saddle, this did not appeal to either of us and we elected
to go to the Fortress at Louisburg instead. The irony is that this only
shaved about an hour off the total drive time for the day, but it was in
the middle of the day so it felt better. The Fortress is amazing and was
worth it. A recreation of a fortress and town in 1744 they really bring it
to life for you. We'll go back - it was worth the drive.
The next day was supposed to be Port Hawkesbury back to Back Bay
New Brunswick - but we got off on a side tangent - the Village of Sherbrook
Nova Scotia has a section of town that has 1800s buildings original to the
town on their original foundations and restored to their 1800s appearance.
Its another living history museum and filled with folks in period costumes.
This wasn't on our original list of things to do and took us about 100
miles out of our way - but it was amazing. As a result - we didn't get to
where we said we were going to and stopped instead at the town of Truro,
Nova Scotia. Took a gamble on a local motel and got a nice night of sleep
before heading for home the next day.
The Garmin GPS routed us through Fredericton, NB on our way home,
a different routing than how we started so we wound up doing a big loop.
Back home for a night, we unloaded the bike, then loaded up with camping
gear and went to Bar Harbor, Maine, for one night in our new tent, a
wedding present. We did a couple of touristy things around Bar Harbor
(which is a world known area and is quite breathtaking in spots) and
returned home Friday in the late afternoon.
By the time we had done some more running around on Saturday, we
had done 1500 miles two-up within a 7 day period. I think she wants a
different seat for the back of the Yamaha :-)
We actually cut the Honeymoon short by two days - so that Paula
could get her motorcycle license. We signed her up before we left for the
MSF BRC on the 17th and 18th. I'm proud to say that she passed!
The search that all of you have been aware of in spurts to find
her a bike that fit her has been ended - we found a good deal on a 2001
Buell Blast and made a deal. This particular Blast has the lower height
seat and fits Paula very well.
Thanks for your attention!
-Joey
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