20140526 - Bethlehem PA to Quechee VT

Like clockwork, Mike and Crystal arrived at my sister's house at 7am for the first of several days of riding.  The plan is to travel North through NJ in to NY and then into Massachusetts and either stop in Vermont or, continue into New Hampshire; depending on timing and weather.

I thought the ride through Northern NJ was nice; but, getting out of NY into Mass was gorgeous.  We had to stop to don rain gear; and this is what we saw...

We weren't in Mass all that long; but, needed to stop in Adams Mass to take some pictures for Mike Adams.

Now, anyone who says there isn't nice motorcycle riding in the Northeast US has not done this ride.  It is truly spectacular.   Roughly, we rode 23N-84E-9W-Kingston NY-back roads to Adams Mass - 8N - 100N - 4N - Quechee Vt.

So, we arrived in Quechee and decided this was a good stopping point.  It put us close to the Interstate and a small distance away from the entrance to the White Mountains and the Kancamagus highway, supposedly one of the nicest motorcycle rides in New Hampshire.  We arrived and set up camp will less than 5 minutes to spare before the rain started!  Sometimes, everything just works out.

This KOA campground has some defining features.  The first has to be the very nice staff.  The staff is here on a work program.  They own their own trailers and go from park to park and work for their parking spaces.  They are retired and very friendly.  They initially put us in a spot that wasn't very motorcycle friendly, and promptly moved us over to a better spot.  They also came over to tell us that rain was likely and if we wanted to pitch our tents on higher ground (the next spot), we could.  The second defining feature has to be the owls.  Many country settings feature crickets.  This place had just as many owls.  I rolled over several times over the course of the evening and heard owls right up until the sun popped over the horizon.  Unfortunately, I didn't see any.  :-(

The weather for the next day was looking bleak, so we decided to evaluate the plan for tomorrow when morning came.  Meanwhile, there was an unplanned issue with Mike's tent, so he and Crystal ended up here:

It just wouldn't be right camping and not having s'mores, so bring on the sugar coma...